I probably won't be a contributor, but I do believe that the site should rely on donations, and not ads.
Putting aside whether or not Fast Eddie is using the whole scenario as an excuse to force the wiki into a particular image, or if he's just running scared, as well as whether the site is merely self-supporting but he'd be unable to afford to run it if it wasn't versus presence or lack of a day job... part of the problem it gets into is the "walmart problem" by having the advertising in place in the first place. Especially since most places will settle on a single service. This gives that single service an extraordinary amount of power over it. This would amount to having a business that relies on three customers... and one of those three provides 80%+ of the business. Walmart already does this sort of thing to companies, basically using their power to demand those businesses run in a particular way.
On the other side of that... I can't really blame Google for the mess. They're trying to make sure they obey the law with regards to obscenity, or supporting it. Unfortunately, there is no good test about what constitutes obscenity. "I know it when I see it" is a really poor measure from a legal and logic standpoint. Since "adult" tends to completely encompass at least 90% of what most people would consider "obscene" (except some particular violence outliers), any company seeking a standard will pick that and let the chips fall where they may. Especially given the moral pressures to not sponsor adult material. For them, it's a "win win". Two birds, one stone.
I do agree that someone probably has it out for TVT... either someone who was banned, or a moral guardian type that has a definition of "obscene" that would force the world into an Ozzy and Harriet sort of culture. The advertising mechanism, especially since it is quite likely automated (although FE has probably gotten it into the "human review" just by challenging it), is the perfect mechanism to force a change, especially on a popular site like that. Few sites that rely on the ads to pay the bills can afford to have it yanked out from under them, and I suspect that TVT's lifespan could be measured in hours if that happened. This replacement might not be so bad... but I would recommend highly to avoid the equation completely. Yes, donations might mean that the site will have some issues, but they're likely to be fewer overall than the constant threat of having ads pulled. Especially given the high chance that, if a TVT person is watching the thread here, they might decide "sauce for the goose" with it anyway.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
Putting aside whether or not Fast Eddie is using the whole scenario as an excuse to force the wiki into a particular image, or if he's just running scared, as well as whether the site is merely self-supporting but he'd be unable to afford to run it if it wasn't versus presence or lack of a day job... part of the problem it gets into is the "walmart problem" by having the advertising in place in the first place. Especially since most places will settle on a single service. This gives that single service an extraordinary amount of power over it. This would amount to having a business that relies on three customers... and one of those three provides 80%+ of the business. Walmart already does this sort of thing to companies, basically using their power to demand those businesses run in a particular way.
On the other side of that... I can't really blame Google for the mess. They're trying to make sure they obey the law with regards to obscenity, or supporting it. Unfortunately, there is no good test about what constitutes obscenity. "I know it when I see it" is a really poor measure from a legal and logic standpoint. Since "adult" tends to completely encompass at least 90% of what most people would consider "obscene" (except some particular violence outliers), any company seeking a standard will pick that and let the chips fall where they may. Especially given the moral pressures to not sponsor adult material. For them, it's a "win win". Two birds, one stone.
I do agree that someone probably has it out for TVT... either someone who was banned, or a moral guardian type that has a definition of "obscene" that would force the world into an Ozzy and Harriet sort of culture. The advertising mechanism, especially since it is quite likely automated (although FE has probably gotten it into the "human review" just by challenging it), is the perfect mechanism to force a change, especially on a popular site like that. Few sites that rely on the ads to pay the bills can afford to have it yanked out from under them, and I suspect that TVT's lifespan could be measured in hours if that happened. This replacement might not be so bad... but I would recommend highly to avoid the equation completely. Yes, donations might mean that the site will have some issues, but they're likely to be fewer overall than the constant threat of having ads pulled. Especially given the high chance that, if a TVT person is watching the thread here, they might decide "sauce for the goose" with it anyway.
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor