When Theymos solicited factoids in 2028
I think you meant "2018"
Thanks. My time machine was malfunctioning.
The solution might be to offer ads by section, by setting some criteria for what happens when not all ads in a section sells, and the ability to serve ads in other sections than the one being paid for. Ads could be pre-approved, so there wouldn’t be the issue of serving an ad that is clearly something Theymos won’t approve.
With the exception of the Russian board, I don't think the local boards have enough activity to warrant attention from advertisers. I doubt they would pay for ads to be placed in positions with little traffic.
I think the Spanish, Indonesian, German and Turkish sections get a decent amount of traffic (or at least have a decent amount of posts). Someone advertising might want to create translated ads that are in Spanish (for example) that are meant to be displayed in the spanish section.
The biggest opportunity would be for the gambling and altcoin sections. Being able to target those sections specifically would probably increase overall forum revenue over time. At first, only sections that meet certain traffic/post quantity criteria could be specifically targeted, and if there is demand for other sections, those sections could be specifically targeted as well. There could be an 'all other' group that advertisers could bid on that would be displayed in all non-specifically-targeted sections.
