Perhaps it was all those times the mods and admins said ‘You get what you pay for.’
A better comparison would be if they started charging me for the dinner but still served the same Top Ramen every time.
In that case I’d be concluding that since I must pay for dinner, I might as well find a dinner that’s worth it to me.
Ya know? Do up their hair and makeup, dress them in a leather bustier and fishnet stockings, and get them in some 5" spike heels…
Sheep no longer boring.
I’m just sayin’…
I think you’re confusing “interpretation” with “assumption.” Folks assumed the board performance would be enhanced due to subscriptions, when that was never stated.
As has been noted multiple times, various in-charge type personages here have said the Reader financed this board at a loss for years. Now that there is actually a little money flowing from the board back to the Reader, I can understand them wanting to use that money to stop the bleeding before they gild the lily.
On the flip side, though, the same veiled threats that pop up every time somebody has a question regarding board performance (“We’re lucky to have the board at all; the Reader could pull the plug any day”) are well and truly getting old. If the Reader makes the decision that this board is too expensive to run, so be it. Don’t keep harping on it.
AMEN!
Agreed, Sauron. If the rationale for paying subscriptions, is, as has been said so repeatedly, to ensure the continued existence of the SDMB (as well it should), either such veiled threats are meaningless, or the rationale is.
Exactly. You might as well. I’ve been recommending that you do so for several messages now. Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, catsix dear.