Currently, most [dis]liked post in HF currently is Amoses "So...where to begin?" personal attack reply there.

..and what is the most active thread? "Official」Asian Anime,..." ... Progress. Thinking about Asian Anime companies sponsorship opportunities.



EDIT: LOL! @ 3rd top rated post.

Quote from: aufmerksam on September 04, 2014, 01:46:29 PM

My favorite is this quote from Jeff Guidry at post 14 on page 1:

"I think you may be off the mark if you believe that head-fi is a business. To me, that implies that Jude is attempting to make money from selling company sponsorships. He has already gone on record saying that hosting this site costs him several hundred dollars a month despite the ad revenue, hardly a successfull [sic] business model. None of his posts about the subject lead me to believe that this site is intended to be anything other than a hobby for him and a pasttime [sic] for us."

WHAT?!

Ha, ha... that is funny.  He thinks Jude is out of pocket to run Head-Fi!! ha ha... He may not be getting rich, but he's not running at a loss.

One thing I've learned recently through work on another forum is that the old model of making money off the adds is no longer sustainable.  That market came and went.  Regular add income doesn't add up to squat!  I'm sure Marv will tell you that the little adds on this site wouldn't pay for his coffee in the morning, never mind paying for servers etc...

Now, sponsorship!  That is a different story.  That is where the money is coming from... and that is why they need to protect the existing sponsors, and that's why they target ANYONE who seems like they are making money to be a sponsor. 

Did anyone notice Innerfidelitie's announcement about changes to come?  If you're in business you need to do what is going to keep your business thriving.  I'm sure Tyl has a vision of what he'd like to do with the website if it wasn't a business, and he has to have a vision of what it is since it IS a business. Of course Tyl's not a dick about it, but that's a different story...

Head-Fi is a business.  Big or small, doesn't matter.  And I say, cool, have at it.  It means that I'm not so interested in hanging out there much anymore, but that's OK, there are plenty of folks who like it there.  I hope it's great for them.

There is still room on the web for places like this and HC where the grass root whackos like us can continue do our thing.  That's cool.

Sorry to get a bit off topic.... closing the DAC thread was total BS, but not surprising at all... C'est la vie.

wtf happened with that thumb up???

Did anyone notice Innerfidelitie's announcement about changes to come?  If you're in business you need to do what is going to keep your business thriving.  I'm sure Tyl has a vision of what he'd like to do with the website if it wasn't a business, and he has to have a vision of what it is since it IS a business. Of course Tyl's not a dick about it, but that's a different story...

Ya know, that's exactly true, if I had a bajillion bucks in the bank and could do what I wanted, I would do very different things. None the less, I think there's a way to thread the needle and be valuable and viable simultaneously. But you're right, it's not the optimal way to get information out.