Whoa! I'd have to take out a loan every month to cover my costs! :o) Rick
---------------------------------------- From: Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:52 PM To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: Re: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? LOL....I just had a thought....maybe Mike should make ppl pay to have their posts removed, too! You know, sometimes when we all say those dumb things that we wish we hadn't? Mike can charge $20, $50, $100, whatever to remove any post so that it won't be indexed forever by Google. Ray Rick Faircloth wrote: > No, Mike...I really do have to agree with Tony...(maybe not > quite the way he phrased it ;o), but people who demand something > for nothing are nothing but cheap. > > Now, I understand Jochem's concern about his text being linked... > I have some concerns about that, too. But anybody who says > that they won't pay a penny for participating in something from > which they derive value are nothing but freeloaders. > > I guess these same people insist that Ben Forta give them his > books for free rather than pay for his time in writing them like > you have to use your time to maintain this list *and* even add > the extras, such as archives, etc. Time is valuable, no matter > whose time it is and you should be compensated through ads > or subscriptions... > > It's really sad... > > Rick > > ---------------------------------------- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Dinowitz) > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 3:08 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? > > Not really. There are lots of alternate resource out there. None as large or > active as HoF, but they could be. I'd rather grow HoF in features than force > people away with charging or things (like the inline ads) that turn them > off. > Rather than charge people or offer an ad free version of the site I'm just > going to focus more on new features (such as the verity search for ALL > threads) and hope to find an advertising rep to help out in that regard. > That and find a second to bill the advertisers I currently have. :) > > >>cheap bastards! >> >> >>>We've looked into this - you can't assume a 1:1 ratio if you went paid. >>>Mike might easily lose 95% or more of his subscribers if he went >>>pay-only. >>>It's just a sad fact of the world. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203753 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
