You killed this site.

[Egaladeist]

this forum could actually pick back up

I suppose the real question is why anyone would want to ' volunteer ' their time, energy, and expertise to a site that has only commercial interests...why work for a company for free while they profit off of your contributions?

We, in return for our ' free ' contribution to this commercial site, aren't even allowed to link back to our non-commercial ' ad-free ' forum ( TAZforum ) that doesn't have financial interests.

It's been a standard of forums that those who contribute, or have contributed, are given a token of appreciation for that contribution ( links back to their own sites in their signatures ). Some benefit for contributing for ' FREE ' to a commercial enterprise.

I've worked with charities for 35 years...I have no problem volunteering my time, energy, skills, to help out charities...this is not a charity...this is a commercial enterprise.

metguru...simple question...

why would you want to invest your time, energy, and expertise for free to a commercial site whose only interest in you is how you can benefit them and their vested financial interest?

Name me one commercial Company that you would do that for. People started doing it on the Net because of the novelty of it...it's no longer a novelty. Online companies like QuinStreet are just like any other company...the time you invest is no different than the time you invest in where you work and get paid...

this is not a charity...this is a commercial enterprise.