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Have you really thought about what you are doing here?
TSR and MTS are bascially in the same business: both sites basically make money off of free content provided by other people. TSR does it by charging for advertising and by charging a fee for access to some, but not all, of its content. MTS makes money by selling advertising on its site. (Have you noticed that just about every page on MTS has an ad? Do you think those ads are free?)
It's like the difference between "free" television and "pay" television. You don't pay to see a television show on CBS, you are just subjected to a barage of advertising. In contrast, you pay to watch a show on the Sci Fi channel, but you are not subjected to as much advertising -- they primarily advertise their own programs. Does this mean that CBS is a charitable or non-profit company?
In some ways, the "free" model is more profitable. Google and Yahoo have grown from little to big companies off of the money they make from advertising -- in large part by using the free content provided by others. They provide little or none of their own content.
Most of the people contributing to both TSR and MTS do not see a dime for their contributions. So why mock any of them? Just because you don't think you should have to pay for content really does not justify trashing people who contibute to any of these sites.
TSR and MTS are bascially in the same business: both sites basically make money off of free content provided by other people. TSR does it by charging for advertising and by charging a fee for access to some, but not all, of its content. MTS makes money by selling advertising on its site. (Have you noticed that just about every page on MTS has an ad? Do you think those ads are free?)
It's like the difference between "free" television and "pay" television. You don't pay to see a television show on CBS, you are just subjected to a barage of advertising. In contrast, you pay to watch a show on the Sci Fi channel, but you are not subjected to as much advertising -- they primarily advertise their own programs. Does this mean that CBS is a charitable or non-profit company?
In some ways, the "free" model is more profitable. Google and Yahoo have grown from little to big companies off of the money they make from advertising -- in large part by using the free content provided by others. They provide little or none of their own content.
Most of the people contributing to both TSR and MTS do not see a dime for their contributions. So why mock any of them? Just because you don't think you should have to pay for content really does not justify trashing people who contibute to any of these sites.
Wow, you so posted that on the wrong board. Prepare for a verbal bashing and onslaught of cat macros. This site is about getting rid of paysites, and all the shitty (as seen) creations on them. If we can't bash paysite creations on here, where the bloody hell can we?
And thanks for the icon, it was either that or Bats hanging butt-naked on a clothesline.
Also, your Batman icon fucking rocks!
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