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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    DerekJohnson said:

    Over the past few years, Damone and I have had periodic email exchanges about Adam Carolla. I'm a big fan of Adam, but I do not listen to his main podcast because I can't stand listening to Bald Bryan. For quite awhile I've been listening to Adam's podcast with Dr Drew. I enjoy their banter.

    But that podcast is becoming increasingly difficult to listen to. They open up with four minutes of commercials. Then they start talking, but sixty seconds later they start giving plugs to their sponsors. Then Adam will start complaining about the mayor of LA or he's yelling at Drew for something. A few minutes pass and here they go cramming more 60 second ads and plugs into the show. So now, if the show goes 30 minutes, there are 10-12 minutes of plugs and commercials. It feels like the podcast equivalent of QVC.

    But this has given me thoughts about Hardcore Husky. I have long said that the ultimate goal of this site is to get to 5 million page views a month and then get a bunch of quality sponsors who don't mind all the profanity and shenanigans found here. But would that be best for the site? Would it cheapen the experience to log onto Hardcore Husky and have all these ads and flashing banners, etc.? I don't think I'd like it. I feel like it would be akin to wading through all those ads with Adam Carolla.

    I almost feel like if our traffic can continue to grow and the annual fundraiser eventually reaches $15-20,000, that would be enough compensation for running this degenerate day care. I would prefer that than making more $$ but having Hardcore Husky have a bunch of flashing banners. I would prefer to maintain the experience that we have on here every day.

    I'm just thinking out loud here.

    I don't know if it's the same on the Westside but in Spokane, there's a Bail bondsmen on every other corner. I'm thinking that would be an attainable target for some advertising $cratch for here.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,209 Founders Club
    PurpleBaze said:

    YellowSnow said:

    PurpleBaze said:

    YellowSnow said:

    PurpleBaze said:

    Swaye said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Derek, are there enough free loaders left to get to the $15k a year range on the annual drive?

    Not at 25 bucks per. I think we hit 8K last year but that was on the strength of a BUNCH of Wigwams. We are 54 Wigwams short of 15K, and last year was by far our best year ever for donations. We need to double the user base to make that happen, plus have a small uptick in user giving rates. Some people, whom I love, actually give more than the $129 Wam level donation, which helps a bunch as well.


    edit: We have 63 Wigwams now, but a handful of those are freebies given out to people who do a bunch of other stuff for the site. So figure about 60 Wigwams. We need to double that. And the year before I think we had like 43 Wigwams, so we went up markedly last year already. Doable I guess, but going to take more fans of the site. And if we could get a few of the free beer fucks to pony up that would be great as well.
    Chinned for proper use of "whom".

    In all seriousness, I don't understand not donating to a site that has so much entertainment value. Most of us spend a shit ton of time on here for a reason. We get something out of it. So chip in, fuckers.

    I plan on donating a little more this year.
    Oh look at you money bags!


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    Nope. No gypsy blood here. I'm 100%


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    I kill like 1,000 of them per year and they keep coming.
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,209 Founders Club
    GrundleStiltzkin said:

    Imagine being triggered by Bald Bryan.

    Great show today with AJ Benza.

    Jermaine, stop teasing
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  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,209 Founders Club
    PurpleBaze said:

    Swaye said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Derek, are there enough free loaders left to get to the $15k a year range on the annual drive?

    Not at 25 bucks per. I think we hit 8K last year but that was on the strength of a BUNCH of Wigwams. We are 54 Wigwams short of 15K, and last year was by far our best year ever for donations. We need to double the user base to make that happen, plus have a small uptick in user giving rates. Some people, whom I love, actually give more than the $129 Wam level donation, which helps a bunch as well.


    edit: We have 63 Wigwams now, but a handful of those are freebies given out to people who do a bunch of other stuff for the site. So figure about 60 Wigwams. We need to double that. And the year before I think we had like 43 Wigwams, so we went up markedly last year already. Doable I guess, but going to take more fans of the site. And if we could get a few of the free beer fucks to pony up that would be great as well.
    Chinned for proper use of "whom".

    In all seriousness, I don't understand not donating to a site that has so much entertainment value. Most of us spend a shit ton of time on here for a reason. We get something out of it. So chip in, fuckers.

    I plan on donating a little more this year.
    Joking aside, you donated $258 last year. If you want to that's great, but please don't feel obligated.
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  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823
    Freedom to @AZDuck !!!! Come on stalin don’t be a cuck and in ban him. Will make wam donations as soon as he is freed.
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  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,913
    PurpleBaze said:

    FirePete said:

    Freedom to @AZDuck !!!! Come on stalin don’t be a cuck and in ban him. Will make wam donations as soon as he is freed.

    Speaking of cucks, maybe AZ _should_ be reinstated, but with a name change to AZCuck.
    Why? He'd be banned in 2 days anyway. He's been banned everywhere He treads. Every board, every social platform. Looks like He's baaaaack on Twatter but that's the only place that will have him.
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  • whuggy
    whuggy Member Posts: 2,088
    PurpleBaze said:

    whuggy said:

    YellowSnow said:

    whuggy said:

    PurpleBaze said:

    Too many on here are still enjoying free beer. Time to step up, fuckos. Even an unemployed and unemployable like me can chip in a few bucks.

    Yeah the free beer folks really chap my ass. I'm not a huge donater but I also don't post all that much. Some of the highest volume posters on here are taking a free ride and that's just bullshit. There's NO excuse not to donate at least the minimum. Jesus just eliminate one shitty habit in your life and that will easily bankroll a nice donation. And most of us have lots of shitty habits. Pick one.
    It should still be a free concert for those that won't pay up. But the peer pressure should be brutal and nasty if needed.
    I'll tell you effective peer pressure. When the freeloaders post something, give em no response. No upvotes, no downvotes, no response to post. The you're dead to me approach. No scratch, no snatch. As you can probably tell I hate cheap fucks.
    It's hard not to respond to @puppylove_sugarsteel.
    Fuck im.
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  • Fenderbender123
    Fenderbender123 Member Posts: 2,989
    And I completely agree about ads. They suck to look at and you have to put up with sponsor demands.
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  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,738 Founders Club
    PurpleBaze said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    PurpleBaze said:

    Swaye said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Derek, are there enough free loaders left to get to the $15k a year range on the annual drive?

    Not at 25 bucks per. I think we hit 8K last year but that was on the strength of a BUNCH of Wigwams. We are 54 Wigwams short of 15K, and last year was by far our best year ever for donations. We need to double the user base to make that happen, plus have a small uptick in user giving rates. Some people, whom I love, actually give more than the $129 Wam level donation, which helps a bunch as well.


    edit: We have 63 Wigwams now, but a handful of those are freebies given out to people who do a bunch of other stuff for the site. So figure about 60 Wigwams. We need to double that. And the year before I think we had like 43 Wigwams, so we went up markedly last year already. Doable I guess, but going to take more fans of the site. And if we could get a few of the free beer fucks to pony up that would be great as well.
    Chinned for proper use of "whom".

    In all seriousness, I don't understand not donating to a site that has so much entertainment value. Most of us spend a shit ton of time on here for a reason. We get something out of it. So chip in, fuckers.

    I plan on donating a little more this year.
    Joking aside, you donated $258 last year. If you want to that's great, but please don't feel obligated.
    I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but it was actually $400.

    I don't feel obligated. I spend 16 hours a day here, so I'm okay chipping in a little more. Plus, I just got a 48% raise and I'm doing well, even after making sizable monthly support payments to my ex Hamas.

    But I digress.
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  • PurpleBaze
    PurpleBaze Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,293 Founders Club
    Swaye said:

    PurpleBaze said:

    DerekJohnson said:

    PurpleBaze said:

    Swaye said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Derek, are there enough free loaders left to get to the $15k a year range on the annual drive?

    Not at 25 bucks per. I think we hit 8K last year but that was on the strength of a BUNCH of Wigwams. We are 54 Wigwams short of 15K, and last year was by far our best year ever for donations. We need to double the user base to make that happen, plus have a small uptick in user giving rates. Some people, whom I love, actually give more than the $129 Wam level donation, which helps a bunch as well.


    edit: We have 63 Wigwams now, but a handful of those are freebies given out to people who do a bunch of other stuff for the site. So figure about 60 Wigwams. We need to double that. And the year before I think we had like 43 Wigwams, so we went up markedly last year already. Doable I guess, but going to take more fans of the site. And if we could get a few of the free beer fucks to pony up that would be great as well.
    Chinned for proper use of "whom".

    In all seriousness, I don't understand not donating to a site that has so much entertainment value. Most of us spend a shit ton of time on here for a reason. We get something out of it. So chip in, fuckers.

    I plan on donating a little more this year.
    Joking aside, you donated $258 last year. If you want to that's great, but please don't feel obligated.
    I'm not trying to toot my own horn, but it was actually $400.

    I don't feel obligated. I spend 16 hours a day here, so I'm okay chipping in a little more. Plus, I just got a 48% raise and I'm doing well, even after making sizable monthly support payments to my ex Hamas.

    But I digress.
    Dick!
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  • FireCohen
    FireCohen Member Posts: 21,823
    DerekJohnson said:

    FirePete said:

    Freedom to @AZDuck !!!! Come on stalin don’t be a cuck and in ban him. Will make wam donations as soon as he is freed.

    You're not the one who has to deal with the nonsense that occurs when he goes off the rails
    Stalin u already run an insane asylum, one more not going to kill ya
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