Mod, it is not quite useful to continue using the .org extension
Mod, I am dismayed at how this site has quickly degenerated into a biased commercial outfit with dozens of ads cluttering the site.
This site was never meant to be a commercial arm of commercial essay sites; it's wrong, unethical, hypocritical and even outrageous for you to permit ads whilst purporting to offer 'unbiased' opinions to students. The objective of this site has been lost in the minefields of commerce.
Why then can't you register it with .com since it is now purely commercial? Incompetent but moneyed hacks will exploit the advertisement opportunities to destroy competent writers.
Already, there are baffling nutcases (like WB) that have made this site insane and what we don't need more is having the forum commercialized.
It'd have been better if you sought donations for domain and hosting charges; I personally can bankroll this site for 20 years without feeling any pinch.
As I long ago pointed out, the original objectives of this site were noble, well-intentioned and even long overdue. At one time, this forum had some credibility and, more often than not, we assisted students separate wheat from chaff.
However, as time went on, the forum was invaded by shadowy merchants whose only intention was to malign genuine competitors and drag students into their equally shadowy outfits. In short, spammers like WB subtly commercialized the forum. What is pleasing, however, is that their businesses suffered massive loss of clients; it was self-cannibalism at its best.
I am convinced that WB & Co are having difficult time paying their bills. GREAT.
Today, very few students trust anyone here; the occasional student who stops by gets practically no help and I even suspect this forum will wind up soon.
The forum has gone full circle, really.