Replies to post #116494 on Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[Frank Pembleton]

S_M...I'm surprised iHub did the buyout-- it was just a matter of time before SI self-destructed anyway. All that was really left over there (before the buyout) was politics, petty bickering and popup advertising.

[Bob Zumbrunnen]

Mostly correct except:

IHUB earns plenty of money from "hits" the freebies provide.

Most of iHub's revenues come from subscriptions. Advertising is a small fraction of the revenue. You apparently haven't tried to get advertising buys in this climate. Any site relying solely on ad income is really struggling.

And it's not written in stone, by a long shot, that both sites will merge. That's one of two choices we have, but that decision won't be made for at least a year and likely longer.