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Originally Posted by GrouchyAdmin
It's one hell of a force, these days. However, Wakabi boards earn no money without a loyal following. The only reason 4chan survives is traffic, the fact the moderator/owner works for an ISP so has incredibly cheap bandwidth, and its huge base of anime-wackers. I speculated upon this a few years ago until I did some research. Most chan-clones don't even make enough from ads to pay for the hosting.
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Chan-clones suffer from visitors who know too much about the internet, though. That makes it a fair bit harder for them to make money than it would be with a slightly more naive (and less underage) visitor base.
Besides, the ration of bandwidth consumption to ad views should still be better than it is with tube sites.