Self Promotion

[filteringfacts]

Karen G. Schneider wrote:

 At any rate, despite my issues with Burt--which have less to do with his views than his
MO-

David Burt responds:

What's with the "Burt" stuff, Karen?  Reminds me of JR high gym class.  What is it, specifically, about my MO you don't like?  You're big on innuendo, weak on directness.  Not exactly the behavior one usually associates with a "tough cookie".  

KS:
 And while I'm curious about Burt's funding, anyone with a small budget can have a website. Look at me. (oh
oh--more self-promotion!) For as low as $25 a month, from some companies,
you can have a virtual server. I pay a little more (not much more) to get
the value-added prestige of being hosted by Panix, New York's true granola
Internet service. Publishing a monthly column for the library press helps
pay for this kind of toy. 

I ran a whois on Burt's server, and it looks like he's running on a local
provider, so maybe he's taking peanut-butter sandwiches to work and
enjoying the pleasure of having his own website. Or all the money flowing
in to filteringfacts.org is funding it... 

DB:
Let me guess, you're baiting me like this because you want information about how much my operation costs and how it's funded.  Why don't you do something really clever, Karen, like *asking me*?

As to what it costs to run Filtering Facts, didn't you already answer your own question?  Like you said, a virtual server running on a local ISP does not cost oodles of dough.  Does it look like FF has lots of money?  Do you see a phone number?  Does a receptionist answer?  Do you see a snazzy logo and stationary?  Do you see any slick brochures?  Do I fly all over the country?  What do you think?

<sarcasm> The filtering vendors cut me off when I refused to endorse their products, and Pat Robertson cut me off when he found out I was an atheist, </sarcasm> so I've just been paying out of my own pocket and getting a few small donations from individuals.

Oh, and Karen, how do you square comments like "don't filter and call