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[Kane52630]

well im a mod @ the pro wrestling report forum, you feel great for the first 2-3 months but then it becomes annoying at times

 

[WompuM]

I just want the power to **** with Darth. Ban him on Thursdays.

 

[Kane52630]

lol Darth seems like a cool guy, why the hate?

 

[WompuM]

I don't care for "people" from Miami.

And Jesus Christ, you've gotten 4,651 posts since January? Who the **** do you think you are? TheCorpulent1? How often are you on this damn site?

 

[Sawyer]

I don't care for "people" from Miami.

And Jesus Christ, you've gotten 4,651 posts since January? Who the **** do you think you are? TheCorpulent1? How often are you on this damn site?

 

[Kane52630]

a lot

 

[Drakon]

Smileys are really coming this time, guys.

 

[Drakon]

We have discovered which third-party ad network is serving these ads. They're not harmful but they're definitely not coded right. They should have halted them until they fix them.

This.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Great new smileys Drak. And no not JUST the Deadpool ones. The barf one is brilliant!

 

[Drakon]

These are some of the new ones.

And this is Pickle's Contest Winner



:atp:

And since I was feeling nice, I tossed in an extra one for both contest winners

 

[Drakon]

 

[Aesop Rocks]

This is going to be a wonderful over usage of a 4chan meme

Oh and, I wanted to be the first to do it:

Kaahhhhnnnnn!!

 

[Drakon]

And I replaced the old one with this one:

 

[Aesop Rocks]

yay, we now have a Captain America shield!

 

[TheFuture]

Sorry for the ignorance but could I ask how the website pays for its' upkeep? Is it through ads? I'm having a debate on an unrelated forum about the merits of subscribing.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea I think it all comes from ads.

 

[Drakon]

Yes, the ads keep us afloat.

That, and the ritual virgin sacrifices. And since we're a comic book forum, we're well paid up til December 2012.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

There's been an ad at the top of the page that wouldn't allow the rest of the page to load, I'm using the C2S theme and it's just the add and a black background.

 

[TheFuture]

Yea I think it all comes from ads.

Yes, the ads keep us afloat.

That, and the ritual virgin sacrifices. And since we're a comic book forum, we're well paid up til December 2012.

I really am clueless in regards to this stuff so just one more question. Do you reckon if Supherohype had over 1,000 forums that it could sustain itself through just ad revenue? Or would other solutions such as (voluntary) subscription have to be implemented?

 

[Drakon]

Screenshots, Aesop. We can't do anything about it without a screenshot.

 

[Aesop Rocks]

Alright. I'll get them when it happens next, I've been lucky so far today.

 

[Drakon]

I really am clueless in regards to this stuff so just one more question. Do you reckon if Supherohype had over 1,000 forums that it could sustain itself through just ad revenue? Or would other solutions such as (voluntary) subscribtion have to be implemented?

I'm not entirely sure. There's a lot of different things going on here. I mean, for example, are you only talking about how much it would cost to run the server, or are you also including software licenses such as paying for vBulletin? [Which, for any larger site, is a must in my opinion].

Ad revenue is tricky. Some people pay you per click, other per day, others a flat rate for X time.

You can have a zillion forums, but it's pointless if you only have three active forums. And as for being able to be sustained, I am not sure, because there are a lot of variables involved. When you get a server, you've got to keep in mind how much space you're going to need, and how much traffic you're going to get. For example, a site that lets you upload up to a full gigabyte of info could go through a decent amount of traffic over the course of a month, compared to one that only lets you post, and you have to link pics and videos off site. However, if only five people post at the first site, and several thousand post on the text one daily, then the tide could shift.

Some bigger sites do make you pay for registration, or for activation of certain features [SomethingAwful comes to mind immediately]. This works when the server cost is substantially high [For example. SomethingAwful: "We charge money because it costs us $3,400 per month for bandwidth bills alone, and since we don't believe in shoving popup ads to our registered users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations."].

And again, this could be even more different depending on are you just running forums, or are you also having a real site to go along with it? Because with that stuff, you also need to consider maintainence and the like.

 

[Franklin Richards]

Hey, Drak! Are the GL smileys changin?



EDIT --- Just saw the earlier posts. Do we really have to type out Hal Jordan instead of just gl now?



You're killin' me, Smalls.


:gl: :gl: :gl:

 

[Ace of Knaves]

No just Hal for Hal's symbol. And Kyle for Kyle's.

 

[Aesop Rocks]