still dont see why the ads, cant handle the traffic costs
but imo, all the free shit, plus daily news updates on some undercover real shit (this place is FAR better than cnn.com lol)
easily worth 10/year
maybe do what all the newspapers do, they require username access, so they can record usage numbers, they then can charge larger fees to more quality advertisers that see a particular site carries tons of traffic
hell porn is bad for most advertisers to connect with, but a site with what 90% Black , most at least somewhat affluent, and rather consistent (the biggest point)t!!!!
cant tell me that Nike, Black enterpise, etc whatever, wouldnt like a slice of that population to spend some cash on a nice product here and there
pay per site does go against the ilk/feel of the internet as a whole, but hey all things go through cycles I guess
it will be shame to miss the new user ala myself that doesnt quite see the value of bgol after a few months , they will go somewhere else
hope the site stays strong, but I do see many leaving, jusdt the nature of the most internet cats, no pay for what you can do at another site
hope this isnt the LAST take on this, please consider ALL options before this is put in place
my two pennies