Two Things

[eLight]

I am happy to leave them there for now. The site is pretty handy Plus according to some I am el_jentel1 (but secretly I am just hoping he makes a return one day).

It's not about making masses of money though, not that the ads are... Or were, but I wanna find somewhere in the middle. Overall people seem to think we could cut back on them. Perhaps restructure.

[CJ]

I think you should leave all the advertisements where they are and keep on selling ad spots, why shouldn't you make money. Going out of your way to not make money is pointless imo.

+1 to SP32
yeah its right we dont like ads but if u are running this u should make some money for the survival/addition of new features on this site

[Prazsky]

I am happy to leave them there for now. The site is pretty handy Plus according to some I am el_jentel1 (but secretly I am just hoping he makes a return one day).

It's not about making masses of money though, not that the ads are... Or were, but I wanna find somewhere in the middle. Overall people seem to think we could cut back on them. Perhaps restructure.

Nobody thinks you are el_jentel1 but some think you were coded by el_j

[snowmanrene]

You could keep the ads, however just don't have them all being filehost ads, THAT is what makes the site look crappy.

[JmZ]

lol hes not elj unless hes undergone some sort of radical personality alteration or has split personality.

and sure i agree the ads may be needed to fund this forum (depending on who you are elight and what your financial situation is). But not this many, especially that flash banner, thats the worst banner ever.

I'd also recommend donations but I know not many here will donate. I have a server i've run since 2008 and get $150 donations monthly (one different person donates per month to cover the bill), so it can be done.

[eLight]

Yeah there will be some ads. Especially if we're to upgrade our systems at some stage. I see no problems keeping the site afloat for now, at least not in the short term future. That flash banner that you mention comes down somewhere around the 20th of May.

Donations are always difficult to manage. Especially with PayPal being such a pain in the ass. I've considered offering some kind of "Elite" membership option that you can pay a couple of bucks for (rather than a boring donation) but I've really got nothing to offer those members currently

[JmZ]

Yeah and taking into consideration that the majority of people are uploaders now, I guess all they'd want is something like an automated upload script lol.

But yeah that flash banner going will be awesome, even though its blocked on my home pc (and on every other smart member's PC, adblock and/or noscript ftw), its just awful.