Glad the general consensus is that a person who lacks vested interests in the outcome of discussions is probably best. And curse list moderation gobling up one of my responses.
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Andrew T. <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Rowaldhelicon. > > For me, as a serverop that runs ads(on a server in the top 30), it is > extremely hard to be unbiased about the thing. > From one point, yes, the ads annoy a few people, and some have expressed > concern - for whom I have disabled them. > From the other side, however, there's the finite wallet issue, and only > ads are capable of supporting a disorganised community like mine without > making me run a loss, even though getting people entertained and having a > community is rewarding. > > Back in the day(say, 2012), there were tons of regulars and donators. Now, > people just don't. > That's what makes me very biased towards this specific question of > advertisments on servers. > > I think Matthias is also biased from his point of view, being on the > receiving end of the advertisements. > > I would love to support the idea of polls - if anyone actually decides to > spread it massively, I will follow suit with my community, and see what the > people decide. >
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