# Who pays for this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 28, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802 "2000-02-28T01:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/1 "2000-02-28T01:21:00Z")
Simple question, and if I’m fast enough, topic 6000: Who pays for the SDMB? * * * If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![toecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@toecutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toecutter)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/2 "2000-02-28T01:24:00Z")
Hehehe. The Chicago Reader? ---
**Author:** ![tbea925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@tbea925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbea925)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/3 "2000-02-28T01:47:00Z")
You know, that Rosenbaum guy in the ads at the top of the screen. * * * This sig not Y2K compliant. Happy 1900. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/4 "2000-02-28T01:52:00Z")
Interesting in that you apparently did post topic 6000 yet the url is 006054.html. I guess that might have something to do with the posts that disappeared during the January UBB upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/5 "2000-02-28T01:52:00Z")
I THOUGHT so! That Rosenbaum guy (and his pal Ebert). Subliminally boring into our brains. But why? Seriously, that single banner ad (which hasn’t changed in forever) can’t possibly generate the kind of revenue needed to support this board. Maybe the moderators and administrators could say who signs their checks? * * * If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/6 "2000-02-28T01:54:00Z")
Beatle, I think the ‘yellow urine’ post got to 6000 first. Who do YOU think pays for this? * * * If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/7 "2000-02-28T01:56:00Z")
I just checked the url. I was pissed on for 6000. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/8 "2000-02-28T01:57:00Z")
Nicky, they don’t _get_ paid. Although, they do get an SD coffee mug. * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. _Thunder’s just a noise, boys; lightning does the work._ --C. Brock ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/9 "2000-02-28T01:59:00Z")
Okay, so the mods and admins don’t get paid; who pays for the servers, the UBB software and licensing of same? That’s what I’m trying to find out. * * * If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway. ---
**Author:** ![toecutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@toecutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toecutter)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/10 "2000-02-28T02:06:00Z")
Sorry NickyLarson, Didn’t mean to take your ‘6000’. Just happened - by accident. Many apologies ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/11 "2000-02-28T02:18:00Z")
I would guess The Chicago Reader allows it to exist on their server and eats the cost as a promotional expense. But I did visit their website during the time the MB was down and they were up and running, so I’m not sure. The only alternative source I can think of would be some Cecil Adams entity. I bet the mods know; ya’ think we can get one to tell us? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/12 "2000-02-28T04:49:00Z")
We didn’t answer because y’al did it for us: the Chicago Reader. And to correct some of your misinformation there, at the start of our crisis the entire freaking business went down, including everything at the Reader. The SDMB was the last part of the business to get re-established, but it went on a separate server and had a software upgrade applied on top of everything else. All that takes time. your humble TubaDiva Administrator The Straight Dope ---
**Author:** ![peergynt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@peergynt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peergynt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/13 "2000-02-28T05:43:00Z")
## Hey guys, take a gander at all the interesting discussion threads on this site. It is worth a fortune. Furthermore, movies are a big deal, and Rosenbaum is a reviewer. Somehow, somewhere they are making the money that they richly deserve for educating us all (or rather letting us educate ourselves)! BEST DEAL ON THE NET ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2000, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-this/7802/14 "2000-02-28T15:35:00Z")
Thank you, Chicago Reader! 🙂 Thank you, admins and mods! 🙂 Thank you, fellow TM’s! 🙂 * * * If it jams, force it; if it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.