Originally Posted by
NutLoose
What a retrograde step, I realised advertising is required to fund the site,
The unfortunate thing is that Bulletin Boards are increasingly a 20th Century concept, and social media has moved on, initially to Facebook and Twitter of course, but now even leaving those behind for SnapChat, Instagram, etc - and the advertising revenues have followed. Advertising rates per 1,000 views of Bulletin Boards have declined, as have the number of views. You don't get a lot of new members any more to replace the old codgers. All the recommendations of flying schools etc for new Wannabees are increasingly on these other media, which the Wannabees themselves have been familiar with since schooldays.