An alternative solution...
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 6:50 pm
I think what might be a valid approach at helping solve the failing finances of Halomods is not to inundate the users with obnoxious and unnecessary advertisements everywhere in the forums, but instead go the route that many private torrent tracking websites have gone. By relying on user donations and giving the user who donate some image or badge of recognition which sets them apart from other users, or some privileges above that of a normal user, and visually shows their support of the site. One method which me and a friend have briefly discussed would be to assign an emblem to each user who donates for that month, when the month has gone by the emblem can go away as both a visual reminder to donate again, if that is what the user wants, or as a sign to show that they are no longer donating. An emblem is a nice way of showing the donations being made without being intrusive to other users, and provides a sense of reward to those who donate.
However, I would not personally donate any money to this site, and this is what I was referring to in my previous post. I would not donate unless all the ads were removed, except perhaps one text-based Google ad at the top of the page like Halomods had before Grenadiac transferred the website to your control.
However, I would not personally donate any money to this site, and this is what I was referring to in my previous post. I would not donate unless all the ads were removed, except perhaps one text-based Google ad at the top of the page like Halomods had before Grenadiac transferred the website to your control.