# POLL: Would you pay $25 per year for SDMB?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 14, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442 "2001-05-14T22:17:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/1 "2001-05-14T22:17:19Z")
Just came from [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=69647](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=69647) , which, due to insane net traffic, is the first thread I’ve been able to read all day.
Let’s just come out and ask it and generate some data for the administration. I’m picking $25 per year because it seems reasonable for a membership in an organization (what I pay to my college’s alumni assn., for instance) and is less than the $50 that one of the mods said would prob. be unnecessarily high, given the size of our user base. And I know people are still arguing over various schemes and donation methods, etc., but I thought some hard numbers on SOMETHING might help.
So just answer YES or NO and leave out any qualifiers.
**Would you pay $25 per year for posting privileges on the SDMB?**
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### Author:  [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/2 "2001-05-14T22:28:17Z")
btw, YES.
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/3 "2001-05-14T22:51:03Z")
[Poll](http://polls.vantagenet.com/1/0/921219410/polls/2514194117/index.htm) \<—you can vote here
Not sure if I would or not. I probably would.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/4 "2001-05-14T22:56:08Z")
Yes
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### Author:  [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/5 "2001-05-14T23:09:55Z")
Yes, if I couldn’t get banned.
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### Author:  [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/6 "2001-05-14T23:21:02Z")
Knowing what the boards are like, having been here, then maybe I would. Though probably not, to be honest.
But if I was a newbie who wanted to chat, and saw it was $25 to even look, I would say bye bye and never come back. This would be counterproductive, so it’s not a good idea at all. The point is to fight ignorance, so it should be open to anyone with knowledge and opinions that will aid this mighty purpose.
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### Author:  [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/7 "2001-05-14T23:25:16Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by handy \*
> \*\*Yes, if I couldn’t get banned. \*\*
Just the opposite: Yes, if handy _could_ get banned. 😃
Seriously… I would pay it, $25/year does not seem an unreasonable amount of money to pay for the enjoyment these boards bring me.
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### Author:  [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/8 "2001-05-14T23:34:41Z")
Yes.
Btw, last year **Anthracite** made a similar effort [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=47771), with the eventual result of around $4700 offered. The Powers That Be said Thanks, but no thanks.
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### Author:  [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/9 "2001-05-14T23:39:31Z")
Nope. While it is a great refuge from the rest of the abyss we call the internet, I don’t use it enough to pay for it. It would be a pity if it ever did become a pay site, since so many of the people that contribute (not necessarily the regs) would cease as well.
My .02
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### Author:  [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/10 "2001-05-15T00:30:41Z")
Yes.
The response time is so bad Monday-Friday that I’m seriously considering not posting at all except on Saturdays.
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### Author:  [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/11 "2001-05-15T00:39:28Z")
Without a doubt.
It’s less than adequate payment for the people I’ve gotten to meet through it…Amy,Amber and last but certainly not least Craig (you know who you are hehehehe:) ).
Sign me up.
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### Author:  [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/12 "2001-05-15T00:48:39Z")
Yes, for posting priviledges. Reading should be free.
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### Author:  [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/13 "2001-05-15T01:04:19Z")
Yep. Two dollars a month is hardly a problem.
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/14 "2001-05-15T01:09:12Z")
No, because I’m strapped for cash. If I could afford it, maybe.
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### Author:  [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/15 "2001-05-15T02:05:17Z")
Well, I was going to post that I wouldn’t pay, because I always post at night, when things are relatively quick, but then it took five minutes for the reply window to pop up, so now I don’t know.
In all honesty, I’d probably refuse up until the day when I was really bored at work with some extra cash in my pocket. Then, in a moment of weakness, I’d succumb and pay. Then I’d go home and cry into my pillow over my weakness.
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### Author:  [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/16 "2001-05-15T03:10:38Z")
I’d pay it.
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### Author:  [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/17 "2001-05-15T03:17:21Z")
Sure I’d pay. Even in $US.
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \*
> \*\*
> But if I was a newbie who wanted to chat, and saw it was $25 to even look, I would say bye bye and never come back.
> \*\*
There could be a free trial period (say three months). Since the SDMB is rivaled only by certain narcotics for addiction potential, most people would gladly ante up afterwards.
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### Author:  [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/18 "2001-05-15T03:41:49Z")
Yes.
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### Author:  [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/19 "2001-05-15T04:09:56Z")
Yes. What else would I do at work?
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### Author:  [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2001, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-pay-25-per-year-for-sdmb/65442/20 "2001-05-15T04:34:41Z")
Without a doubt. But I agree that reading certain forums should be free.
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