Whos Paying For This Forum [Archive]

tesco

07-14-2004, 04:24 AM

Rookiecrd01 (brian) pays for teh forum.

I ahd a thread just like this a couple months ago.

He pays a lot of money for it.

It was sold to him by 7th Element who said he would help brian make money through this forum but then ran away after selling it and is out of conact with anyone on the forum.

So basically brian\rookie got screwed over by 7th. But he isn't selling\closing the forum 'cause he is a nice guy.

manker

07-14-2004, 04:30 AM

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@14 July 2004 - 04:32
Rookiecrd01 (brian) pays for teh forum.

I ahd a thread just like this a couple months ago.

He pays a lot of money for it.

It was sold to him by VB who said he would help brian make money through this forum but then ran away after selling it and is out of conact with anyone on the forum.

So basically brian\rookie got screwed over by VB. But he isn't selling\closing the forum 'cause he is a nice guy.
7th Element sold the forum to Brian.

The google ads above pay for the forum.

Brian (rookiecrd1) is the Board Owner/Admin

Rip The Jacker

07-14-2004, 04:32 AM

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@13 July 2004 - 20:32
Rookiecrd01 (brian) pays for teh forum.

I ahd a thread just like this a couple months ago.

He pays a lot of money for it.

It was sold to him by VB who said he would help brian make money through this forum but then ran away after selling it and is out of conact with anyone on the forum.

So basically brian\rookie got screwed over by VB. But he isn't selling\closing the forum 'cause he is a nice guy.
Whoa whoa whoa, hang on. VB didn't screw anyone over, VB was a great guy.

The person your thinking about was 7thElement. 7thElement lied to Brian about this forum's status, and sold it to him, ripping him off.

It was 7thElement, not VB.

tesco

07-14-2004, 04:45 AM

Sorry, ya, someone told me they were the same person a long time ago, so i keep thinking they are teh same one.

I'll edit that post.

elitek

07-14-2004, 05:04 AM

Rookie Brian yep
I just noticed theres a google bar above :blink:
that is to say google is helping kazaaer or filesharinger?
later gmail helps file sharing even further?

lets say

Google will make your life easier.

NightStalker

07-14-2004, 05:33 AM

Originally posted by elitek@14 July 2004 - 00:12
Rookie Brian yep
I just noticed theres a google bar above :blink:
that is to say google is helping kazaaer or filesharinger?
later gmail helps file sharing even further?

lets say

Google will make your life easier.
No, It is a service Google offers to display adverts for revenue. ;)

justin_9733

07-14-2004, 07:16 AM

Originally posted by manker+13 July 2004 - 20:38--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (manker @ 13 July 2004 - 20:38)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@14 July 2004 - 04:32
Rookiecrd01 (brian) pays for teh forum.

I ahd a thread just like this a couple months ago.

He pays a lot of money for it.

It was sold to him by VB who said he would help brian make money through this forum but then ran away after selling it and is out of conact with anyone on the forum.

So basically brian\rookie got screwed over by VB. But he isn't selling\closing the forum 'cause he is a nice guy.
7th Element sold the forum to Brian.

The google ads above pay for the forum.

Brian (rookiecrd1) is the Board Owner/Admin [/b][/quote]
The google ads do not pay for very much of it.

jon1652

07-16-2004, 09:43 PM

Originally posted by justin_9733+14 July 2004 - 07:24--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (justin_9733 @ 14 July 2004 - 07:24)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by manker@13 July 2004 - 20:38
<!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@14 July 2004 - 04:32
Rookiecrd01 (brian) pays for teh forum.

I ahd a thread just like this a couple months ago.

He pays a lot of money for it.

It was sold to him by VB who said he would help brian make money through this forum but then ran away after selling it and is out of conact with anyone on the forum.

So basically brian\rookie got screwed over by VB. But he isn't selling\closing the forum 'cause he is a nice guy.
7th Element sold the forum to Brian.

The google ads above pay for the forum.

Brian (rookiecrd1) is the Board Owner/Admin
The google ads do not pay for very much of it. [/b][/quote]
Your crazy. I had Google ads on my website for about a week and they made about $120. My website got about 200 hits a day, I can only imagine how much those google ads make for that dude..

Lite

07-16-2004, 09:51 PM

You must have been clicking them like crazy yourself then. Google ads although they pay well, they dont pay that well <_<

threelions00

07-16-2004, 11:02 PM

i'm confoosed as ever...lemme get this straight...if we use the google search above, it will save brian money?

or what? if it saves him money, as an appreciative member, i come on here to search...or we could donate a little via paypal! sort of make it everyones to an extent if ya know what i mean...oh damn, i just confused myself again... :unsure:

Rat Faced

07-16-2004, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by threelions00@16 July 2004 - 23:10
i'm confoosed as ever...lemme get this straight...if we use the google search above, it will save brian money?

or what? if it saves him money, as an appreciative member, i come on here to search...or we could donate a little via paypal! sort of make it everyones to an extent if ya know what i mean...oh damn, i just confused myself again... :unsure:
Click on the ads to help pay.

Dont buy anything, just click on them ;)

Keikan

07-17-2004, 12:34 AM

So it's kinda like Brian is the president of this forum and what about Error403?

Prodigy Girl

07-17-2004, 12:59 AM

I might be mistaken, but wasn't this forum taking donations via Paypal long ago?

tesco

07-17-2004, 01:38 AM

Originally posted by jon1652+16 July 2004 - 16:51--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (jon1652 @ 16 July 2004 - 16:51)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>
Originally posted by justin_9733@14 July 2004 - 07:24

Originally posted by manker@13 July 2004 - 20:38
<!--QuoteBegin-ROSSCO_2004@14 July 2004 - 04:32
Rookiecrd01 (brian) pays for teh forum.

I ahd a thread just like this a couple months ago.

He pays a lot of money for it.

It was sold to him by VB who said he would help brian make money through this forum but then ran away after selling it and is out of conact with anyone on the forum.

So basically brian\rookie got screwed over by VB. But he isn't selling\closing the forum 'cause he is a nice guy.
7th Element sold the forum to Brian.

The google ads above pay for the forum.

Brian (rookiecrd1) is the Board Owner/Admin
The google ads do not pay for very much of it.
Your crazy. I had Google ads on my website for about a week and they made about $120. My website got about 200 hits a day, I can only imagine how much those google ads make for that dude.. [/b][/quote]
compared to what this forum costs to run, the google ads bring in NOTHING. maybe 10% at most.

Mr. Blunt

07-17-2004, 03:44 AM

Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@13 July 2004 - 20:32
It was sold to him by 7th Element who said he would help brian make money through this forum but then ran away after selling it and is out of conact with anyone on the forum.
I always thought he was a lil' bia bia. <_<

J'Pol

07-17-2004, 11:47 AM

VB sold to Darker, Darker became 7th Element (tho' hid it and pretended to be a different person), 7th Element sold to rookie (Brian).

Brian has several other websites and forums. There are 4 of them listed above, I think he said that. Or maybe he hosts them for other admins and gets revenue that way. He is certainly the registrant for at least one of them, as he is for this board.

Either way this is not his only board or site.

Prior to all of this VB and Paul owned and admined the forum, however it was hosted by Jon.

I think that is clear enough, for a soap opera.

SeK612

07-17-2004, 11:57 AM

I didn't think VB sold the board to anyone. As far as I remember Darker offered to host the board to give it stability and VB accepted. Selling only came into the equation with 7th and Rookie.

The admins usually dodge around the issue of how much the forum costs to run but I think 400 USD a month has been suggested (the forum is big enough to warrent a dedicated server etc).

Google ads are dependant on clicks (you can have as many members as you like but if no-one clicks the ads you don't get anything). Depending on the ads you can get as little as a few US cents per click. By all accounts the ads on this forum don't come close to raising enough money to pay for the hosting costs.

The google search does not return income when someone searches. If you search you will notice that there are adverts on the pages. Clicking on these generates income in a similar way to the adverts at the top of the forum :)

J'Pol

07-17-2004, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by SeK612@17 July 2004 - 13:05
I didn't think VB sold the board to anyone. As far as I remember Darker offered to host the board to give it stability and VB accepted. Selling only came into the equation with 7th and Rookie.

I always assumed that VB sold the board to Darker, tho' we were always informed to the contrary.

However I also just assumed that VB changed his name to Darker. Or that Jon changed his name to Darker. Or that Jon and VB were the same person in the first place.

Or that SharePro was Darker and is still rookie.

The bottom line is that I care not one jot, and believe even less. As long as the forum is here and stable then that is the only thing that concerns me.

If someone can make a few quid and provide a good steady board while doing it then the best of luck to them I say.

CoolMac

07-17-2004, 01:22 PM

Originally posted by Lite@16 July 2004 - 21:59
You must have been clicking them like crazy yourself then. Google ads although they pay well, they dont pay that well <_<
don't think so, i have a friend that lives in a county that is named orange (apparently it is the richest county in all North America) and that he got 8 clicks from friends (living in the same county of course) to the google ads from a site no one visited and ge got 200 dollars. What does that mean? google pays for quality clicks.

J'Pol

07-17-2004, 01:28 PM

Originally posted by CoolMac+17 July 2004 - 14:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (CoolMac @ 17 July 2004 - 14:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Lite@16 July 2004 - 21:59
You must have been clicking them like crazy yourself then. Google ads although they pay well, they dont pay that well <_<
don't think so, i have a friend that lives in a county that is named orange (apparently it is the richest county in all North America) and that he got 8 clicks from friends (living in the same county of course) to the google ads from a site no one visited and ge got 200 dollars. What does that mean? google pays for quality clicks. [/b][/quote]
You have this in your sig

The Reason why i do not use Google (http://www.google-watch.org/)

So you don't use it and are wary of it, but you support Google ads. That seems strange.

[B][O][T]

07-17-2004, 01:34 PM

When 7thElement became Admin He changed His old name Darker to The Musicman, but hey Sharedholder already posted that :)

BOT

Spider_dude

07-17-2004, 04:59 PM

Originally posted by CoolMac+17 July 2004 - 13:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (CoolMac @ 17 July 2004 - 13:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Lite@16 July 2004 - 21:59
You must have been clicking them like crazy yourself then. Google ads although they pay well, they dont pay that well  <_<
don't think so, i have a friend that lives in a county that is named orange (apparently it is the richest county in all North America) and that he got 8 clicks from friends (living in the same county of course) to the google ads from a site no one visited and ge got 200 dollars. What does that mean? google pays for quality clicks. [/b][/quote]
did he get ryan, marissa summer and seth to click the links?

DanB

07-17-2004, 06:04 PM

If we become paying customers surely we then have a right to express our opinions on the running of it? :unsure:

Cheese

07-17-2004, 07:36 PM

Originally posted by danb@17 July 2004 - 18:12
If we become paying customers surely we then have a right to express our opinions on the running of it? :unsure:
Warning: Never pay for filesharing. Anyone who charges is a scam! Unless it's just a forum, then it's okay.

DanB

07-17-2004, 07:43 PM

Originally posted by Withcheese+17 July 2004 - 20:44--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Withcheese @ 17 July 2004 - 20:44)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-danb@17 July 2004 - 18:12
If we become paying customers surely we then have a right to express our opinions on the running of it?  :unsure:
Warning: Never pay for filesharing. Anyone who charges is a scam! Unless it's just a forum, then it's okay. [/b][/quote]
Thanks for the advice ;)

J'Pol

07-17-2004, 08:01 PM

Originally posted by danb@17 July 2004 - 19:12
If we become paying customers surely we then have a right to express our opinions on the running of it? :unsure:
Pay for what.

The people here are the board.

If the people who admin and host can make a few quid from advertising then good for them, seriously I wish them all the best.

However if everyone here was to up sticks and move to another forum. Not the 9,000,000,000 that people talk about, but the active members. Then that forum would then be the community.

It's the people who make the forum, not the software.

DanB

07-17-2004, 08:10 PM

Maybe paying customers should have been replaced with people that donate :lol:

3RA1N1AC

07-17-2004, 09:25 PM

Originally posted by CoolMac+17 July 2004 - 05:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (CoolMac @ 17 July 2004 - 05:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Lite@16 July 2004 - 21:59
You must have been clicking them like crazy yourself then. Google ads although they pay well, they dont pay that well  <_<
don't think so, i have a friend that lives in a county that is named orange (apparently it is the richest county in all North America) and that he got 8 clicks from friends (living in the same county of course) to the google ads from a site no one visited and ge got 200 dollars. What does that mean? google pays for quality clicks. [/b][/quote]
holy crap. did you see the way that Orange County punk clicked on the banner ad? he clicked it with such expertise. now that was a quality click, my man.