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Posted By: M-ClassDate: 3/28/02 2:15 p.m.

In Response To: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(long) (Tycho)

: The reason FileBall has to either close down, or ask for money, is because a
: lot of people that are either in or out of this community take free things
: for granted.

...

:yet when they kindly and inobtrusively asked for donations nobody even ASKED how they could donate.

One problem I see is that there can't be community support without comunnity communication. If they really wanted a donation then they should have given instructions and the information necesary to do so up front. I hardly visit the place, but I've never seen the financial troubles mentioned anywhere at all before today. Couldn't this have been an item on the Story page?

On the web I've seen different ways of getting money to pay for a site:

Selling a CD of Site Contents (www.sacred-texts.com)
Banners (They're everywhere!)
Donations (www.mame.dk, www.fontosaurus.com)
Subscription (www.MacFixit.com, weatherunderground.com, Wall Street Journal)

Banners suck and I heard they don't pay much. The CD is probably out of the question because of the work and legal issues.

As for Donations, I would give cause I can.

Nearly everyone on the internet takes things for granted, but really if someone wants something bad enough they will pay or look for a free site. I think a few people were just shocked by the cost no matter how small it is. For example I get everything I want from MacFixit for free, but there's more to be had at a price. Really it's just a marketing issue.

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The Ar'kives: Does Anybody Care?REB 3/27/02 6:06 p.m.
     Re: The Ar'kives: Does Anybody Care?Rincewind MoG 3/27/02 6:50 p.m.
           Re: The Ar'kives: Does Anybody Care?Hamish Sinclair 3/28/02 12:14 a.m.
                 Re: The Ar'kives: Does Anybody Care?D-M.A. 3/28/02 12:44 a.m.
                       and he's in the corny-stage :) NTD-M.A. 3/28/02 12:48 a.m.
           Re: The Ar'kives: Does Anybody Care?Ernie 3/30/02 3:16 p.m.
     Re: The Ar'kives: Does Anybody Care?Tophet 3/27/02 8:04 p.m.
     Before you get your panties in a bunch...(long)Tycho 3/27/02 9:10 p.m.
           Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longDjof 3/27/02 10:20 p.m.
                 Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longTycho 3/27/02 10:47 p.m.
                       Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longDjof@School 3/28/02 8:35 a.m.
                             Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longTycho 3/28/02 10:11 a.m.
                                   Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longDjof@School 3/28/02 11:36 a.m.
                                         Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longTycho 3/28/02 11:54 a.m.
                                               Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longClaude Errera 3/29/02 5:56 a.m.
                                                     Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longDjof 3/29/02 12:14 p.m.
           what?M-Class 3/28/02 2:15 p.m.
           Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longREB 3/29/02 12:10 a.m.
                 Re: Before you get your panties in a bunch...(longD-M.A. 3/29/02 1:32 a.m.
                       could someone send me money, I need more glue! *NM*D-M.A. 3/29/02 1:35 a.m.
     Clearing the air...Claude Errera 3/28/02 6:17 a.m.
           Re: Clearing the air...Tycho 3/28/02 10:09 a.m.
                 Re: Clearing the air...Simon dupuis 3/28/02 11:24 a.m.
                 Re: Clearing the air...Claude Errera 3/28/02 11:30 a.m.
           Very well put ... but ...Jester 3/28/02 7:14 p.m.
                 durr ... "obligated" ... not "obliged". *NM*Jester 3/28/02 8:28 p.m.
                       "obliged" is right -- "obligated" is a corruption *NM*[zudo] 3/29/02 10:41 a.m.
                             http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=obligated (NT)Mark Levin 3/29/02 11:23 a.m.
                                   Nonetheless, obligated is a corruption of obligedzudo 3/30/02 5:16 a.m.
                 Re: Very well put ... but ...Tycho 3/28/02 9:43 p.m.
                       Re: Very well put ... but ...Jester 3/29/02 12:26 a.m.
                             Re: Very well put ... but ...Mark Levin 3/29/02 11:26 a.m.
                                   Very well put! *NM*Vid Boi 3/29/02 11:31 a.m.
                                   Re: Very well put ... but ...Jester 3/29/02 2:50 p.m.
                       Re: Very well put ... but ...Claude Errera 3/29/02 6:13 a.m.
           Re: Clearing the air...Tophet 3/28/02 9:17 p.m.
     Re: The Ar'kives: Does Anybody Care?Andrew Nagy 3/29/02 7:25 p.m.
           Re: The Ar'kives: Does Anybody Care?REB 3/29/02 7:46 p.m.



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