harpy - comments on a couple of your pointt. these are my opinions of course:


I just don't want to be manipulated by advertising when I come here given that people are having problems FINDING the ads - I doubt this will be a problem

I would prefer to make a pledge, though to keep the mudcat up and running. feel free to do so- others have. It costs minimum about $400 a month to run the 'cat. That's without hardware replacements, upgrades, or any re-imbursement to max for the time space and agravation.

If you want to profit from your efforts running the mudcat yeah - right. The chances of that are next to none even if you DON'T consider the backlog of expenses.