So How does PF operate? If you don't mind me asking

[Mk]

I believe one person is

Joking or serious?

No one gets paid. Even when there is a "budget surplus" here it's barely enough to buy a few pitchers of beer. Seriously.

- Warren

I was referring to Greg, it does seem like there are a lot of members with Gold names.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I was referring to Greg, it does seem like there are a lot of members with Gold names.

Gold membership is yearly, server costs are monthly.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I don't know about dollars, but I do know that a number of major decisions have been made that directly affect traffic and likely membership. In the end what determined the outcome of these decisions was the desire to maintain the highest academic standards, even if it meant losing members.

 

[chroot]

We attract approximately 1,000 new members every week, and this number has been steadily increasing for years. (We attracted approximately 500 new members every week a year ago.) If anything, our decisions with regard to academic standards have done wonders for the site.

- Warren

 

[Ivan Seeking]

We attract approximately 1,000 new members every week, and this number has been steadily increasing for years. (We attracted approximately 500 new members every week a year ago.) If anything, our decisions with regard to academic standards have done wonders for the site.

- Warren

It is also true that a good sign of a problem thread is a high rate of visitor traffic. But there is no doubt that in the long run the high standards make PF a better site and far more appealing to students, academics, and professionals, than it would be otherwise.

Having run the gambit of internet forums some years ago, from day one I have believed that we have something very special here.

 

[qspeechc]

PF has to be my all-time fav website. I just want to say all the guys contributing and working on this site- thank you very much, you guys (and gals!) are amazing.