sidney
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Post by sidney on Feb 25, 2021 8:22:08 GMT -5
Did everyone get that proboards message?
I didn't look into it, and I don't plan on clicking anything, but how does proboards need our support because of Covid?
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Post by amyk on Feb 25, 2021 18:14:57 GMT -5
I got the message. I think that perhaps advertisement revenue is down, indirectly related to COVID. If people are spending less (due to lost jobs, etc.) then companies may not have as much money to pay for advertisement ans maybe Proboards is one of the first places that they cut advertisements?
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Post by Bert on Feb 25, 2021 20:24:45 GMT -5
Hosting/maintaining things costs money and is not cheap.
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sidney
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Post by sidney on Feb 25, 2021 21:56:08 GMT -5
One thing this board has always had plenty of is ads.
I've always hated them.
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Post by Eclipse139 on Feb 26, 2021 2:19:16 GMT -5
I also had the same message. The people who run these things for us have to make money somehow. I can't imagine it's a huge revenue stream for them at the best of times so with everything happening in the world it has to be pretty tough. The ads on this board are actually far less intrusive than on some other boards so we're quite lucky really.  |
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Post by sidney on Feb 26, 2021 8:31:28 GMT -5
Do you pay anything, HD? Is this completely free for you?
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Post by sidney on Feb 26, 2021 8:34:48 GMT -5
I'm trying to think back to the boards I was admin on. They were very much like this one, but I don't remember ads. I know the site was paid for monthly, and now that I think about it, the forum was purchased as well. It was a one-time fee, though. I'm pretty sure. It was a long time ago, so I might not be remembering it right. In fact, I think the SHRINE went down because he just couldn't afford it anymore.
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Post by HoudiniDerek on Feb 27, 2021 14:09:49 GMT -5
Yes, it's completely free, so we have ads.
I have gotten used to the ads over the years, so they don't bother me, but I know a lot of people pay to get rid of them.
And the company does a lot of work (They were even on 20/20 recently), but they need the ad revenue coming in and it's just not coming in like it used to do. So they are offering a chance for members to partner with them for any amount they want and get some rewards.
It's not a spam message, but it is asking for money.
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