Open message to bdsmlr - pay option?

I noticed a 'pay' option to get rid of ads.  I could consider this, but the site needs to show significant improvement.  For me, I want to see 2 promises made by bdsmlr in multiple past messages fulfilled: 1) restore lost images  2) create an export function.  Other users may have different priorities.  And the display speed needs a boost but maybe getting the content servers working right will help.