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from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

What is the *real* purpose of gardenbanter?

Making money for the webmaster.

Internet advertisers want to buy space on websites which lure large
audiences. Each occasion a person logs on to the website, is called a
hit. The more hits a website records, the more it can charge to
advertisers. A website that acts as a portal to usenet groups can score
a vast number of hits, even though the website itself has no content.

Janet.