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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #195 on: November 06, 2011, 10:41:29 PM »
Quote from: Jack on November 06, 2011, 09:25:40 PM
Wp isn't non-profit.

Well it doesn't exactly make him look like a philanthropist now doesn't it?  :zoinks:

I mean running an Autism support community on a for-profit business model.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #196 on: November 06, 2011, 11:11:01 PM »
Quote from: Psychophant on November 06, 2011, 04:52:13 PM
Sounds like a plan for the end of a forum.  Plank sounds like he's in it for the money!
What makes you think that  :zoinks:?.
In all seriousness one of my comments he deleted was about him being in it for the money and autism speaks funding his videos.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #197 on: November 06, 2011, 11:14:03 PM »
Quote from: V on November 06, 2011, 11:11:01 PM
Quote from: Psychophant on November 06, 2011, 04:52:13 PM
Sounds like a plan for the end of a forum.  Plank sounds like he's in it for the money!
What makes you think that  :zoinks:?.
In all seriousness one of my comments he deleted was about him being in it for the money and autism speaks funding his videos.

heh, you hit too close to the truth to his liking. Usually when you're not guilty of it, you don't delete allegations, you defend against them in a calm reasonable matter.
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Morality can be extrapolated from these meanings to make these two commandments of godless morality: 1). Be in harmony with one another and 2). Care for the environment.

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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #198 on: November 07, 2011, 04:59:03 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on November 06, 2011, 10:41:29 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 06, 2011, 09:25:40 PM
Wp isn't non-profit.

Well it doesn't exactly make him look like a philanthropist now doesn't it?  :zoinks:

I mean running an Autism support community on a for-profit business model.

Seriously, if I owned WP registering it as a NFP would be the first thing I'd do (so people can get tax deductions for donating for one, sorry me accountant :nerdy:).

That still wouldn't stop Alex from paying himself a little "wage" every now and then or reimbursing his expenses from the trust account.

But just...imagine the great helpful things that could be done with the surplus income!
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #199 on: November 07, 2011, 05:24:12 AM »
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on November 06, 2011, 10:41:29 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 06, 2011, 09:25:40 PM
Wp isn't non-profit.

Well it doesn't exactly make him look like a philanthropist now doesn't it?  :zoinks:

I mean running an Autism support community on a for-profit business model.
Have no idea how much money he's really making, but if it's six figure, then have to say it makes him look lucky, considering he started the site as a teen as a way to meet other autististics.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #200 on: November 07, 2011, 12:37:26 PM »
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 05:24:12 AM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on November 06, 2011, 10:41:29 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 06, 2011, 09:25:40 PM
Wp isn't non-profit.

Well it doesn't exactly make him look like a philanthropist now doesn't it?  :zoinks:

I mean running an Autism support community on a for-profit business model.
Have no idea how much money he's really making, but if it's six figure, then have to say it makes him look lucky, considering he started the site as a teen as a way to meet other autististics.

That 6 figure ammount could very well just be Alex boasting, but he did in fact, post it.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #201 on: November 07, 2011, 09:24:35 PM »
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 07, 2011, 12:37:26 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 07, 2011, 05:24:12 AM
Quote from: ProfessorFarnsworth on November 06, 2011, 10:41:29 PM
Quote from: Jack on November 06, 2011, 09:25:40 PM
Wp isn't non-profit.

Well it doesn't exactly make him look like a philanthropist now doesn't it?  :zoinks:

I mean running an Autism support community on a for-profit business model.
Have no idea how much money he's really making, but if it's six figure, then have to say it makes him look lucky, considering he started the site as a teen as a way to meet other autististics.

That 6 figure ammount could very well just be Alex boasting, but he did in fact, post it.
Yes, does sound maybe inflated. Don't think many members donate on a regular basis, though not really sure how ad revenue works.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #202 on: November 08, 2011, 02:11:14 AM »
If he makes that much money, he should not accept donations from individuals.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #203 on: November 08, 2011, 05:56:27 AM »
Never agreed with the donation thing at all; don't think wp costs that much to keep online. Once saw him campaign for donations and thought it horrible because so many of the members there are young and/or unemployed.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #204 on: November 08, 2011, 08:39:37 AM »
In all fairness, his maintenance costs are probably pretty high because of the traffic volume. Not six figures, of course, but he probably needs a dedicated server.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #205 on: November 08, 2011, 04:12:53 PM »
Quote from: Grease Monkey on November 06, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
Quote from: Psychophant on November 06, 2011, 04:52:13 PM
Sounds like a plan for the end of a forum.  Plank sounds like he's in it for the money!

If you go digging through threads here, Callaway dug up some posts from another forum where Plank claimed to have made over $100,000 a year off of WP.

It was Alex's Myspace profile where he claimed to make between $100,000 and $150, 000 per year from his "web ventures" but he changed his profile and removed that information after I commented on it:

http://www.intensitysquared.com/index.php/topic,6858.msg309428.html#msg309428
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #206 on: November 08, 2011, 10:04:52 PM »
Quote from: odeon on November 08, 2011, 08:39:37 AM
In all fairness, his maintenance costs are probably pretty high because of the traffic volume. Not six figures, of course, but he probably needs a dedicated server.
Would having advertisements on WP help towards paying maintenance costs? There are a lot of ads on WP.
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #207 on: November 08, 2011, 10:12:44 PM »
We need ads to make it profitable for I2 :cbc:
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #208 on: November 08, 2011, 10:20:59 PM »
Wait I for forgot my disclaimer it is a joke
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Re: I would like to know the simple facts why everyone hates Alex Plank
« Reply #209 on: November 08, 2011, 10:22:48 PM »
Good because was about to call you out.





also a joke
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