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03-10-07, 10:42 AM
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Originally Posted by X
You may think you're being cute, but an attack like this on someone, no matter their situation, who didn't attack or even have any interaction with you in this thread is asking for mod/admin discussion of a suspension.
I deleted the message out of respect for the forum. I apologize and will not make any more directed comments of that nature to the OP.
03-10-07, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 12thmonkey
I don't get the hostility from the OP.
Plus, I always think it's funny when forum users get full of themselves like this is the Senate or something. We talk about DVDs. Get over it.
But DVDs are serious damn it!!!
03-10-07, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by WallyOPD
This is absolutely ridiculous. You mean I'm the only one that was actually charged the $30 fee?
They will waive the fee for services rendered.
Or so I've been told.
03-10-07, 11:26 AM
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Wow this thread started out like DVD Talk - The E! True Hollywood Story. Don't know why the OP wanted to take a big ass dump on this place. The funny thing he did it JUST after I paid to add another server to the mix.
I don't think I need to explain myself when it comes to DVD Talk's rules, but I did think that many of you would be interested in hearing that it does cost even more than the OP speculated to run this site every year. We have 5 servers and consume a fuckload of bandwidth. But if money were the key then making the long overdue 'paid membership option' a reality would have happened YEARS ago. Also after slaving away for more than 8 years, if money were the goal we would have done what almost every other major DVD site has done (sold themselves to the highest bidder). Since we launched we've seen.
DVD File get sold twice (they are now owned by Gorilla Nation)
Rotten Tomatoes get sold to IGN
TVshowsonDVD get sold to TV Guide
Television without Pity sold to Yahoo
But that's not the path we've gone down. This site wasn't created for some sort of eventual pay day.
Also most other entertainment sites run full page interstitals, skin their site to promote movies and have advertising which regularly interrupts the reader's experience. We've often passed up lucrative ads because we knew that it would piss off our free readers.
Ultimately I think we've proven as a site that our focus is to be of value and service to our readers. To have a site full of useful and relevant information and have a forum where people can come to have a reasonable and 'safe' space to discuss things with out being assaulted by rude members or over active moderation. It's all a real balance and we do the best job we can.
But most of you know that... because you've been here, you've seen how we deal with things and how we run this site.
- G
I don't think I need to explain myself when it comes to DVD Talk's rules, but I did think that many of you would be interested in hearing that it does cost even more than the OP speculated to run this site every year. We have 5 servers and consume a fuckload of bandwidth. But if money were the key then making the long overdue 'paid membership option' a reality would have happened YEARS ago. Also after slaving away for more than 8 years, if money were the goal we would have done what almost every other major DVD site has done (sold themselves to the highest bidder). Since we launched we've seen.
DVD File get sold twice (they are now owned by Gorilla Nation)
Rotten Tomatoes get sold to IGN
TVshowsonDVD get sold to TV Guide
Television without Pity sold to Yahoo
But that's not the path we've gone down. This site wasn't created for some sort of eventual pay day.
Also most other entertainment sites run full page interstitals, skin their site to promote movies and have advertising which regularly interrupts the reader's experience. We've often passed up lucrative ads because we knew that it would piss off our free readers.
Ultimately I think we've proven as a site that our focus is to be of value and service to our readers. To have a site full of useful and relevant information and have a forum where people can come to have a reasonable and 'safe' space to discuss things with out being assaulted by rude members or over active moderation. It's all a real balance and we do the best job we can.
But most of you know that... because you've been here, you've seen how we deal with things and how we run this site.
- G
03-10-07, 11:35 AM
#33
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Originally Posted by gkleinman
But most of you know that... because you've been here, you've seen how we deal with things and how we run this site.
- G
- G
03-10-07, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Josh
I deleted the message out of respect for the forum. I apologize and will not make any more directed comments of that nature to the OP.
03-10-07, 01:33 PM
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I am confused...Mike left because he thought Geoff wasn't getting enough money from ad revenue to pay for his membership fees and wanted to become a stripper?
Well, if that's what he wants...
Well, if that's what he wants...
03-10-07, 02:22 PM
#37
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Personally, this site gives me so much information and entertainment, a $30 a year membership fee would be a bargain.
03-10-07, 02:58 PM
#38
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• Mike Adams •
Think real hard before you decide it's worth staying.
Think real hard before you decide it's worth staying.
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03-10-07, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Adams
Now let's assume there are at least a thousand registered members in this forum. If that were the case, Geoff would need to be pulling in $30,000 per year in ad revenue to cover all our "membership fees". I'm sure both of the figures stated above are way off, and I'd really like to know what the actual figures are.
03-11-07, 11:11 AM
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So...we'll never find out where the OJ and Robert Blake Party Forum is? 
03-11-07, 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by das Monkey
I've given it some real serious thought, and I can no longer deny this compelling argument. I hope the Internet doesn't break due to the mass exodus of forum members leaving over ... over ... crap, what was the reason again?
03-11-07, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Al_Tahoe
I'm tired and I know it's early in the morning, but I don't even understand what you're upset about? 
03-11-07, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Joe Molotov
It's because we're supposed to have completely nude strippers here, and Geoff's holding out on us. WTF Geoff?
03-11-07, 09:17 PM
#48
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Originally Posted by Al_Tahoe
I'm tired and I know it's early in the morning, but I don't even understand what you're upset about?
03-11-07, 09:25 PM
#50
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Originally Posted by crazyronin
Whats all this then? Kitty's stripping for $30? < runs and gets wallet >
Woooo!
Woooo!
damn inflation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!