Isn't there a monetizing or advertising option to Yahoo Groups that would pay for the extra storage?? No wonder Yahoo is going under.
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Jack Purdum via Groups.Io
<econjack@...> wrote:
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Jack, W8TEE
From: Jerry Gaffke via Groups.Io <jgaffke=[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [BITX20] No uploads - support replied
I'm perfectly fine with $1/yr, but that sort of thing will be tough to manage.? Exactly who should pay? Anyone who uses the site. Casual browsers interested in the Bitx? Yes, or give a 24 hour "browse free" ticket. Things like this make me think having our own site makes sense. Somebody who built one from scratch 10 years ago who takes it camping once a year and occasionally checks in??Yes.?Is this on the honor system, or do we keep a list somewhere of who paid so we can hound them off the list if they are regularly asking questions??Yes, we keep a list.?Who collects the money, and what happens if there's a shortfall/surplus??Yes, the Admin does and he can take $XX for his time. There should be plenty and as long as the site doesn't run out of room, I'm fine with whatever that person takes.?Getting 120 people to pass a dollar on through paypal every year for the next decade sounds like a real hassle, especially if interest starts to die a bit. Perhaps, but complaining in a vacuum is of no help to the solution of the problem. If the admin asks for 5 years up front, I don't have a problem with that, either.?The hfsigs pc board is a relatively new thing, but once the issues are sorted out and a wiki has answers easily available, traffic here may subside.?Yes, that's what happens. If so, the site will die a natural death.?What's the new limit, and how do we avoid exceeding it when folks start uploading high-res videos of their latest expedition? I don't know, but it would be nice to know how much additional space costs.
Accessing all the old photos and files from yahoo is easy enough, and everything could be archived on a thumb drive in case yahoo goes down.? Removing photos from that are more than a year old would solve this for a very long time if folks show some restraint.? Long term, we could use the wiki to curate what gets saved in files and photos here on . ??
Jerry, KE7ER ?
On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 05:57 am, Jack Purdum wrote:
In any event, I do think it's time to start charging for the nuggets we all find here.
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