# New and Improved thread on making the SDMB profitable. NOW WITH CITES AND DATA!

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**Created:** [April 22, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-improved-thread-on-making-the-sdmb-profitable-now-with-cites-and-data/105022 "2002-04-22T18:39:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-improved-thread-on-making-the-sdmb-profitable-now-with-cites-and-data/105022/1 "2002-04-22T18:39:04Z")

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In today’s Washington Post, there’s an article on “Blogs” (short for weblogs). These are free-lance pundit sites where people post commentary on various issues.

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25512-2002Apr21.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25512-2002Apr21.html)

This paragraph caught my attention.

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> \*\*Sullivan, who draws 75,000 unique visitors a week, says that blogs “allow you to get your fix of political opinion, arguments and gossip very quickly. It’s sort of the fast food of political opinion magazines.” And, he freely admits, “you’re writing 1,000 words a day. You’d have to be George Orwell not to write something stupid or wrong at times.”
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> [AndrewSullivan.com](http://AndrewSullivan.com) turned its largest profit last month, $6,000, based on the voluntary contributions that many sites now solicit and his online book club, which gets a 15 percent cut of purchases made through a link to [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com).

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Of course, I don’t know if this is merely loose use of language by the Post, but I do note that they use the word “profit” . . .

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-improved-thread-on-making-the-sdmb-profitable-now-with-cites-and-data/105022/2 "2002-04-22T19:51:34Z")

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Do a web search on Andrew Sullivan, friend, and then see if you really want Tuba, Noodles, & Co. to emulate him.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-improved-thread-on-making-the-sdmb-profitable-now-with-cites-and-data/105022/3 "2002-04-22T20:21:33Z")

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We can pass this idea on to the Chicago Reader. Or Truth Seeker, you can print out the article, and contact them directly. I see that their contact information is available [here](http://www.chireader.com/readerinc/rdrinc.html).