Gelbooru is dying. Hello Danbooru!

Marbleball said:

So Gelbooru has always had advertisements. I've never seen them before. They're also deleting posts on the forum made by children who are having a temper tantrum for no reason.

FTFY

70% of users (As of this post) use adblock on Gelbooru. This change potentially allows me tons of room to hire on our lead programmer full time to actually implement neat features and upgrades. I'm 15K in debt to private individuals, and honestly, I need the additional money to pay them back as soon as possible. Patreon goes to the coder, I do not see a cent of that.

With that said, this forum, as far as I was aware, was meant for Danbooru site discussion, not rage threads.

ltu said:

FTFY

70% of users (As of this post) use adblock on Gelbooru. This change potentially allows me tons of room to hire on our lead programmer full time to actually implement neat features and upgrades. I'm 15K in debt to private individuals, and honestly, I need the additional money to pay them back as soon as possible. Patreon goes to the coder, I do not see a cent of that.

With that said, this forum, as far as I was aware, was meant for Danbooru site discussion, not rage threads.

I honestly don't see a high lvl of rage or unfairness in this thread. You created these dissatisfied Gelbooru users through your own actions. Therefore, you should explain the reasoning behind your actions (the need for unblockable ads) on your own website instead of adding fuel to the fire by censoring comments and deleting threads.

That said, I hope you can pay off this heavy dept soon so that everything runs smooth on your side again. :)

ltu said:

With that said, this forum, as far as I was aware, was meant for Danbooru site discussion, not rage threads.

BrokenEagle98 said:

Not sure this is considered off-topic, since the forums are supposed to be about Danbooru itself and how it's run.

Yes, for a while now, I've wondered why this thread has not been locked. No good can come of this thread by leaving it open.

Also, at this point, I sort of wonder if the topic opener is a successful troll or a genuine Gelbooru user...

BrokenEagle98 said:

Yes, for a while now, I've wondered why this thread has not been locked. No good can come of this thread by leaving it open.

Also, at this point, I sort of wonder if the topic opener is a successful troll or a genuine Gelbooru user...

I can fully understand that you are concerned about conducting such a discussion here on Danbooru, but we should not overreact, either. This thread is pretty moderate and fair if you conciser its highly controversial (maybe even troll like) topic. Please just don't prove Godwin's Law. :D

I'll just quote from the "Rules" (topic #4782)...

Rules:

• However, the forum is to be used for issues related to Danbooru itself and/or its use. Do not use the forums for ... topics unrelated to Danbooru.

So we should just point new users like the topic opener to the appropriate threads/wiki entries, and let them make their own comparisons once they've had a bit more experience with the site. Anything else is potentially inflammatory opinion...

reiyasona said:

Please just don't prove Godwin's Law. :D

Yeah, that's why I caged my opinion with "I sort of wonder"... ;)

I believe this topic has exhausted its purpose.