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<blockquote data-quote="cogito" data-source="post: 362466" data-attributes="member: 4519"><p>Honestly? Monetisation completely undermines the whole community. </p><p></p><p>It's not elitism, it's protecting the buildings and activities that we love.</p><p></p><p>You might argue that monetisation sustains your ability to do what you love, it's not a cheap hobby after all, but this is exceptionally short term and singular minded. We have already witnessed the erosion of freedoms regarding exploring urban environments over the last 15 years as a direct result of the increased security and public interest in these sites thanks to an increased number of paid-for articles and monetised (and sensationalised) Youtube videos and "personalities" across social media platforms to a far wider audience than there ever used to be. Many of us have witnessed huge detrimental changes over the years thanks to this.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Maybe you should try listening to a whole community of people who have been doing this for decades in some cases. </p><p></p><p>I mean I get that after a year of exploring you think you know it all, but seriously take a second and consider other peoples points of view. Especially when they have a lot more experience in a particular field than you do. You'll generally find that the more experienced an explorer the less they post online precisely because they've seen first hand the detriment it can cause. In fact some of the most experienced explorers I know stopped posting online all together about 8 years ago after a couple of court cases, but they carry on doing stuff that would blow people's minds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cogito, post: 362466, member: 4519"] Honestly? Monetisation completely undermines the whole community. It's not elitism, it's protecting the buildings and activities that we love. You might argue that monetisation sustains your ability to do what you love, it's not a cheap hobby after all, but this is exceptionally short term and singular minded. We have already witnessed the erosion of freedoms regarding exploring urban environments over the last 15 years as a direct result of the increased security and public interest in these sites thanks to an increased number of paid-for articles and monetised (and sensationalised) Youtube videos and "personalities" across social media platforms to a far wider audience than there ever used to be. Many of us have witnessed huge detrimental changes over the years thanks to this. Maybe you should try listening to a whole community of people who have been doing this for decades in some cases. I mean I get that after a year of exploring you think you know it all, but seriously take a second and consider other peoples points of view. Especially when they have a lot more experience in a particular field than you do. You'll generally find that the more experienced an explorer the less they post online precisely because they've seen first hand the detriment it can cause. In fact some of the most experienced explorers I know stopped posting online all together about 8 years ago after a couple of court cases, but they carry on doing stuff that would blow people's minds. [/QUOTE]
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