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Re:What to do with a site that accidentally got popular? by peteforde on Sunday October 03, 2010 @07:09PM (#1753936)
If you didn't build it to make money and you're making 1500-6000 people a day happy, then perhaps that's the end of the conversation. Why not just keep it as a fun side project that doesn't demand much of your time?

Not everything you do has to have a revenue model. I know that for me, that's what I miss about the early days of the web.

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Re:What to do with a site that accidentally got popular? by sliverstorm on Sunday October 03, 2010 @07:15PM (#1753949)
On the other hand, what if running this site is costing him something? I'd certainly want a little return if other people's use of the site is costing me (bandwidth charges perhaps)
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Re:What to do with a site that accidentally got popular? by peteforde on Monday October 04, 2010 @02:40AM (#1754820)
If it's less than $25 a month, I'd say "who cares".

I don't know the OP's financial situation, but I think the idea of cost recovery on two digits is so short-sighted. I shudder to think of all of the missed opportunity costs of not providing awesome things to people.

The majority of my "luck" in life has come from doing things just because I enjoy them.

The OP is already getting paid in reputation, whether he acknowledges it or not.

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