Is it feasible to turn Menéame.net into an economically sounding project?

Menéame.net is a community in the web for people to share information. This information is display in the page depending on the readers’ votes.
Menéame.net can be converted in an economically project by advertisement or donations.

One way of advertising could be through Google Adsense, a tool that puts appropriate ads in the company´s or people´s sites. By valid clicks and impressions on the ad, the advertiser pays a fee to the owner of the site.

There is also an advertising opportunity with Chitika. A tool similar to Google Adsense, it differs from it in the way Chitika only displays ads if you have entered to the site by a search engine. This tool shows ads related to the topic searched and also has a search engine for the reader to use without going out from his/her webpage.

Another way of advertising could be through sites that pay Menéame.net a commission for all valid transactions referred. Sites as Amazon and LinkShare, among other, do this business.

Donations could also be another source of funds for Menéame.net. People know that the main purpose of this site is “educational and technical divertimento”, that´s why some readers or visitors could voluntary contribute by giving funds.

Finally, other sources of earnings such as fees for getting or giving karmas, for posting articles, among others, may have to be studied in deep in order not to lose popularity. Advertisement and donations may Menéame.net be an economical project.