Thread: The Ads don't have it

Originally Posted by gugi

The site is run on a volunteer basis and the hosting bills (and others for example the cost of shipping for the monthly raffles) are really small compared to all of the unpaid work that goes into running the site. I know that most of it is invisible and I think that that means it's being done fairly well.
At some point we're going to outgrow the current infrastructure (in certain ways it is already inadequate), but so far we've been doing things rather cheaply.
So far finding the necessary funds has never been a problem, and I don't expect this to change even if the expenses and the fundraising may do.

This wasnt a critisism of the way thbe site is managed, more a question based on guitsticks comment. I have no issue with the way the site is run, but would it be practical for only vendors from this site to cover all the costs, seeing as the advertising presumably covers the costs of hosting etc, which i realise is done by whomever provides the infrastructure for the site to run. I also assume that at some point it will become difficult for the site to be managed on a voluntary basis.

The ads don't bother me at all. This place is such a wealth of information, it is a small price to pay.

I have adblock plus which kills just about every ad you could imagine. I only get the ads when I am using SRP on my phone.

I've been seeing a lot of ads from Cassandra's Whips and Chains Emporium. Not sure why but I guess I'll click on it once in a while ... ah just to support SRP or course .....