I have to say this is not the case at all and one of the reasons I no longer post over at Slycks, I received an irate pm from Tom regarding some posts I had made and it became clear the site wasnt as open and honest as they pretend, and I didnt use foul language at any time to make my points.

You shouldn’t be singing about “advertising practices” when you and your very own paid ads (like treksavvy) are playing hype for money.

Hope others see this and are not blind.

Never thought I’d say this, but, I’ll be glad if you shut down in Dec. or sell out to the likes to tekshavy (as you are asking for).

Come Dec, and if you are still up by then, I’ll be paying attention to who you are shilling for, and make people aware of who you are shilling for.

Regards,

Deadpool
(AKA TSI Gabriel)

Ciao.

You played your cards to me just now. I didn’t like what I saw.

I won’t be back. I have no use for you and you have no use for me. Ciao and fuck you.

Cheers!

This is the part that interests me.

How much would you need per month with NO commercial advertisers?
(people like blubster and other buds aside)

I hope you weren’t holding your breath

http://www.p2pnet.net/story/31550.

Other than that, the many posts on, with and about RIAA victims; stories on the manner in which the entertainment industry is corrupting children in their classrooms; unique p2pnet interviews with influential and interesting people; probes into advertising practices (the only site to do this); and so on.

Cheers!

“one of the things I like about isohunt.com is their little box saying how much has been donated each day.” I’d never noticed that. Good one.

“It would be even cooler if their daily costs were visible as well.”

If it gets to the point where p2pnet is 100% funded by users, Yes.

Cheers!

If you want to contribute, obviously, the amount is up to you. And you can easily authorise monthy payments. But seriously, m8, if you don’t have much to spare, don’t even think about it. I know you wish me well, and that’s as good as money.

Cheers!

I’ll gladly contribute to a subscription – but it needs to be an automatic service – and I need to know exactly how much I am paying! Finances are tight at the moment – but a regular payment going out at the start of each month would be managable. I’m sure I am not the only one that thinks that way!

I’m asking friends for help. If they respond, it’ll make things easier for me. If not, I’ll still do my best to keep p2pnet going. I’ll know where it’s at by the end of December – or perhaps before.

“It does seem p2pnet has less to read and even less original content so its tough because on the one hand your asking readers to help and on the other your not giving them much reason to help.”

I do the best I can, Lando, as always. And that’s all I can do.

Cheers!

Mr Brag stood up to the media and said he agreed with filesharing and thats great I respect him for it. It does seem p2pnet has less to read and even less original content so its tough because on the one hand your asking readers to help and on the other your not giving them much reason to help. IMHO It appears Jon may be too pre-occupied af2fa.com . Am I asking too much? is Jon asking too much? I dont have the answers only an opinion.

To Slyck’s credit, they’re not known to censor comments that criticize, compare or suggest alternatives to a paying advertiser, unlike a certain other P2P news site.

Henry Emrich seems like a typical contrarian, the type that Usenet overflows with, opinionated people who are often quick to switch sides on an issue for the purpose of remaining annoying to the greatest number of readers, which is the whole point of their online existence. Their positions on issues is by design whatever gets the most heated reactions from the widest possible audience.

I think there are lots of folks who don’t want to make a commitment to donating regularly, but would kick in some bucks if they see that you’re short for the month or year. In fact there are probably folks who would do that even if they already donate regularly.

A couple of points -
1) I have no idea what the exchange rate is… is it not possible to donate in my own currency?
2) There needs to be an option to donate / pay monthly – is this possible?

The ONLY way this will work is if there is no effort required on the users part!

* wrt ergonomics/usability, but it is a tad gloomy.

Didn’t recall Henry starting out as a rabid RIAA guy, I must have either been asleep at the switch or just gone senile in not remembering that. I think he was way too hard on you, you’ve come out clearly in opposition to three strikes, and I recall you have asked for a clarification from FAC on that, as have I. If he doesn’t like Billy Bragg’s ideas, he is free to post to a2f2a, as Crosbie does, rather than just being negative about the whole idea.

“Bragg’s just using the p2p/copyright-skeptic folks as a “bargaining chip” against the labels”

Even if Henry was right on that, it still doesn’t invalidate a2f2a, the concept of which is to exchange ideas with the artists. If in the end the artists won’t listen, it doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth making the attempt.