# Paid memberships:  Possibility?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-memberships-possibility/22051>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 11, 2000, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-memberships-possibility/22051 "2000-06-11T20:33:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paid-memberships-possibility/22051/22 "2000-06-19T05:47:07Z")

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k2dave, I’m probably picking nits again, but if you’ll read the original idea of Chronos’OP was a graduated way of supporting the SDMB, that was all, I was the one who brought up the fringe benefits of paying for a membership would discourage those with nothing better to do than hassle other users.

But as \*\* DDG \*\* and others have remarked, not only would no one want more government in anyone’s pockets, but no one wants to turn away good posters either. So, I think you can keep on relaxing and commenting away, nothing is going to rock the boat any time soon. 😉

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