I used to use and support CGOAB but he went on a few rants and I moved on.
I'm all for the folks that put the effort in producing content getting compensated - I pay for several different news and consumer product review type sources that have actual reporting or testing, still donate to public radio station, etc.
But sites like Facebook or other online forums that are all user content would have way less user content if they go to a paywall, kinda self defeating. Asking for donations or accepting ads is pretty much the model.