Karen;
I also notice yer "packin' heat" again. Back from vacation, eh?
Sorry if I missed your return to mod status, I just noticed the change while reading this thread. I take it you have become "refreshed" enough to take up the gauntlet again. Anyway, good for you.
Re. the Trolls.
I'm not so sure there will be a resurgence. Optimist, I guess. But the place does have an established decorum which is much kinder, now, methinks. Trolls will stick out more now than before.
"The trolls ye have with you always." - Jesus' online brother
The place
definitely needs a revenue stream.
Has to have one, given the time it takes to produce what goes by here.
I know, from several statements by K&B, that the idea of banner ads has always been anathema. Considering the subject matter of this place, I can understand. After all, who wants to have some long drug out conversation about stuff like the transmigration of souls through the universe, and the effects of extra-terrestrial life upon said beings, with a big ol' flashy
Click here for live nude girls!
at the top of the page?
Neither am I even up to date on just what kind of money that can raise nowadays, anyway. But... Most people on the web have long ago perfected their "selective vision" to a degree that ignoring the less desirable ones shouldn't be too hard.
All that said;
I have always felt that a pay forum wasn't the best of ideas. Yes, I paid, and other than state that fact when it happened, I held my piece.
Part of the reason has to do wit the fact that the forum, is among other things, a great place for both learning by reading, and also through interaction with others. You benefit from other people's thinking by trying out your own thoughts. But none of that happens unless the place is self-sustaining. Even the guy at the park carrying a "The End Is Nye" sign relies on the support of folk to have a park, in the first place.
However they decide to raise money, that critter
needs to be mentioned here, on
every page. Even if it means banner ads for in-house stuff alone.
Forums are one of the best methods of gettin' butts in the seats, the Inet has yet to devise.
Use it!!
By now, I am pretty sure that all of these have been thought of, but in case they haven't:
* Bill & Kerry;
Write, damnit!! You have a world of experience in this area that few have, and a ready made audience in this forum.
* Compilations of other's work "Edited by B & K". You've a passle of people to draw from, published, and non, Revenue share or whatever you need to do, but this should also be a fairly quick-to-market revenue stream, for you.
* Amazon links within the forum. You can link to Amazon for books already published by authors mentioned here, and get paid a comission for the clicks on those links. No more obtrusive than this: . If you poke at Anchor (sorry Anchor) with a sharp stick a lil' bit you can even automate it.
If they're going to buy the book/tape/dvd/whatever anyway, you might as well benefit from people hearing about said product here.
Anyway.. food for thought from the cheap seats (and probably worth every penny, too), but at least it didn't go unsaid.
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BTW, I just love:
Quote:
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Just wait till you get hit with; "Don't you know Jesus died for you?" every 5 minutes.
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My response has always been that, the Jesus I have come to know is, has, and will always be eternally alive, moment to moment, in every way I can possibly think of. Sorry about yours, perhaps what you need is a "bigger God". I have undertaken that search several times, in this life. Each time I come upon the same one, patiently waiting, though chuckling a bit, too.
Fred