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I haven't heard of Metafilter in forever, it always seemed like a pretty obscure community. How come it takes $38000 a month to run this site? It can't be getti

by Grue3 8y ago

I haven't heard of Metafilter in forever, it always seemed like a pretty obscure community. How come it takes $38000 a month to run this site? It can't be getting that much traffic. EDIT: ok, upon reading the TFA most of it goes to pay the wages of employees, but what do they all do is unclear.

DoreenMichele 8y ago
Last I checked: There are multiple moderators and one Tech guy. Historically, they prided themselves on providing "real jobs" with adequate pay and benefits. The numbers I'm seeing suggest the full time staff probably make better than $50k/year and the part-time staff likely make some pro-rated equivalent, so to speak.