[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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