The Price of Popularity
Posted on March 1st, 2007 by catalyst into the About Us categoryDue to the overwhelming success of our blog, we exceeded our monthly bandwidth yesterday. (I had to look up "bandwidth" on wikipedia to even know what that meant.)
Amazingly, we're averaging about a 10% increase in readership every month. (You people really need to get a life.)
And since our blog hosting service is given to us by a generous benefactor, we're kind of just going with the flow. So if this increase in readership keeps up, expect us to be dark in March as well. (And then I'm going to Vegas.)
Anyway… I thought about asking for contributions to help keep the site going, but…
A) That's kind of lame.
B) It's kind of hypocritical, since we rip on CBC for always asking for money.
and C) I would just spend it on beer anyway, so what's the point.
As always, thanks for reading. And please stop mentioning the blog to your friends, we can't afford the popularity.
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March 1st, 2007 at 7:30 am
Hey, no worries. I’m just travelling at the moment, but fire off an email to me and I’ll make sure you guys are bumped up to a hosting plan that has enough bandwidth.
:)
Cheers!
March 1st, 2007 at 7:39 am
Heh … just wait ’til ya get older and start exceeding brainwidth.
March 1st, 2007 at 8:50 am
You guys should have some google ads running, you’d make up the money in no time. Any extra cash generated could be donated to a charity in Portland? How awesome would it be when it was found that this web site generated more giving than all the preaching on tithing and faith harvest? Heck, you should put up a paypal button that lets people donate directly to that charity. You’d be sticking it to CBC and doing some real good at the same time. I’d be first in line to donate.
March 1st, 2007 at 9:51 am
I think the charity idea is excellent. Web ads are a great idea — especially since this website appears to have a steady and growing readership. Or selling t-shirts — I’m sure we could think of something hilarious. Or how about just posting what the fee is and letting people pay the webhost company directly?
It’s sad that you are thinking about letting this great forum die due to overpopularity. I found this website through the WWeek article and thought this was a great idea. There are other forums for recovering fundamentalist Christians, but I think you’re group’s local and specific focus is unique and needed.
I only attended Bible Temple twice in the 90s, so I don’t get many of the insider discussion. But I have attended other large churches in the Portland area that focused on tithing, attendence and fundamentalism. All of these type of big, corporate churches love to track attendence and new comers, but they don’t openly talk about the large numbers of people who leave or don’t find a place in their church. I know that there are many people who feel lost and disillusioned with corporate religion and I think CityBusinessChurch provides a great source of support.
If you feel burned-out, I’m sure there are many regulars who are willing to support this site and keep it alive.
March 1st, 2007 at 10:15 am
heh. It’s crazy, but at times, I think you’re right.
And I like the charity idea. I’ve looked into blog ads before, and I figure we would probably get at most maybe $20 a month. And while that’s not bad, I kind of feel that if we were to get funding, I should probably give it to ET Webhosting since they are the ones spending all the money keeping this blog afloat. But I’ll continue to look into it, and see if I can make it work.
March 1st, 2007 at 3:22 pm
I love the t-shirt that says, “Legalism Rules!”
March 1st, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Ads suck. As long as the blog is not a drain on my staff and resources, I’m happy to host it for free.
No worries.
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:30 pm
I love this blog. In a pure way, of course.
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Well,
I am finally on my new desktop. So many smart people. Advertising?
chicken bucket distribution opportunities might be one
lame bagel serivices-a little raspberry cream cheese now and again?
Short-term lenders when turned down at the church (think Manna-Connection)
How about those toilet seat handlebars like in SkyMall? A lot of us have parents getting on in age. $60 dollars buys you a ‘Safety Seat Toilet Support.’ Why your elderly family member can’t just use a cane I am not sure. But at this point, I would rather have grandma stuck on the toilet rather than clean up yet another mess she left in the dining room.
How about the Holy Hammock? Picture dude in hammock working on his sermon. At first, there seems nothing wrong with this picture. Dude by the pool chilling in some weird $99 hammock. Then we find out the damn hammock is ‘portable.’ Who the hell brings a hammock around anyway? Upside-great for Summer water slide time on the West lawn for foreign slave…errrr…exchange student teaching Sunday School.
How about poodle strollers? This helps thin the wimpy Christians from the herd. If you need to fork over $120 so Chuckles, your pet toy poodle can get some fresh air, I will personally come over and kill you execution style, for free. What a waste of money, for a pet no less. What happened to driving around your neighborhood, taking a broken stroller left on the curb and fixing it to hell with duct tape?
Finally, what about Flag Updating Services. If you take the time to look, 7 of the flags in the sanctuary are out of date and have been re-designed, altered or just replaced by some despot or flaky generalisimo. This would be like Norton anti virus for churches that have visions of multinational domination through the power of Australian music.