the cute littel puppy
because iv been on gaia for 5 years now i went to the army came back and what used to be 2000 people in towns at a time is now less than 100 gaias not poor but they make money from ads so long as there players there money
I don't mean to be one of "those" people but i've had an account on here for a tad longer and I've noticed an increase of users. Just because they are not visiting towns doesn't mean they aren't around. Towns can be a great feature but when you have newer games and towns 2 along with other meeting spaces people will get split between all these features.
As for only ad revenue gaia i'm sure has learned that a vast majority of its users have access to adblock and probably take advantage of it so they've turned to the cash shop and I don't know about you but all the announcements telling people to buy things for sometimes 40+ dollars is irritating even if they are poor. Notice how quickly the limited items sell out...meaning they're selling them and making money along with all of the money they make from backwings and RIGs.