Posted by thuso on November 7, 2005, at 19:42:13
In reply to Club Babble » Dinah, posted by verne on November 7, 2005, at 9:47:50
> Some sites have solved the problem by remaining free, while at the same time offering extras and frills to paying members. Pogo.com for example has a huge free area but certain games, rooms, and features are for club members only.
>Exactly what I was going to say. For example, on this guitar forum I'm a part of, there was the same issue of the administrator paying for everything. People wanted to help out financially, so he set up this membership deal. For like $15/year you get access to a paying members only forum (where there is more freedom in discussion), you get extra space for pictures (of your guitars), and a few other frills.
On here, we could have it so that a person can have 2 forum names (in case they want to make sure no one knows they posted something embarrassing or private) or something like access to paying member only forums. I've read that since PB has gotten bigger, Dr. B has participated less and less. Maybe he'd be willing to be more active in these private forums since there wouldn't be nearly as many people or traffic. There are so many things that could be offered here. I will tell you though, that only a very small fraction of current members would pay, but I'm sure it would be enough people to at least put a small dent in the yearly upkeep costs.
Anyone got any other ideas for frills that a paying member could get?
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