It doesn't really matter how great the written word is; it is extremely hard to make money selling articles online. The NYT and WSJ have finally figured it out; anyone else? Most newspapers nowadays are effectively rotting corpses of their former selves.End of an era. The site wasn't as prominent as in its heydays and as others have noted, there were plenty of other tech websites, and the prominence of Youtube.
The sad part is, and this is only my opinion, 80% of Youtube videos is at best a supplement, and not a replacement for the indepth reviews we get with a written article. Yes, a Youtube video is perfectly fine, and perfectly valid, for a video card performance review. But when you're doing an article on a new GPU architecture, and talking about what makes it tick, what makes it better, etc., nothing beats out a well written article.
Me too. Built a P4 PresHOT 3.2 and a Radeon 9600XT on an ASUS board for my first build. GPU came with a code to download Half-Life 2 when it launched on some new game service called Steam.Wow time flies! Pentium 4's and Athlons were still duking it out when I joined here. Radeon 9800 PRO was the king of GPU's. And we had this new fancy thing called SATA to replace this chonky thing called IDE.
R.I.P in peace old friend
Mmmm, eyeballs.YT works because of huge economies of scale (eyeballs, that is) and advertisers willing to pay Google big bucks for large enough quantities of eyeballs.
We just need Madoka to sell his 2nd house full of Legos and Ponyo to liquidate what’s left of his TSLA sharesSpaceman needs to buy out the forum and be the new owner.
It doesn't really matter how great the written word is; it is extremely hard to make money selling articles online. The NYT and WSJ have finally figured it out; anyone else? Most newspapers nowadays are effectively rotting corpses of their former selves.
YT works because of huge economies of scale (eyeballs, that is) and advertisers willing to pay Google big bucks for large enough quantities of eyeballs.
Does this mean I have to talk to people IRL? Ew
Where's the new forum backup plan?
The funny part of that is Olds moved twice during those years…the last time to Ohio…brought you home.
The funny part of that is Olds moved twice during those years…the last time to Ohio…brought you home.
Well, who knows when they'll stop taking new members and ultimately shut down this whole legacy...Crazy these forums are still kicking around and that it will outlive the site itself.
How much does it cost to run a forum like this? Or is it a money maker with the ads?
So many fond memories over the decades here! Thanks for everything Anandtech
It's been awhile, couldn't believe the news when I read it - so had to come post. I knew the forums wouldn't be going anywhere!holy moly, haven't seen you for 12 years!
I knew the background looked intensely familiar - google lens say it's from Buffy. Probably tv series
ads?How much does it cost to run a forum like this? Or is it a money maker with the ads?
It's a pretty big database, but your estimate sounds reasonable.With the amount of traffic this forum gets, probably under $100/mo. Can easily run off a single leased mid end server like what OVH or similar providers sell. Maybe even a good VPS. Although a dedicated server is best.