[Tohopekaliga]

It's actually surprisingly hard to remain profitable as a website, especially when it grows ridiculously large like Gaia.

I mean, sure, they're shoving a crazy amount of "BUY NOW" type things at you (and that inflation, wow), but I'm fairly sure if Gaia didn't do that at least somewhat, they'd be losing money hand over fist. Servers to serve that many people aren't cheap, and they have a full time staff.

There is a "sweet spot," I think, where a site can make money and not have to be like...that. Bigger than Trisphee (right now), and smaller than Gaia. Where that is, however, I do not know.