I got a gentle e-mail ( well, four of them - I don’t look at e-mail on a regular basis ) letting me know that my membership was about to expire so I’m back for two more years. While my contributions to the board discourse are minimal at best my $29.90 will ensure that the hamsters in the server room will get fed and the squid supply is sustained.
Hey, me too.
I only sprung for a year though. I’m getting too old to go out too far.
Besides feeding the hamsters, what are the benefits of subscription?
Besides the nice warm feeling, you get the word ‘member’ under your name instead of ‘guest’.
Well, there’s that double secret forum where we make fun of all of the “guests”.
No ads?
No ad’s to clutter your screen is a big plus in my opinion. There is also some customization features to related to a signature line or location ( don’t recall which ) and of course, preferential seating at Dope Fests.
The ads I view do the same thing.
All they do is pick up the little green pellets from the cage floor and pile them into the food bowl.
Perhaps someone wouls like to ask the admin what is the revenue per guest from the advertisements.
I’ve renewed a few times and have that “title” option. Don’t know about benefits other than supporting something I enjoy.
Ad generated revenue is a good system for some industries such as commercial TV and radio, but not so good for other ones such as (some) websites and content producers. As such I think people should consider voluntary direct contributions as a way of supporting products and services they enjoy.
All producers of product, with very few exceptions, need recompense to support that product and themselves for that matter. In many cases paywalls and other methods of income generation have proven less than viable. Value improved offerings appear to be the next best thing, and I hope that many would take advantage of the option less for what it gives them and more as just the right thing to do to support something you enjoy.
Membership also enables you to post new threads in the Marketplace forum.
And you get to see one (1) photo of a mod with the goat. You have to pay extra to pick which mod.
You should speak to your Physician or Clergyman.
I should probably go back on membership. To be honest, I didn’t renew after my second year once they stripped my ‘Charter Member’ status because I had let my subscription lapse for a whopping 3 days. I was fairly ticked (even though in the long run it means nothing). (Note: I didn’t not renew as a way to ‘show it to the man’ or anything, but that after that, I didn’t really feel a need to keep up the membership for its limited benefits.)