Well I wish them good luck with it, and I hope that they make a lot of money.
Some people refer to "greed", and that is fine. But we're in this biz to make money, and some people forget that. As crazy as it sounds, it is actually a good idea, and regardless of whether it's the truth, he has a lot of balls for asking. He isn't cheating anyone, and isn't demanding anything. This is just the same as Tommy's Bookmarks and his search engine referrer configuration.
TGP easypic asks its visitors for donation:
"But right now we need your help to survive and stay free."
I highly disagree with it for a couple of reasons;
1. TGPs exchange traffic for galleries.
2. If surfers pay to see our galleries = why would they sign up on our sponsors?
3. this is no different than charging a membership.
Why the hell should I supply the bandwidth and the content so he gets a monthly membership fee from his surfers - Thats Stupid! If Content Providers worked this way they would all be Broke!!!
Do you really mean that surfers are being asked to donate?? Amazing. Nothing against Easy Pic (in fact, they're one of my favorite TGPs), but --why would a surfer make a donation to a TGP?? Get real. Let's see -- instead of sending money, perhaps I could just get the same thing for free. Duh. Asking for donations never works. Are you sure this isn't a joke of some kind? Or perhaps there is some other purpose.
This is actually quite different from the "please click my sponsor to keep the site free" kind of thing. Clicking a sponsor doesn't cost anything. Making a donation, by definition, does cost money.
Maybe someone could organize a pool in which we take bets on the number of people who donate. I take zero.
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