DP Removes Revenue Sharing

Posted on August 26th, 2009 in DigitaPointing by will

Shawn recently opened the Revenue Sharing Maybe Going Away… thread to discuss turning off revenue sharing.

The concept was reasonably well received and has now been implemented.  Revenue sharing is gone from DP.

This change allows Shawn to experiment with new ad models to improve DP revenue.  More importantly, it reduces one of the incentives for people to spam the forum with large volumes of low-quality posts.

I think it’s a good move for DP, but only time will tell if I’m right.

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I Have Removed the Tip Jar

Posted on August 26th, 2009 in DigitaPointing by will

I have removed the Tip Jar from DigitalPointing.com.

Instead, if you would like to donate, I encourage you to visit DigitalPoint’s Donations Page and contribute to DP’s hardware fund.

DP’s current servers cost $85,043.84, but the hardware fund has only raised $63,172.15 thus far.

Your contributions are appreciated! :)

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DigitalPointing is Under New Management

Posted on August 25th, 2009 in DigitaPointing by will

Hello DigitalPointers!  Most of you know me as Will.Spencer from the DP Forums.  Some of you also know me as Will.Spencer from NetBuilders.

I’m a long-time DP member.  I was member 211 when I joined on 13 April, 2004.

I’ve been banned three times, so I know both sides of the fence at DP.

I’m a pretty serious SEO and webmaster, although I spend most of my DP time in the B/S/T forums these days.

I’m one of the admins at NetBuilders, and I spend more time there than at DP. With Shawn’s recent return, I expect that a lot of the long-term problems at DP will be resolved and it will once again become a fun place to hang out.

I feel pretty positive about the changes Shawn has made already and I’m anxious to see what he will roll out next.

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