HDF helps keep me sane during the long winter months. While I'd seen the 'contributor' banners on some posts, I didn't realize what it meant. I'm in. Thanks for the tip.

 

I would consider bein a "contributor" of my time, put in a few hrs a week bein a Mod. I would love to learn more about what goes on behind the scenes!
Question for ya: Do the mods get paid for their "services"?

 

Neither the mods or Admin (myself and Grover) get paid.

 

Done!

 

Just made a second donation, money well spent, the info here has saved me a couple times from myself, and some major frustration

 

Well, I of anyone here can probably get the best guess. I can tell you it's not cheap. I can also tell you that unless you advertise here, you'll never know how much HDF brings in advertiser dollars.

This site has to run on a dedicated server. I have no idea how much disk space this site takes up, but I can guess how much bandwidth it uses based on the traffic #'s I got from Amanda when I first advertised here over a year ago. I bet it's nearly a Terabyte, or 1024 GB. Dedicated servers with this much bandwidth cost on average $300/month. Required disk space and CPU load only increase that cost.

There's also administrative costs. God knows how much that is.

Are you ever going to get a solid #? Only if you are a serious buyer.

Is HDF losing money? Not hardly! If it were, it wouldn't have been the target of a buyout by a large auto conglomerate. It also wouldn't be here!

Is a donation worth it? That's up to you. Only you can decide that.

 

Me either, that's why I'm happy to help in the photoshop room free o' charge

 

I have some good ideas how about sending me some money, i think supporting the advertisers, is good enough

 

Thanks!

 

JohnB,Thanks for the info,I'm in. This forum has been a life saver especially in the winter,it gives ussomething to do when we finish wrenching for the upcoming year,gets us out of a lot of jams,and is Great Entertainment!!!! Thanks again for the heads up. Capt.