What does it take to be lucrative in the freesite game nowadays?

[ponygirl]

nothing anyone else can say will discourage me. If I need to feel discouraged, I can do a fine job all by myself, thank you

the point to me is not 'can I get rich' doing this, it's can I make enough money to keep doing it ft, pay my personal bills & still have enough money left to put some back into it. So far, the answer has been yes, because to be honest, I really don't invest that much cash in it right now. Content & bandwidth is cheap, and I can see that freesites will provide me with enough to do what I want to do. A year from now, I will have more domains, more hubs, maybe get into more gallery posts, etc. whatever, but I won't be doing just freesites & expecting to be making 50k.
Most people here know that, I think.

It's a business. I didn't get into porn just cuz I like looking at naked people ya know

Being mean is not helpful, being realistic is. This discussion has been very helpful imo.