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>>antina+(OP)
Unfortunate. Goes to show that you really can't break even without ads or selling/analysing data with a centralised social network.

>>grenoi+A
or put another way, "people don't want to pay for most things"

>>hkmura+L
Personally, I always wanted to see a site that has ads and is free to read, but charges a small fee to create an account - just to see if it would help reduce trolling and sock puppets.

>>Esau+O1
Do you mean something like Metafilter? [0]

Anonymous users see ads. Authenticated users don't. It costs $5 for an account.

They have run funding drives but, to date, $5/user keeps the lights on and provides a small crew of moderators each a modest stipend.

[0] http://www.metafilter.com

Edit: spelling, grammar.