That's only a financial contribution if there are advertisers they can deliver you to.
There are not. Meaning they get no $$$ from your participation to cover the cost of running the site.
Again I don't care if you donate, but don't lie and pretend that your presence here is helping generate the revenue necessary to run the site. That's only the case when there are advertisers paying the site owners for ad space and clicks.
On the contrary, your presence here is costing the site because that's server load they have to provide service to which isn't generating any revenue to cover the server cost.
Just stop. Your presence here in no way helps the admins cover the financial cost of running the site. You are (at present) a cost, not a revenue stream. We all are. Which is why they're accepting donations.
Do you recall Facebook asking for donations ever? Even back in 2007? Of course not. Because that is not how the model works.
Facebook generated ad revenue in one form or another more or less from its inception.
2004: Facebook first starts generating ad revenue with its "Flyers" project...
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Roughly two months after Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin launched Facebook in February 2004, the two took some minor steps to monetize the platform — just enough for a small financial cushion to help while the company got off the ground.
As Zuckerberg said in an interview with the Harvard Crimson shortly after the platform went live, "It might be nice to get some ads going to offset the cost of the servers."
That April, Facebook started selling bits and pieces of ad space to companies promoting moving services, T-Shirts, job listings, and other offerings for students.
That's only a financial contribution if there are advertisers they can deliver you to.
There are not. Meaning they get no $$$ from your participation to cover the cost of running the site.
Again I don't care if you donate, but don't lie and pretend that your presence here is helping generate the revenue necessary to run the site. That's only the case when there are advertisers paying the site owners for ad space and clicks.
On the contrary, your presence here is costing the site because that's server load they have to provide service to which isn't generating any revenue to cover the server cost.
Just stop. Your presence here in no way helps the admins cover the financial cost of running the site. You are (at present) a cost, not a revenue stream. We all are. Which is why they're accepting donations.
Facebook generated ad revenue in one form or another more or less from its inception.
https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/history-facebook-adtips-slideshare