SR20 Forum - BLAH!

[mike kojima]

It upsets me that people have the attitude that it
should be given away for free.  Servers cost money,
good fast servers that can handle traffic cost money. 
Keep the site safe from spammers and hackers takes
time and money.  Providing content takes time and
effort.

A forum is not a right.  It has to at least break
even. A well run high traffic forum is a full time job
for several people if it is to be done correctly.

People have a right to be compensated.
--- Aaron Mosher <amosher at maine.rr.com> wrote:

> There can be a considerable amount of money in sites
> like that - the old
> i-club-cum-NASIOC (performance subaru site)has
> enough revenue that it's the
> owner's full-time job.  He might even have an
> employee or two.  I doubt
> sr20forum.com has as many users or as much traffic
> as NASIOC, but the site
> could be worth something in a portfolio. 
> Incremental costs, ad sales across
> sites, etc.
> 
> It's the classic internet model of give it away for
> free until we're
> addicted then charge!  Of course, often that doesn't
> work and people just
> start another one!
> 
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: se-r-bounces at se-r-list.org 
> > [mailto:se-r-bounces at se-r-list.org] On Behalf Of
> Wayne
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 10:46 AM
> > To: se-r at lists.deskmedia.com
> > Subject: Re: SR20 Forum - BLAH!
> > 
> > Matthew Ostlund wrote:
> > > Someone started a new one yesterday with a goal
> of recreating the 
> > > simple layout and ad-free years of the forum.
> > 
> > So who owned (pwned, huhhuh) it before?  And who
> bought it?  
> > I'm surprised there's enough money in such a thing
> to bother.
> > 
> > I'd heard there was a legal spat over 
> > NissanPerformanceMag.com a while back as well. 
> NPM is a 
> > really polished looking site, but I'd still
> assumed it was 
> > just enthusiasts' labor of love, not big business.
> > 
> >    -Wayne    '06 RSX-S / '93 SE-R / '93 NK2k / '90
> Miata
> > 
> >
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