qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
I'm debating whether to shut down the site. TWW is broke and doesn't make enough money to pay its expenses. There haven't been ads for a few years b/c the ad network we were using cut us off and my occasional attempts to register with new networks get denied due to either low traffic or the adult content. Premium subscriptions help (thank you!) but it hasn't been enough to pay the bills, and I've been covering the difference out of pocket for a while.
TWW turns 18 on April 1 and as TWW's caretaker I was willing to help pay its expenses when it was still a minor, but I'm not going to be an enabler and pay some grown-ass website's bills. So it's decision time. I think we can all agree that TWW has had an amazing run, and we've been joking about TWW dying for a decade so at this point it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we did let TWW end. But, it's your site as much as it is mine, and if you're not ready for that, then we'll find a way to keep it going.
The way I see it there's a few options
Keep TWW running 1. at least 30 people sign up for premie 2. buy some ads! they're cheap, and hey you get to put whatever* message you want in the ad space. have some fun! 3. I don't want to help pay, somebody else do it
Let TWW end 1. We can hang out on facebook groups instead 2. We can hang out on reddit instead 3. We can hang out on slack instead
What say you? Vote in the poll as well] 1/19/2018 2:22:24 PM |
FroshKiller All American 51911 Posts user info edit post |
You need to be more transparent about expenses if we're gonna bail the site out. Thirty people getting a 12-month premium subscription is $750. Is that the total expenses for the year, or is it just the deficit for this year? How does that $750 break down? 1/19/2018 2:33:26 PM |
DROD900 All American 24658 Posts user info edit post |
I'd sign up for premie if we got enough other people to sign up for it. I'm not going to throw $25 away and have the site shut down in a month. 1/19/2018 2:37:37 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23027 Posts user info edit post |
^^
I'll buy a premie subscription if it is what it takes, but how long does that keep us running?
Just out of curiosity, what are we hosted on? Is it an old dl380? A vm hosted in AWS?
I mean hell I'd be willing to chip in 10 dollars or more, but we need to figure out the finances. Maybe we can all be owners? By all I mean the ones that post regularly. Run this shit like an HOA.
Wait, are premies 25 now?
[Edited on January 19, 2018 at 2:41 PM. Reason : adsas] 1/19/2018 2:41:03 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
How much does this place cost and could it be made cheaper?
Now, how to best troll with ads?.... 1/19/2018 2:46:24 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
no sense in keeping it alive with no more posting than goes on now 1/19/2018 2:52:57 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89771 Posts user info edit post |
I'll slang tastful dong pics, and donate the proceeds to TWW's coffers 1/19/2018 2:52:58 PM |
LastInACC All American 1843 Posts user info edit post |
I have some homeworks from 2006 that we can sell to freshmen in Study Hall.
[Edited on January 19, 2018 at 3:00 PM. Reason : .] 1/19/2018 2:59:49 PM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
I don't mind talking about expenses, and yes there are ways to make it cheaper, but that also likely involves work on my part to move to cheaper hosting, etc. which frankly I'm not interested in doing at the moment due to other personal priorities.
I ask you to put those matters aside for a moment and decide 1) do you care if TWW continues to exist and 2) does the value that TWW brings to your life enough that you are willing to financially contribute in 2018 to making that happen. if there's enough Yes responses, I'll consider doing some work to make that financial burden smaller for you people to contribute toward.
[Edited on January 19, 2018 at 3:11 PM. Reason : .] 1/19/2018 3:08:41 PM |
Dynasty2004 Bawls 5857 Posts user info edit post |
archive this bitch. lets go to reddit.
I've been using this website for 12 years. I would be sad to see it go.
[Edited on January 19, 2018 at 3:12 PM. Reason : s] 1/19/2018 3:10:33 PM |
GrumpyGOP yovo yovo bonsoir 18191 Posts user info edit post |
I am very, very fond of this website. I'm willing to sign up for a premie again. I'd even buy ads. And if a decision is made to try to keep this thing on life support, I will do that.
But I hope that is not the decision. I love TWW, but my feeling is that this place must be allowed to die. There's no plausible scenario for a Wolfweb Renaissance. The decline in the user base can't be stabilized, let alone reversed.
I've always preferred this site's layout to Reddit, but it seems like the best place for a dedicated band of Brentroad Survivors / Wolfweb Exiles to regroup. It would permit those who want it to keep some semblance of anonymity and allow the posting of more grown-up content than Facebook. I confess I have no idea how slack works.
Please, though, give us some notice on the day you plan to pull the plug. Give us a chance to send it off in some sort of style, revisit classic memories, things like that.
[Edited on January 19, 2018 at 3:13 PM. Reason : ] 1/19/2018 3:12:25 PM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
If we do decide to let TWW end, it'll be around April 1. We can have one last egg hunt and celebrate TWW's 18th birthday before saying goodbye 1/19/2018 3:14:06 PM |
Dynasty2004 Bawls 5857 Posts user info edit post |
How many ads would need to be purchased to continue the website for 5 more years? 1/19/2018 3:16:31 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23027 Posts user info edit post |
So is there already a reddit group? I don't reddit, so I'd have to sign up. I'm actually pretty ignorant when it comes to reddit. 1/19/2018 3:18:43 PM |
Dynasty2004 Bawls 5857 Posts user info edit post |
^Yes. qntmfred made it during the black out of 2017
[Edited on January 19, 2018 at 3:25 PM. Reason : my bad] 1/19/2018 3:21:00 PM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
^false
[Edited on January 19, 2018 at 3:28 PM. Reason : ]
1/19/2018 3:22:43 PM |
FroshKiller All American 51911 Posts user info edit post |
Fuck Reddit, Reddit sucks. 1/19/2018 3:24:06 PM |
Bullet All American 28414 Posts user info edit post |
I'd miss this place if it was gone. I actually get a lot of information here.
Quote : | "I'd sign up for premie if we got enough other people to sign up for it. I'm not going to throw $25 away and have the site shut down in a month." |
1/19/2018 3:31:27 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
reddit is pretty shitty. i hate the interface/layout. 1/19/2018 3:31:59 PM |
Grandmaster All American 10829 Posts user info edit post |
I'd rather just throw $25 somewhere when it comes time than to sign up for an ad. 1/19/2018 3:44:02 PM |
Money_Jones Ohhh Farts 12521 Posts user info edit post |
I’ll go premie 1/19/2018 3:52:56 PM |
afripino All American 11425 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.gofundme.com/TWW 1/19/2018 3:55:03 PM |
Cabbage All American 2086 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I'd sign up for premie if we got enough other people to sign up for it. I'm not going to throw $25 away and have the site shut down in a month." |
#metoo1/19/2018 4:13:26 PM |
ElGimpy All American 3111 Posts user info edit post |
As little as I actually post on here I'd definitely not be happy if it disappeared. Would also be willing to contribute based on knowing it's actually going to continue 1/19/2018 4:17:52 PM |
afripino All American 11425 Posts user info edit post |
you do realize, if TWW shuts down, the terrorists win 1/19/2018 4:21:24 PM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
Count me in for a premie if needed. I've been loitering around on this site with you people for way too long for it to die. 1/19/2018 4:23:17 PM |
DROD900 All American 24658 Posts user info edit post |
People on board to buy premium
DROD900 1/19/2018 4:26:38 PM |
Money_Jones Ohhh Farts 12521 Posts user info edit post |
People on board to buy premium
DROD900 Money_Jones 1/19/2018 4:28:37 PM |
Cabbage All American 2086 Posts user info edit post |
People on board to buy premium
DROD900 Money_Jones Cabbage 1/19/2018 4:30:06 PM |
Grandmaster All American 10829 Posts user info edit post |
Well if your account is already flagged as premium I think it errors out if you try to go to the page.
Let's just build WolfCoin and then have an ICO. 1/19/2018 4:30:16 PM |
afripino All American 11425 Posts user info edit post |
Can we just add a porn board and monitize off that? 1/19/2018 4:32:22 PM |
dtownral Suspended 26632 Posts user info edit post |
how much does this site cost to operate? you can get a hosted vBulletin board for <$10/month 1/19/2018 4:37:23 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103354 Posts user info edit post |
patreon time, i'll contribute
i'll rewrite the bad boy for you if you want 1/19/2018 4:45:15 PM |
afripino All American 11425 Posts user info edit post |
your sites are fine 1/19/2018 4:50:25 PM |
ShawnaC123 2019 Egg Champ 46681 Posts user info edit post |
I'm on the fence. I kind of feel like it's time to let it die. I also kind of want to keep it going. So if there's some kind of united effort of people in keeping it going I'd contribute $25 or like buy another year of premie or whatever. But if we can't get the funds together, I accept its death. 1/19/2018 4:51:14 PM |
Bullet All American 28414 Posts user info edit post |
If you want the site to die, why would you visit it, and post on it? 1/19/2018 4:52:43 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89771 Posts user info edit post |
A modest proposal:
We unsuspend some of TWW's worst. I'm talking your esgargs, drunknloaded, GroundZero caliber users. Then, we introduce a 'sponsored-suspension' program, where other users can pay $5 to resuspend a user for a month. 1/19/2018 4:56:04 PM |
ShawnaC123 2019 Egg Champ 46681 Posts user info edit post |
^^because I can.
^That would be amazing. I wish we could send out an email blast to every TWW user ever to let them know TWW is dying and see who shows back up. 1/19/2018 4:57:42 PM |
dmspack oh we back 25532 Posts user info edit post |
i'd love to keep it going...i just signed up for premium a week or two ago, so i'm trying to do my part. and i'd happily buy premium again when this subscription runs out. but really....no point in keeping this shit on life support if that's what it comes down to. if it's begging enough people to sign up for premie every so often then, to me, it's not worth the hassle for everybody involved. i'd be fine with reddit or whatever, i guess....although i find reddit's layout p shitty. 1/19/2018 5:56:36 PM |
Dentaldamn All American 9974 Posts user info edit post |
I’ll buy premium 1/19/2018 6:35:09 PM |
dyne All American 7323 Posts user info edit post |
Archive it and move to reddit. The sad thing is that sports talk game threads have been deader than ever. Had to use reddit to get more active discussion during games 1/19/2018 6:48:03 PM |
PaulISdead All American 8777 Posts user info edit post |
I need this site to be formatted to mobile 1/19/2018 6:55:47 PM |
tulsigabbard Suspended 2953 Posts user info edit post |
i could set this exact same thing up on a free site for free and redirect the domain. don't get why its so expensive. 1/19/2018 7:20:07 PM |
qntmfred retired 40726 Posts user info edit post |
ok go do it 1/19/2018 7:36:27 PM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27836 Posts user info edit post |
OH SNAP 1/19/2018 7:45:15 PM |
dustm All American 14296 Posts user info edit post |
I'll be happy whatever happens, as long as all you lovey people are there.
1/19/2018 7:45:55 PM |
DonMega Save TWW 4201 Posts user info edit post |
i'm not proud to admit this, but tww is the site I check most often 1/19/2018 7:47:55 PM |
tulsigabbard Suspended 2953 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.phpbb.net/ 1/19/2018 8:08:50 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
i think there are lots of us who check tww often. but we need to start posting some decent content. 1/19/2018 8:10:01 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52839 Posts user info edit post |
^
also,
Quote : | "Fuck Reddit, Reddit sucks." |
Quote : | "I actually get a lot of information here." |
1/19/2018 8:19:50 PM |