[theforum] google AdSense makes dollars (as well as sense)
Paul Waring
paul at rixort.com
Fri Jun 11 20:01:58 CDT 2004
David Kaufman wrote:
> that was an unnecessarily inflammatory statment, Paul. i don't think the
> negativity and drama is helpful to this discussion, and i don't think any of
> us would be here, working on evolt, if we felt that it would "eventually
> die" without revenue. evolt is not a dot-com, and is not a business
> venture.
*sigh* - I never said it was a business venture, nor that it had to make
money other than what is necessary to cover the costs of running it. I
was merely pointing out that the donated material that is available now
won't necessarily always be around.
> please spare us your "been around" wisdom. it just draws more attention to
> the fact that you obviously haven't been around, here.
I have "been around" evolt for some time, but I don't make a point of
saying "I've been here two years" or "I've worked in such and such a
sector all my life so I must know more than you do" like one or two
people have in the past. Admittedly I didn't subscribe to all the lists
or anything like that, but that doesn't mean I've not been here.
> it is. when something puts your knee pain, or danger, you jerk. are
> getting a clue yet?
That is an irrational automatic response to an immediate threat, a bit
different from the suggestion of putting ads on weo. It wasn't like
someone had said "ads are going up tomorrow, whether you like it or
not". I don't understand why people shoot down the idea of advertising
before even listening to the potential arguments in favour.
> please. the more you talk, you less it seems you a) belong here, or b) want
> to.
The more you talk, the less it seems I'm welcome here. Don't worry
though, I can take a hint (but geez, if you wanted me off that badly why
didn't you just say so before?).
Paul
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