Does Tyler really make $400k a year from GAF ad money?
Im pretty sure we could make similar monies if we circle jerk click ads on the bore and share the take.
Google is so paranoid about that happening they'll ban you from AdSense for life if there's even a hint of suspicion. They're really strict about it and I'm banned from AdSense even though I definitely didn't do that.
Otherwise AdSense can be pretty lucrative, I run a forum a quarter as active as the Bore and was about to make $100 in one month right before I was suspended. Pretty lame. If your site is small Google won't even think about banning you. Better to ban you and be safe to protect the advertisers and save their precious money. (Any money you "make" isn't yours until they send it to you, otherwise you forfeit it to them when you're banned, no matter how much it is.)