Ads incoming.

I have no problem with the ads. They are on most sites I visit, so I doubt they will be more of a nuisance here compared to other sites. I do appreciate the heads up. Also, BOB, thank you for the work to put this site together.

For option #3, you are allowed to purchase ad free in blocks of page views. There are discounts for monthly subscriptions and larger blocks. The base is 50,000 page views for $8. Right now we are running around 15,000 page views per day which puts us at about $8 per every three days which gives the $80 number. Obviously if the board becomes busier or slower those numbers change.

The disadvantage with #3 for the individual user is that, if there aren't enough other contributions, the ads could show up late in the month when the purchased blocks run out. #1 guarantees that you don't get ads, contributing to #3 only ensures that some part of the month is ad free for everyone.

As I understand it, you could do #1 and #3 at the same times. You could make the experience ad free for yourself and throw some money toward the board to keep it ad free for those less fortunate.

We could also do something like a Patreon where a user could contribute what the want and all the money gets pooled and used by the admin to buy blocks as needed. That's another bit of work for me, so I'm going to keep that in reserve until it seems like we would benefit.

Sorry you are right.

Well, that's the plan overall. I just wanted people to know the situation before it started. I want to see how intrusive the ads are before I do anything. From what I can tell they are minimal but one man's minimal is another man's annoyance.

I only started using adblock plus on tfb when some ads started aggressively intruding. I'd start perusing comments and a couple of minutes later, an ad would jerk me back up to the top. Then I'd have to page down to where I'd been reading. A couple of minutes later, it would do it again. As long as the ads are not messing with me, I won't mess with them.

extra points for using elucidate on a football thread

Mr. Bob - where and when and how much after the final tally 

put some stuff up on the nasa board and an observation on the poli board (if slojoe ain’t your cup of tea might wanna swing by)