# Pay to play?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-to-play/102307>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 7, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-to-play/102307 "2002-04-07T12:37:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Weeks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbce88/32.png) [@Weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weeks)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-to-play/102307/1 "2002-04-07T12:37:42Z")

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Hey folks, Seein’ as how the speed of the boards has come up yet  
again as a GQ, has a subscription service or a donation button ever  
been brought up?  
I mean, $.50 each would probably go a long  
way, no?  
Just how much would a server ugrade cost?  
How can I help in my own feeble way?:rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2002, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pay-to-play/102307/2 "2002-04-07T16:05:39Z")

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