I lurked here for years before i finally registered, even then i rarely posted. When SDMB turned to subscription, i saw my oppurtunity to contribute my small part to a forum which has enlightened and educated me for years. And now that i have paid to post i feel much more like “getting my money’s worth”. While SDMB is loosing some great people, on the other hand have some less active posters decided to pay up and are now much more likely to be active?
I, too, feel the strange and bizarre compulsion to post more since I’ve ponied up the dough.
Luckily, we have this thread.
Thanks, ThatGuy!
Yes.
Yes I do.
For me it’s more a case of putting my mouth where my money is, rather than the other way around. I would have paid, I think, if I never posted again, out of support and as a thank you for the last few years. However, I’m hoping that this change will make the boards more fun for me again. If that’s going to happen, I have to be more active. So, that means reading more forums and posting much more than I have been. So far so good…
I have posted a total of FOUR times since I subscribed yesterday. I’m exhausted!
I do. Not because “I spent the money and darn it, I’m going to get my monies worth”. Mainly it’s because I feel I’ve contributed a little bit more to the community, and that I need to continue to do so.
OK, OK it’s about the money.
This was something I actually thought about over this past weekend. Up `til now, I’ve done about 200 posts a year; if I’d been paying $5 for that, each post would have been worth 2 1/2 cents. Aside from the obvious “putting my 2 cents in” pun, I really can’t think of anything I’ve posted so far that was worth that much.
Now that I am paying, I need to make some truly worthwhile posts in future, or else post a lot more and bring the price-per-post down to a real bargain rate.
I think you can see which choice I’ve made. 
I feel more of a part of the community with that happy charter member under my name. I think that people will pay more attention to me somehow now that I am part of the group. And there is the sense that I might as well get “my money’s worth,” even though I paid as much in thanks and the pleasure of reading than the ability to post.
I am not sure if I plan to post more often or not, I hope I do but time will tell…
Personaly I really didn’t see the need in my paying as long as I could see the threads as I didn’t often post in the past. (it wasn’t a money issue…just didn’t see the need as I would still be able to read what everyone else wrote) But as I read more and more posts whinning and pitting the board for going to a pay site I decided to become a member in protest. plus the fact having “Charter member” under my name is just uber-cool even if I never post again I find it money well spent…the enjoyment I get from reading the posts is worth much much more!
So…my name is Lwaxana and I hope you see me post again…soon!
Ive posted more times since i paid my subscription then i had in the previous 4 months. One could assume a strong correlation at the very least.
Yeah…I had (I think) 47 posts total up until Monday, when I subscribed. This post will make 89. (I should hit 100 by tomorrow evening, easy.)
Part of it is that I’ve had an abnormal amount of time on my hands for the last few days (lord knows I won’t be posting at this blistering rate forever), but more importantly: when the subscription issue came up I felt I had to decide between either really becoming a member of the community or just giving up on the whole thing. Obviously, I chose the former. (The community-oriented nature of IMHO and MPSIMS and the ridiculous number of posts one can chalk up there in a short period of time are largely responsible for the spike in my posting rate. I never spent time reading threads in either forum before this.)
I’m making a conscious decision to post more, now that (presumably) the hamsters will only get faster, either due to the money going in, or the non-payers going out.
Yep. 
I have mentioned this in a couple of other threads. I think the fear is that this board will turn into a few old codgers arguing on the front stoop. Which is interesting if you are codger, but will drive everyone else away. I have resolved to post more.
My problem was that I would only post if I had something that I had to say. I am trying to get out of the habit of writing up entire posts and then deleting them because they aren’t perfect.
Nope, but I already post plenty.
I used to post to this message board all the time. Lately I’ve been sticking a lot more to lurking. I decided to subcribe for two reasons, neither of which involved posting.
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Guests do not have the search feature. I use it all the time
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I’d like to hope, in some way or another, that the $4.95 I gave SDMB will somehow help to improve the speed of the board. If that were a guarentee, I would have paid 4x the amount I did.
I guess I might as well take advantage of my exclusive Chartered Member access and start posting more.
Cured of lurking-- I definitely feel compelled to post more, like my subconscious is saying “GET YOUR $5 WORTH.” I have to say honestly that I haven’t always felt like posting here was a really good experience. I think I’m shy even in Internetland…or maybe more shy. Anyway, having a livejournal has dramatically improved my sense of confidence in my ability to communicate in writing, so I hope that confidence will spill over to here, now that I’m a Charter Member. Awwww yeeeeah.
Since this is basically a poll, I’ll move it to In My Humble Opinion for you.
Cajun Man
for the SDMB
Wouldn’t go as far as to say ‘cured’ but have been feeling like I should be posting, & I feel shy in Internetland, too, which I think is just a ridiculous thing, but evenso, I am…
Happy to be posting & hope to do this more!