Re: UKNM: Communities: Fact or Fiction!

[Stefan Magdalinski]

Anastasia Williams wrote:

> 

> theSITE is a registered charity  http:www.thesite.org  that is

> developing new modules based on requests from vistors

> 

> our traffic has increased by 400% over a year without any marketing or

> advertising

> 

> We think we could become self funding in the coming year.  This means we

> will no longer need donation income to serve our audience.

> 

> Very interested to hear from anyone who has something to say about a not

> for proft with the potential to generate profits;)

> 


http://www.iuma.com

http://www.imdb.com

http://www.cricinfo.org

http://www.slashdot.org


and of course, everyone's faves


http://www.yahoo.com


interestingly, not-for-profit sites seem to be reaching

profitability/saleability much more quickly than high investment, 'old

media' owned projects.


not to mention the rafts of fansites for everything that oldmedia shut

down on a regular basis, mostly out of jealousy (teletubbies et al)


Is this because users turn out better content than so-called

professionals?


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