Exactly this. There are people who simply have a shit ton of extra money and have been clear of their intentions to use it in support of this site. I saw one person mention his willingness to drop $250,000 on the front side and another $40,000 per month with the ability to do more if necessary. The problem with “forcing us to pay for bandwidth or advertise” is who is actually behind the question. Someone in the advertising business would have zero problem coming here with praise to hide an ulterior motive of selling ads. I’m not suggesting this is the case, but the sure way to avoid that situation is to remain free from advertisers all together.
We've got angel investors I think :)
I'd also love to donate some dough to keep server/dev costs in control.
Exactly this. There are people who simply have a shit ton of extra money and have been clear of their intentions to use it in support of this site. I saw one person mention his willingness to drop $250,000 on the front side and another $40,000 per month with the ability to do more if necessary. The problem with “forcing us to pay for bandwidth or advertise” is who is actually behind the question. Someone in the advertising business would have zero problem coming here with praise to hide an ulterior motive of selling ads. I’m not suggesting this is the case, but the sure way to avoid that situation is to remain free from advertisers all together.
hmmm . . . who do we know of who might like to see this site continue, and would have more than enough cash to donate to it to keep it running?
hmmm . . .
Right now, I have some ideas of who :)
In the future, my guess would be Nick Sandmann.