It's still an issue for most publishing on the internet. How to fund it. Adverti... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		creer on May 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Downfall of DeviantArt It's still an issue for most publishing on the internet. How to fund it. Advertising is still the obvious, easy way. Not much else comes to that level of available funding. Subscriptions are next - but then again most of them only if you can accept credit cards - same problem again. How does 4chan fund itself?

krapp on May 18, 2024 | [–]

Apparently investment from a Japanese toy company, Good Smile[0,1], and the pockets of its current wealthy owner Hiroyuki Nishimura[2].

[0]https://www.polygon.com/23662953/good-smile-company-4chan-se...

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31553474

[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroyuki_Nishimura

retox on May 20, 2024 | [–]

It has ads and you can pay for a subscription to remove captchas and allow VPN/Tor access (from memory).

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact