That's interesting. How did you research this, by contacting them? The prevailing opinion on it that I see here from sensible people is that they're trying to make money off the site so they don't want to lose the shills as they are users. Foolish if true, as it'll kill the site in the long term, but I think at least some of them are just in on it.
You've pretty much figured it out. I don't want to directly answer your question because I don't dislike the mods. I just severely disagree with what they have done to TD.
Stormfags/Consume product aren't going to buy subscriptions and click on ads. They just run off any real, tangible userbase that you might otherwise capture.
I will just add that they have too much dependence on red tape and spreadsheets and not enough drive to actually act, and power/authority is too centralized to one person.
That's interesting. How did you research this, by contacting them? The prevailing opinion on it that I see here from sensible people is that they're trying to make money off the site so they don't want to lose the shills as they are users. Foolish if true, as it'll kill the site in the long term, but I think at least some of them are just in on it.
You've pretty much figured it out. I don't want to directly answer your question because I don't dislike the mods. I just severely disagree with what they have done to TD.
Stormfags/Consume product aren't going to buy subscriptions and click on ads. They just run off any real, tangible userbase that you might otherwise capture.
I will just add that they have too much dependence on red tape and spreadsheets and not enough drive to actually act, and power/authority is too centralized to one person.