So um 2012 will be the death of the internet...

[Geno]

Companies want to charge extra for people who want to access small sites. We all know no one will pay for Boyah. :'(

I would

[Kalahari Inkantation]

I don't even think Boyah would survive that long.

what about other sites :'(

[Himu]

me and jmv will keep activity even if we are the only ones left

I mean the forum. 

HOW COULD IT LIVE LONGER THAN NSIDER

[Kalahari Inkantation]

me and jmv will keep activity even if we are the only ones left

i'll be here till the end <3

[Geno]

I mean the forum. 

HOW COULD IT LIVE LONGER THAN NSIDER

because unless Snorkel sells this place, it probably won't be closed.

Or if we encounter financial issues.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

I would

I probably would too.
most wouldn't though so it'd be extremely inactive :'(

[famy]

I mean the forum. 

HOW COULD IT LIVE LONGER THAN NSIDER

Surely JMV won't let Boyah die. The site will be here forever. |:

[Snorkel]

because unless Snorkel sells this place, it probably won't be closed.

Or if we encounter financial issues.

I wouldn't sell Boyah, and no one wants to buy it anyway. 

No financial issues will be encountered since there are several venues of income in the salmonthievery.com world and it's unlikely that all of them would fail.

Also, for the confused, here's a summary:

The internet right now is run by hundreds/thousands of Internet Service Providers, which are companies that own a shitload of servers and provide internet to people. These are companies such as Comcast, Mediacom, etc. There are other companies and rich people who don't like that they can't profit enough from the internet since anyone can make a website or do whatever they want, so they want to consolidate all the ISP's into a couple mega-corporations and charge people for internet "packages" like you would pay for TV channels with DirecTV or something. It's very similar to music with the 4 major record labels that control everything you listen to on Top 20 radio stations.

[strongbad]

I can't see this happening. So many businesses would die, and what really worries me is that my dad operates 2 internet businesses ( http://soilsonline.com and http://submetersystems.com ) where he sells products through sellers in real life to customers and we make a pretty good living off of that, but if this is really all true, even though I'll be in college by then, it would be much harder for my whole family in general.

oh shit how will i look at porn

[Geno]

oh shit how will i look at porn

OH GOD 

[Blaze-Senpai]

Fucking Capitalism.

[Snorkel]

I can't see this happening. So many businesses would die, and what really worries me is that my dad operates 2 internet businesses ( http://soilsonline.com and http://submetersystems.com ) where he sells products through sellers in real life to customers and we make a pretty good living off of that, but if this is really all true, even though I'll be in college by then, it would be much harder for my whole family in general.

oh shit how will i look at porn

Do you think in the 60's anyone though that the hits on the radio would be conceived, written, and directed by a team of completely unmusical individuals, and then more or less forced onto the music channels of everyday consumers? Definitely not. But that's what we have now.

Do you think, before it happened, that anyone thought that a few individuals would someday own almost all of the major media and entertainment companies in the country? Nope. But that's what's happening now.

It has happened and is happening to everything, and it's only a matter of time before it happens to the internet.

[Feynman]

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/

[Nyerp]

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology/

YAY GOBAMA

[Daddy]

Don't worry, I'll start our own ISP.