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# I always wondered about b3tards,
how much does it cost you to keep up? There's no advertising on it so it can't be for free, but unless I'm absolutely witless you don't mention it anyway. I make heavy use of B3tards and I feel a bit guilty each time because all that bandwidth can't come for free.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:05, archived)
# it used to cost $120 / year
which I really didn't mind paying myself
(I helped save b3ta! robtoo is all out of gum, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:09, archived)
# you sure??
i highly doubt you'd have trouble getting that money back from your users -- i'd certainly be happy to chip in. seems rather unfair, you forking out over 120 dollars a year so that i can fill the internet with badly-photoshopped pictures and crude scribblings... although it is very much appreciated :)
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:17, archived)
# Yeah
Even a nominal charge of $5 a year, 24 subscribers and you'd be covered.
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:29, archived)
# I'd suggest a wikipedia-style donation thermometer for $120 once a year.
Because otherwise I strongly suspect you'll get way more than that.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:34, archived)
# that might not be a bad idea
unless he wants to make some extra money.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:41, archived)
# Or
reinvest any profit in extra features, bandwidth, pizza, etc.

How many current users are there, robtoo?
(I helped save b3ta! Tribs 🦇 ↓ dn ʎɐʍ sᴉɥʇ ↓🦇, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:44, archived)
# I count 22 different users posting pictures hosted there in the last 24 hours.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:51, archived)
# bit hard to say
because b3tards never really had "accounts" per se. there are about 135,000 files on there at the moment.

EDIT: god only knows what all that stuff is
(I helped save b3ta! robtoo is all out of gum, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 2:51, archived)
# porn probably
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 3:04, archived)
# Because the internet needs a backup for all its porn.
(I helped save b3ta! Grampa, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 5:39, archived)
# It would be good if
we had a feature to delete unwanted stuff there too. I uploaded a few things that I would like to delete but am unable to.
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 9:59, archived)
# you can upload a file (say a 1px by 1px white image) with the same name
in effect replacing it and getting rid of the original.
(I helped save b3ta! Holly Would long wheel based tranny, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 10:14, archived)
# Aha!
I wondered if overwriting would work but was too afraid of making b3tards implode if I tried.
(I helped save b3ta! wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 10:59, archived)
# actually, I may have been resposible for
breaking b3tards a couple of times...
(I helped save b3ta! Holly Would long wheel based tranny, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 11:11, archived)