More Bandwidth and Revenue Needed

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:21 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:
SuperFusion wrote:lol, it'd be a sad day the day the org implements google ads for non-donators.
Firefox + adblock = no adds bothering you.

As long as google pays for the ad space and not the actual clicking of adds that is..

Google pays per click.

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:29 pm

....am I one of the only people who doesn't care about download speeds?....

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:34 pm

I don't mind a capped download speed. I'm pretty used to having my modem flake out on me at times and getting things slower than I should anyways.

I have 16 cents in paypal right now. I'll probably donate when I get more money but there's a billion things I wanna buy so you know...

LightningCountX · Post by **LightningCountX** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:48 pm

I would donate if...

I had money
I had paypal
I had a credit card/debit card/checking account
I had a job...

I'm really not bothered about google adds or capped downloads or whatever you would implament to make people donate.

I am however bothered that the site is lacking funds to keep such a great thing to keep going, and I would donate if I had the resources to...but I currently do not since ive been donating to cancer and katrina foundations heh ^_^;

Guess ill have to wait till I get a new job in October.

SarahtheBoring · Post by **SarahtheBoring** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:17 pm

Moonlight Soldier wrote:....am I one of the only people who doesn't care about download speeds?....

I don't care either. It'd be pretty silly, since half the time the file sits in my AMV folder for a week before I get around to watching it anyway.

And if it gets watched right away, then I still have time to kill; that's why I'm watching AMVs in the first place. It's not like "whoa, gotta save this car wreck victim's life, WHEN IS THAT AMV GOING TO GET HERE?!"

Would capping speeds slow down the hemorrhage to a useful degree? That's pretty reasonable, if so. Superfast downloading is a convenience, not a necessity. People would whine, but not justifiably.

I was also thinking - it's been a while, but weren't there more restrictions in place when the Donut (or Carrot, way back) was first getting started? I could've sworn there were. Limitations from those days could be resurrected too; we survived back then with them, and we can survive now. (See how painful they were? I don't even remember what they are. Torture, I tell you.

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SuperFusion · Post by **SuperFusion** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:28 pm

Do you guys even crack down on your "no downloaded material" rule? I mean, get rid of it if you don't. I've never seen it enforced even when the creator says he's used downloaded footage.

Pwolf · Post by **Pwolf** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:40 pm

SuperFusion wrote:Do you guys even crack down on your "no downloaded material" rule? I mean, get rid of it if you don't. I've never seen it enforced even when the creator says he's used downloaded footage.

don't even think thats a rule... has more to do with morals then anything

Pwolf

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:58 pm

Zarxrax wrote:
BasharOfTheAges wrote:
SuperFusion wrote:lol, it'd be a sad day the day the org implements google ads for non-donators.
Firefox + adblock = no adds bothering you.

As long as google pays for the ad space and not the actual clicking of adds that is..
Google pays per click.

Ok... generate a simple clicking program that loads proxies or spoofed IPs before each click so each one is unique. Run it at a realistic rate for our assumed site traffic load and there you go... a small source of revenue.

I know the admins couldn't accept this, but other interested parties could pull it off...

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:00 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Ok... generate a simple clicking program that loads proxies or spoofed IPs before each click so each one is unique. Run it at a realistic rate for our assumed site traffic load and there you go... a small source of revenue.

There's a name for that. It's "wire fraud".

KaneDragon · Post by **KaneDragon** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:24 pm

Is it necessary to make a pledge before donating to receive credit?

If I make an annual pledge, it says it wants the money NOW... ^_^

This doesn't feel very user-friendly...