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For an individual, an informational website like that has little value which is why donations or payments do not work. But some communities are so large that the total value that the sites provide is significant. Ads are the best tool to capture this value.
Without ads, there'd be much fewer sites for gaming communities because hosting and maintaining them for free is too expensive.