Sounds great
Ofcourse, it takes time and investments must be made. But perhaps if we take this to the next level, other bots might jump in and join the ride. In that case, we attract more traffic, have more life here, and so on.
We'll never be rich anyway
ANcient, you seem to have some (or sufficient) PHP knowledge. I can lend a hand but my PHP skills are not l33t. I once wrote a simple CRUD application with it (usingt mysql as database).
Do you need anything to get started if you want to help out?
Btw, its a good idea to have a random add on the front page about a bot we host!