Kelsey Media buys Mortons titles

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

I would offer a counter argument:- Once set up, the cost of the forum is mainly hosting cost and advertising management overheads (paid for by the advertising!), unless you pay for decent forum software (WordPress not included). The hosting cost is trivial for a forum of this size and traffic and can be paid for by the advertising. On the other hand there are a proportion of us, who are subscribers, who get more value from the forum than from the magazine.

I, for one, would be less likely to subscribe without the forum. I don’t know if I am a tiny minority (as well as being short, short sighted, short memoried and short tempered 😀 ), but I suspect that there are a few of the same mindset.

[SillyOldDuffer]

On SillyOldDuffer Said:

On Pete. Said:

Do moderators get paid?

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I can answer that one!  No, unless maybe a moderator also happens to be an employee, which most moderators past and present aren’t.   I’m a pure volunteer, no pay, freebies, jollies, or medals. I buy the magazine, tools and materials just like everyone else.

Dave

That’s what I thought,  I don’t think we’ll get an answer as to the cost of running the site and advertising gains, but I’d put money on it making more than than it costs.

As said before,  there literally nothing posted here that gives anyone “free” magazine benefits.

It’s mainly questions about workshop tasks and tools etc.

I can’t help feel the decision to shut the forum down is one of spite that people might be getting something “free” .

If the forum shuts down I’d consider the magazine dead, absolutely no point buying it whatsoever.

[Pete.]

On Pete. Said:

[…] I don’t think we’ll get an answer as to the cost of running the site and advertising gains, but I’d put money on it making more than than it costs

I’m with you there, Pete !

I think it was back when the new forum software was being developed, that I used the elegant French expression Raison d’être … which says it all.

Magazine, forum, whatever … The whole business-model is ultimately about making money from advertising.

MichaelG.

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