If a sponsor pays for advertising, Does that make them a better sponsor?

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Originally Posted by Greenie

You know what - if you just left it at your 1st question:
If a sponsor pays for advertising, Does that make them a better sponsor?
I'd agree with you. I think most people know this as well. If it was true, every beer drinker that watched the game yesterday would buy Bud for the rest of their lives. Do you think that's going to happen?

It's the nonsense that the board is in some way censoring small companies that has me so pissed off, because that's a very strong word to throw around & I really think is has no business in this discussion.

Sorry, maybe i should have used restrict, it has similar meaning but sounds much better.

There is no reason to be pissed off GG. This is pretty much the business model of most all webmaster forums. Not just here. So this is not just about you and this forum, but all like forums.

Basically it could be compared to a TGP or Link List for porn surfers but instead of serving up pron, GGJ readers get access to all these useful posts full of search able information at no cost with trade off of being exposed to advertisements which could be compared to the paid add spots on some TGP's.

The outcome of which is that only the advertisers which can afford to pay get most all of the exposure and sign ups.

This may be the perfect scenario for the forum and its advertisers but is it perfect for the readers?

Do you see how they possibly are being restricted into what they are seeing?

That is all I am talking about.

No different than if I ran a TGP and was asking what would be the affect on my porn surfers if for example I switched from open submissions to say just paid submissions.

No Worries!
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