The Question and Answer Board

[Tatari Gami]

Hi Doug,

I'm not sure if I got your point, but I might have. I do know that the Next Gen. episode you refer to is one of my favorites!

Re making business sense, this is what I mean: I see the long-term costs of allowing rape jokes and "faggot" and "towelhead" humor outweighing the long term benefits that could be associated with running a more professional site not filled with idiotic graffiti. I think of potential buyers or partners or investors, who read this stuff in the jailhouse and view it as a liability.

I wonder whether the income derived (if any) from the handful of members who do the bulk of this posting offsets the income lost from people who leave the site because of it. A business calculation.