Rather, he never turned the big ads on for signed-in users. There was originally just a 60x60 in the sidebar on the front pages that's sold specifically for Metafilter. All the ads he added after that were only for visitors.
Almost all the site's revenue comes from ads on http://ask.metafilter.com -- with a shitload of traffic from google searches. It pays the salaries for 4.25 people!
Almost all the site's revenue comes from ads on http://ask.metafilter.com -- with a shitload of traffic from google searches. It pays the salaries for 4.25 people!