Why do I only get a 30 day free trial for this website?
Why should I part with my money to fund your website when other websites offer the same services for free?
If upon the timely demise of my membership and I decide on refreshing my subscription, do you accept payment in anything other than currency?
Why cant I have an avatar on this site? Other sites let me have an avatar
So that you can try it out and see if you like it. Many pay places don’t even allow a trial period.
You don’t have to. We find this place to be worth our money so we consistently renew year after year. There is a lot that attracts me to stay.
Such as…booty? I mean, really, what do you expect them to let you pay in? Potatoes? Pie?
The staff and the members have repeatedly and consistently spoken out against avatars. If you want avatars, there’s a million sites out there with them, as you said. This is an avatar-free, content-full zone, thankfully. Personally I am grateful…I use avatars on other sites but here this is fine with me.
Really, no one’s asking you to stay! If you look around and find you like the place, you’re more than welcome. If not, then not.
Happy hunting!
Welcome to the boards. You’ll find answers in the thread Why we require subscriptions, and how to subscribe over in the ATMB forum.
You actually failed the first test.
You should have started this thread over in About This Message Board.
Here, let me move it for you.
samclem General Questions Moderator
Well if you move my post it will cause confusion as to why you’ve moved it and make the previous posts obsolete
Perhaps your forums should be marked clearer?
I have a feeling that this isn’t going to go well for you, Mr. Feldman…
Not my fault, I’m stating the obvious thats all.
Look at the front page and tell me that it’s well organised. A blind chimp with a mallet would have better organisational skills than that.
I’m not paying for that! :mad:
Although I have no product to sell…
One of the nice things about teh internets is that it can cater to all tastes. And the organisation of this board into fora is a good example. It looks odd when you start, but after you’ve lurked a while, it does make a certain amount of sense. But if it’s not your cup of tea, then you can quite happily go to teh other internets.
(And posting in the wrong forum is not a hanging offense round here: it happens all the time, and to the best of us.)
Notice how the rest of us seem not to be having a problem with anything about the boards.
Just you.
Don’t you find that just a bit odd?
Actually, the move to the correct forum will help people find your post.
I must say that you have a point. The fora are not marked as well as they might be.
As others have said, no big deal. Glad to have you aboard, even if only for a month.
People with intellectual and interpersonal skills like yours often have difficulty fitting in on a board such as this. Your posts in this thread illustrate that point unambiguously. Your imperceptible talents show a deep capacity for understanding how these forums work in a manner not often essayed by newcomers to the SD. I congratulate you for your ability to see what others here cannot.
In fact, the more I think about it the more I believe that your intelligence and social adeptness differ from those of current members. You would be wasted here. It pains me to say this but your best bet is to look for another website more suited to your personality and demeanour. Above all, if and when you do this, you should not concern yourself about leaving us.
Your loss will be our gain.
Geez Chez, I don’t think you’re going to earn a star today for “works and plays well with others.”
While being somewhat cranky you do have a point. We’re not all things to all people and we don’t pretend to be so.
Mr. Feldman, the idea behind our trial period is to give you chance to check this place out. If you like what you see, then you don’t mind supporting us and subscription is not an issue. If you dislike instead, it’s a big ol’ world out there and the next potential better place is only a click away and you should get about clicking somewhere else. Life’s too short to spend it on websites you don’t care for.
This situation is similar to the neighborhood bar. We think it’s a neat place. We have people who like to drink here and we like hanging out with them. We expect if you drink with us that you’ll be at least civil to others. If you don’t like what we offer you are always free to go drink somewhere else.
Your choice.
Exactly. The smokers stay over there, the drunks know not to puke on other posters, and everyone knows not to throw peanut shells on the floor. We like it neat here.
Huh. Guess you’ve never been to my corner of the bar. 
Only on weekends. You hooligans in the corner get too rowdy on weeknights.
Wait - nobody ever told me we were going to a bar. And here I thunk youse was my friends…
<Slides a chocolate martini down to FCM.
Enjoy!
That’s a very good analogy. This place has it all (pretty much): the old regulars propping up the bar or sitting in the corner playing dominos - seen it all, been there, done that, casting a kindly or hostile eye over newcomers; the newcomers to the area anxious to fit in but treading on the toes of the old-timers; the newcomers to the area who mesh seamlessly; the ruffians who pile in that the landlord and regulars reckon should be barred ASAP; the chap at the end of the bar who speaks loudly but says nothing; the chap at the end of the bar who keeps himself to himself, and only speaks when he’s got something to say; and the majority here, the folks who’ll help you out with any problem you might have for the price of a pint.
Come to think of it MPSIMS even fulfills the role of the busty barmaid who listens sympathetically to the random thoughts of the customers, and the Pit is pretty much the fight in the car park.