What will non-paying posters be called?

[USCDiver]

After the board gets rid of pay-to-post, it doesn’t seem right to continue calling the non-paying posters ‘Guest’.

They should be called ‘Poster’, reserve ‘Member’ and ‘Charter Member’ for the paying folks.

[Frank]

How 'bout if we just go back to “Member” and “Banned”? Oh, “Moderator” will still do, I guess.

[USCDiver]

@Frank

How 'bout if we just go back to “Member” and “Banned”? Oh, “Moderator” will still do, I guess.

Because that makes no distinction between someone who is paying and someone who is not. Although I can’t think of a good reason why we SHOULD make that distinction, I still think we ought to give those that pay some recognition.

[wring]

@USCDiver

I still think we ought to give those that pay some recognition.

why?

[WhyNot]

@USCDiver

Because that makes no distinction between someone who is paying and someone who is not. Although I can’t think of a good reason why we SHOULD make that distinction, I still think we ought to give those that pay some recognition.

Remember that TPTB don’t *want *us to pay. They think they can get more money from the advertisers than us. They’ll continue to let us pay, for a while anyway, so we shut up about the ads, but they’re discouraging memberships, not encouraging them.

[atomicbadgerrace]

@USCDiver

Because that makes no distinction between someone who is paying and someone who is not. Although I can’t think of a good reason why we SHOULD make that distinction, I still think we ought to give those that pay some recognition.

Why?

How about “Cheapskate,” “Pays to not see ads,” and “Moderator”? That’s effectively the distinction that would be made.

[Siam_Sam]

How about “Moocher” for non-payers and “Holier Than Thou” for payers?

[TubaDiva]

All still to be determined.

Sniping at one another won’t help, though.