“Choices have consequences.”
Here’s a novel suggestion: You have a very large list/emails of people who formerly participated in a formerly conservative political forum.
Why not reinstate their accounts, email them and ask them back with an apology for being banned for expressing an opinion that may have supported a candidate that was not in favor.
That is probably the only step this site can take.
The principles of this site have evolved over time. debate has been discouraged. I doubt that even ads will save a site that is constantly paring down it’s membership to only those with approved thoughts.
If the owner, and folks trying to help him raise funds like you cannot even admit that you were wrong in the management of this site as a going concern (inability to raise funds is a sure sign of that), then it cannot be saved.
You wanna fix it? Admit you are part of the problem that has throttled donations way back.
What say you about that?
Comb through the vast list of terminated members, and see if there aren’t quite a few that were unfairly zotted for simply holding an unapproved opinion. Ask them to come back.
Well stated.
Or not...