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amay0001 · 2011-06-20 11:00:34

Absolutely no money was earned or was expected.

If my intentions were money driven I could have thrown up ads or offers to try and convert (or just a simple lander with one signup offer). 42,200+ unique views yesterday would make most marketers very happy. Those weren't my intentions at any point.

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harsh2327 | karma 1 | avg karma 0.33 · | 2020-03-10 11:45:35+00:00

Thanks for your encouraging words. Probably because we didn't do any paid marketing.

k__ | karma 14385 | avg karma 1.6 · | 2020-10-17 13:15:43+00:00

Oh, I don't make any money with ads.

Kudos | karma 1926 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2014-02-19 20:05:47+00:00

There's no money in advertising to uploaders, the only money in this is advertising to the recipients. That's a lesson it took me an embarrassingly long time to learn.

welly | karma 833 | avg karma 1.58 · | 2013-12-13 13:19:31+00:00

I bet you're making no where close to 1k. There's no ads.

maushu | karma 765 | avg karma 2.54 · | 2010-07-12 15:42:06+00:00

He probably didn't or used ads. He can always use the user base later on for other projects.

chaz | karma 4585 | avg karma 6.21 · | 2014-01-14 15:47:21+00:00

Revenue is to be made on unique visitors and impressions. No clicks are required.

jacquesm | karma 227883 | avg karma 3.76 · | 2011-01-13 15:21:56

Being a destination site definitely does not help your ad revenues.

1hakr | karma 1019 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2021-09-17 07:29:52

i dont do any paid marketing

Gasp0de | karma 985 | avg karma 2.86 · | 2023-10-04 06:38:28

I don't think META is looking for investors. And for advertisers, only the wasted time of those who are shown ads is of interest.

wingerlang | karma 2667 | avg karma 1.13 · | 2018-12-04 03:57:13+00:00

My point is more that I don't think ads will generate any $ at at due to the nature of the website.

Thrillington | karma 169 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2017-02-09 15:09:39+00:00

It had no ads or other potential for revenue the day it came out.

inetknght | karma 7946 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2018-01-10 15:05:17+00:00

The thousand dollars of yearly revenues is not worth the impression of me being unprofessional by having advertisements plastered on my online persona.

HeyLaughingBoy | karma 10338 | avg karma 1.69 · | 2011-02-28 18:47:44+00:00

Maybe because you said you don't mind people getting ad revenue? Sadly, from what I've seen around here recently, that would do it!

azernik | karma 12752 | avg karma 3.49 · | 2018-04-22 02:56:41+00:00

No one was buying ads here - they were just sharing content for free, and amplifying each other.

aurizon | karma 614 | avg karma 0.3 · | 2017-03-22 12:41:00+00:00

good plan, no ads = no click revenue

krapp | karma 17552 | avg karma 1.17 · | 2019-05-08 20:58:40

To be fair, none of that involved selling ads.

fouric | karma 2052 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2018-09-27 10:09:30+00:00

The ultimate goal is to make money, not serve ads.

majewsky | karma 15323 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2019-03-16 20:14:27

Exactly. I didn't pay 300€ for an ad delivery mechanism.

medianama | karma 375 | avg karma 1.88 · | 2009-06-05 07:39:26

As a matter of principle - I don't pay to advertise my start-up.