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[Rex_DX]

I'm on this site every day. I'll chip in for Gold for myself and another user gladly. Gold subs might slow the bleeding for now but I think a long-term strategy is needed and it makes me hopeful to see ideas floated like ManaByte 's.

Who deserves a Gold gift? Who is the nicest person on this forum? (If you say Danjin I will find you).

 

[ReBurn]

Ok, I bought a year. When you get back to adding features can you add a toggle to make the auto update optional?

 

[EviLore]

Ok, I bought a year. When you get back to adding features can you add a toggle to make the auto update optional?

It's on the to-do list for the next round of updates, yeah.

 

[SoggyBiscuit]

It's on the to-do list for the next round of updates, yeah.

Any chance of a thread being created about what active developments are planned? It'd be interesting to see what is in the pipeline.

 

[ReBurn]

It's on the to-do list for the next round of updates, yeah.

Thanks!

 

[Sakura]

SynthGAF Poly v2

Shop SynthGAF Poly v2 – available on Men's T-Shirt

neogaf.threadless.com

How long has NeoGAF had merch? I never knew this was a thing.

 

[EviLore]

How long has NeoGAF had merch? I never knew this was a thing.

Giant banner on the home page!

 

[Sakura]

Giant banner on the home page!

No wonder, I never go to the homepage
I'll buy something when I have some cash.

 

[Graciaus]

I turned ublock origin off on mobile and the white list reminder went away. But I don't see any ads anywhere?

 

[Putonahappyface]

Please stick a PayPal link on Gold and I'll buy.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Neogaf just took my ublock virginity

 

[Rex_DX]

Deleted

 

[CrustyBritches]

Was looking to gift Gold to someone but everyone I like here seems to already have it. The bastards.

 

[nush]

Was looking to gift Gold to someone but everyone I like here seems to already have it. The bastards.

 

[Rex_DX]

This is turning into a perverse situation where I'm just waving around a 50 and asking people to dance.

I'll be watching you though.

 

[John Bilbo]

 

[UltimaKilo]

Does anyone know much does it costs, roughly, to run the site for a full year?

 

[kikkis]

Does anyone know much does it costs, roughly, to run the site for a full year?

I can't speak for neogaf, but one finnish message board costs 25k euros a year for hardware. However it's got its own back and frontend, and image upload like 4chan and its really popular. On ads side it only gets casino ads since it's messages are rather inspired by 4chan.

 

[Celcius]

Does anyone know much does it costs, roughly, to run the site for a full year?

I would love to know this as well.
Would there be a possibility of showing the site financials, like what money comes in and what it gets spent on, for like the last month or two?

 

[VN1X]

Does anyone know much does it costs, roughly, to run the site for a full year?

I think around 400 million USD, roughly.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

I would love to know this as well.
Would there be a possibility of showing the site financials, like what money comes in and what it gets spent on, for like the last month or two?

I would also like to see EviLore 's bank records and at least 5 years worth of tax returns please.

 

[Celcius]

I would also like to see EviLore 's bank records and at least 5 years worth of tax returns please.

lol
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask like what the money gets spent on, how low reserves are, or how much money the site normally operates on when we’re being asked for money. Sure, we don’t need to know every detail, but even a general idea would be welcome imho.

 

[chromhound]

Neogaf is the only website i don't use an Ad blocker #respect

 

[EviLore]

I would also like to see EviLore 's bank records and at least 5 years worth of tax returns please.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

lol
I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask like what the money gets spent on, how low reserves are, or how much money the site normally operates on when we’re being asked for money. Sure, we don’t need to know every detail, but even a general idea would be welcome imho.

I get what your saying and understand how you would feel that way. I guess for me the issue is that there probably is an amount of money he feels he deserves to make for himself that makes running this worth it. It is also his site and his right to do that. Now has it gotten to the point that he can't take a portion for himself? I don't know that. I also feel it also really isn't my business. Releasing that information can only accomplish one of two things. We see how bad it is. Worse than we even suspect and that will only scare people. Or we find out he still makes a decent profit. (His right imo) but not enough extra to do the things he would like to do. That will only serve to anger people.

I give money to last stand media for example and they still make money from adds and Colin just bought a pool. Good for him. I pay because I enjoy the content.

I just see no benefit to him answering those questions even if I see why you may want to know.

 

[PonyStation4]

I've never noticed the merchandise section or what gold membership is.

It could be that me like other people have the gaming section bookmarked. So we never go to the main page or look at the sidebar besides clicking other sections of the forum.

 

[BigBooper]

Maybe the merch ad on the homepage needs some sexy models showing off the goods to catch people's eye.

 

[iorek21]

I don’t know if anyone has already given this idea but Fortnite has a “content creator” code system we can use to help people with each purchase we make in-game.

I’m sure me and other Fortniters would be more than happy to use GAFs code when we buy skins and troll dances in there.

 

[Celcius]

I get what your saying and understand how you would feel that way. I guess for me the issue is that there probably is an amount of money he feels he deserves to make for himself that makes running this worth it. It is also his site and his right to do that. Now has it gotten to the point that he can't take a portion for himself? I don't know that. I also feel it also really isn't my business. Releasing that information can only accomplish one of two things. We see how bad it is. Worse than we even suspect and that will only scare people. Or we find out he still makes a decent profit. (His right imo) but not enough extra to do the things he would like to do. That will only serve to anger people.

I give money to last stand media for example and they still make money from adds and Colin just bought a pool. Good for him. I pay because I enjoy the content.

I just see no benefit to him answering those questions even if I see why you may want to know.

Those are fair points

 

[UltimaKilo]

I get what your saying and understand how you would feel that way. I guess for me the issue is that there probably is an amount of money he feels he deserves to make for himself that makes running this worth it. It is also his site and his right to do that. Now has it gotten to the point that he can't take a portion for himself? I don't know that. I also feel it also really isn't my business. Releasing that information can only accomplish one of two things. We see how bad it is. Worse than we even suspect and that will only scare people. Or we find out he still makes a decent profit. (His right imo) but not enough extra to do the things he would like to do. That will only serve to anger people.

I give money to last stand media for example and they still make money from adds and Colin just bought a pool. Good for him. I pay because I enjoy the content.

I just see no benefit to him answering those questions even if I see why you may want to know.

My question was more in line with: how much money do we have to raise to fund the website for a year? Then use that for a GoFundMe and give EviLore some time to maneuver, and find a new way to monetize this thing.

In lieu of that, I purchased the gold membership for the first time. Hopefully, I’ll be a member for another 15 years.

 

[Bartski]

 

[kanjobazooie]

Make posting GIFs a gold-only feature. Every shitposter in this forum will be forced to subscribe then.

 

[John Bilbo]

Make posting GIFs a gold-only feature. Every shitposter in this forum will be forced to subscribe then.

 

[CherryFalls]

Make posting GIFs a gold-only feature. Every shitposter in this forum will be forced to subscribe then.

 

[ZywyPL]

This particular gif costs 10$. Thank you for you kind support.

 

[Edgelord79]

Make posting GIFs a gold-only feature. Every shitposter in this forum will be forced to subscribe then.

This is actually a good idea.

 

[Bartski]

gold exclusive emotes would be nice

 

[badblue]

Make posting GIFs a gold-only feature. Every shitposter in this forum will be forced to subscribe then.

 

[John Bilbo]

 

[Vyse]

In for gold. Here everyday. Appreciate you guys!

 

[nightmare-slain]

sorry if it's inappropriate but just wondering how things are going now since the appeal for help? seems a lot of people have signed up for gold and/or whitelisted the site on adblockers. the patreon is up. i'm not asking how much has been made but is it helping and what's the impact? will the site be able to keep running?

what other changes have you decided on that will help keep the site online?

out of curiousity, what part of the site is the most expensive to run? the archives of old content? traffic/bandwidth...or something else?

thanks

 

[Ceadeus]

I'm on this site every day. I'll chip in for Gold for myself and another user gladly. Gold subs might slow the bleeding for now but I think a long-term strategy is needed and it makes me hopeful to see ideas floated like ManaByte 's.

Who deserves a Gold gift? Who is the nicest person on this forum? (If you say Danjin I will find you).

Hi fellow friend, I hope you're having an amazing day

To you, your truly Ceadeus <3

 

[EviLore]

sorry if it's inappropriate but just wondering how things are going now since the appeal for help? seems a lot of people have signed up for gold and/or whitelisted the site on adblockers. the patreon is up. i'm not asking how much has been made but is it helping and what's the impact? will the site be able to keep running?

what other changes will be made to keep the site online?

thanks

We have a good amount of new Gold signups and Patreon supporters, which definitely helps, and demonstrates that the community wants the site to keep going.

Ad revenue is slowly climbing.

We're working on getting an affiliate store live for the next site update as another way to support GAF, too.

The overall outlook is trending in a positive direction, and internally we're hopeful for the future.

 

[Pantz]

Another quick idea taken from Twitch. You could add an option to gift a selectable number of gold subscriptions to random members (preferably ones logged on in the last week). Probably complicated to implement, but wouldn't hurt anything to have for anyone feeling generous.

 

[SJRB]

Another quick idea taken from Twitch. You could add an option to gift a selectable number of gold subscriptions to random members (preferably ones logged on in the last week). Probably complicated to implement, but wouldn't hurt anything to have for anyone feeling generous.

It is wild to see how easy Twitch viewers gift subscriptions to random other viewers on some channels.

If GAF could harness even a fraction of that generosity that would be great.

 

[killatopak]

I wouldn't mind having a bit more ads since it's not intrusive as of now.

Maybe have it as a setting to be opt in for users who don't have the cash to get gaf gold but still want to support the site nonetheless?

 

[ManaByte]

It is wild to see how easy Twitch viewers gift subscriptions to random other viewers on some channels.

If GAF could harness even a fraction of that generosity that would be great.

Maybe GAF should start a hot tub Twitch channel.

 

[Rex_DX]

Maybe GAF should start a hot tub Twitch channel.

Might as well do EviLore bathwater sales as well then.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Pantsu when?

 

[CatLady]

Someone gifted me Gold, but it doesn't say who. Therefore, I don't know who to thank, but if you're reading this thread - thank you, it was very kind of you.