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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 1:24 pm Post subject:
thinking on , what would be a fair price to host a forum?

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 28233
Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 2:09 pm Post subject:
Good question, people want free, good service and minimal adverts Heck if 100 of my forums was happy to pay �1 a day then there would be a business model of sorts.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 3:43 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

fb is the devil's confessional box and has plenty of other shortcomings as well especially in it's commercialisation and politicisation of data without the control of it's users..

a good forum is not only social but can grow into a superb data base of knowledge ,for instance, knowledge ranging from the best way to mend a stuck hot water bottle bung to an overview of current glaciology to dealing with dementia to bletting fibres from plants to the habits of chooks and vermin to the ultimate roast potato recipe

if there is a new option im interested to start one for the new orchard(and the old ones)

You're confusing users with products. Users are the people that pay. If you have a Facebook account, you are the product. You're the thing that's sold.

Facebook and fora are different things with different functions. Comparing the two is oranges v apples.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 5:24 pm Post subject:
I think apples would win; good upright British fruit

dpack

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Location: yes

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 6:08 pm Post subject:
to grow oranges in york we would need to reopen the selby mine to power the heating

dpack

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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 6:10 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

Good question, people want free, good service and minimal adverts

Heck if 100 of my forums was happy to pay �1 a day then there would be a business model of sorts.

for my purpose �50pa would be a very nice deal

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 6:23 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

Good question, people want free, good service and minimal adverts

Heck if 100 of my forums was happy to pay �1 a day then there would be a business model of sorts.

Up until recently, we've paid forty quid a year to stay advert free, so fifty quid would be nowhere near busting the bank. I'd jump at the chance to stay as we are and faced with the end of life as we know it, I reckon that a lot of other forum owners would to.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 7:08 pm Post subject:
�1 a day is �365 per annum

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 7:13 pm Post subject:
week/day ahh ,yep not quite the same.

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 17 8:53 pm Post subject:
It's all a numbers game really, and the numbers need to make enough sense to justify the commitment.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 17 2:50 am Post subject:

jema wrote:

Good question, people want free, good service and minimal adverts

Isn't that what you have been giving them?

How much of the problem is down to the various ad-blockers?

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 17 2:55 am Post subject:

Nick wrote:

Facebook and fora are different things with different functions. Comparing the two is oranges v apples.

Except that people keep trying to use facebook for tasks that need a forum. It is depressing to watch.

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: escaped from Swindon

Posted: Wed Mar 29, 17 7:25 am Post subject:

Hairyloon wrote:

jema wrote:

Good question, people want free, good service and minimal adverts

Isn't that what you have been giving them?

How much of the problem is down to the various ad-blockers?

Yes so its become a charity

It would work at scale, but we have not got the scale.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Mon Apr 03, 17 8:11 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

Hairyloon wrote:

jema wrote:

Good question, people want free, good service and minimal adverts

Isn't that what you have been giving them?

How much of the problem is down to the various ad-blockers?

Yes so its become a charity

It would work at scale, but we have not got the scale.

Could you put something in the T&C about ad-blockers?

jema
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Posted: Tue Apr 04, 17 6:40 am Post subject:
I could put anything in the T&C, but that does not make people take notice. I don't think adblockers are the big issue here.

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