# About this 'pay to post' thing **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 10, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583 "2001-11-10T04:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Has\_anyone\_seen\_my\_pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Has\_anyone\_seen\_my\_pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Has_anyone_seen_my_pants)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/1 "2001-11-10T04:47:10Z")
It’s my fault, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/2 "2001-11-10T04:51:41Z")
Well, yes. Yes, it is. ---
**Author:** ![Has\_anyone\_seen\_my\_pants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Has\_anyone\_seen\_my\_pants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Has_anyone_seen_my_pants)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/3 "2001-11-10T05:04:57Z")
I’m sorry, everyone. I guess I just made them finally decide that they had to do something to get rid of riff-raff… --sniff– ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/4 "2001-11-10T05:28:10Z")
Over at [Salon.com](http://Salon.com) they have been charging to read their non-wire “premium” postings. I promised to join just as soon as they announced the firing of David Horowitz. But it sounds like a pretty good reason to return to full time lurker status. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/5 "2001-11-10T07:10:32Z")
Well, that’s one way to get rid of trolls and sock puppets, I suppose. Is anyone going to pay $20-$50 for a joke? I don’t much fancy the idea of paying for any website, but I especially don’t fancy paying to post to a website which, by my posting, increases in value (I’m speaking of the “liveliness” aspect here, not attributing any special worth to any particular post). I’ll have to see. Meanwhile, there’s no harm in pre-registering and seeing what happens. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/6 "2001-11-10T07:16:29Z")
At least it doesn’t seem that they will make it “Pay **per** Post”. That would wipe me out. If they had a nickle for every post I made, it would cost me… ::looks across Doper’s left knuckle at his post count:: :: …carry the two, times point zero five… :: hmmm…a lot! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/7 "2001-11-10T09:11:57Z")
Yeah, that and fifteen-hundred good intentions will get ya fifteen-hundred cups of coffee. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/8 "2001-11-10T23:25:07Z")
Just making a quick post while it’s free… ---
**Author:** ![Ma\_Parrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@Ma\_Parrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ma_Parrot)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/9 "2001-11-10T23:49:27Z")
It should be based on USAGE, however. Say, 10 cents every time you say “pants” or “panties”. My studies show that would more than cover it. ---
**Author:** ![ThatGuyWithPants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df788c/32.png) [@ThatGuyWithPants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThatGuyWithPants)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/10 "2001-11-11T04:36:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ma Parrot \* > \*\*It should be based on USAGE, however. > Say, 10 cents every time you say “pants” or “panties”. > > My studies show that would more than cover it. \*\* but dont you see? Then I would be taken down for every post like the origional idea! CRAP ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/11 "2001-11-11T16:16:32Z")
subscribe the mailorder Reader, get the board posting privs, free. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/12 "2001-11-11T16:18:45Z")
on my post above, oh, that is just my idea, its not a fact yet 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-this-pay-to-post-thing/92583/13 "2001-11-11T17:22:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DPWhite \* > Over at [Salon.com](http://Salon.com) they have been charging to read their non-wire “premium” postings. I promised to join just as soon as they announced the firing of David Horowitz. David Horowitz? Isn’t he that consumer watchdog dude? He’s still around?!