# Who is definitely NOT subscribing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215 "2004-03-19T15:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/1 "2004-03-19T15:48:24Z")
I’m undecided at this point, but interested in everyone’s opinions. ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/2 "2004-03-19T17:41:21Z")
Considering my time on board to post count ratio, I think I’ll just lurk. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/3 "2004-03-19T17:50:19Z")
This thread is better suited for [**In My Humble Opinion**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=12). I’ll move it for you. **Cajun Man** for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/4 "2004-03-19T18:07:37Z")
I’m not. Nobody knows who I am and many of the threads I start tend to be ignored. ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/5 "2004-03-19T18:10:18Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > This thread is better suited for [**In My Humble Opinion**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=12). I’ll move it for you. > > **Cajun Man** > for the SDMB Should you not also move the thread in MPSIMS titled “Who is definitely subscribing?”? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/6 "2004-03-19T18:45:22Z")
Do you mean [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245952) thread, **moejuck**? ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/7 "2004-03-19T18:54:59Z")
I’ve spent too much time on the Internet in the past year. I’ve known this for a while, but I keep coming back to this board out of habit. I think the subscription requirement will be enough of a barrier to shore up my weak will. Being blocked from SDMB _might_ help me get more work done or get out more into what passes for real life these days. ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/8 "2004-03-19T18:59:00Z")
I’m going to decline the opportunity to pay to contribute here. ---
**Author:** ![OneYogini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@OneYogini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneYogini)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/9 "2004-03-19T19:02:54Z")
I will not be subscribing (see new sig - lol!). I read the boards ALL day when bored at work, but don’t post a tremendous amount. And have only started 1 thread, as far as I remember. I am happy however that we’ll be able to read/lurk without subscribing! 😃 Yogini P.S. and FYI…I don’t subscribe to any sites online, nor do I shop or bank online. I just like to read. I’m a voyeur at heart. ---
**Author:** ![moejuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@moejuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejuck)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/10 "2004-03-19T19:05:11Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > Do you mean [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245952) thread, **moejuck**? Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Tremmie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Tremmie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremmie)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/11 "2004-03-19T19:22:58Z")
Not subscribing. I don’t post much so its really no big loss to me or the boards. ---
**Author:** ![DoubleJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DoubleJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoubleJ)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/12 "2004-03-19T19:32:47Z")
Nope, I have yet to find any message board, even this one, worth paying for. I’ll just go elsewhere, probably to one of the options listed in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![JoeSki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b487fb/32.png) [@JoeSki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoeSki)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/13 "2004-03-19T19:49:01Z")
What’s this about a subscription? Where can I go to read about it? ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/14 "2004-03-19T19:58:35Z")
On principal alone, I won’t pay money to participate in a conversation. Especially since, like \*\* kasuo \*\*, I often feel like an outsider here. Lots of inside jokes, and I’m not in on it lots of times, which stinks. \*\* DoubleJ \*\*, can you tell me what other options you are talking about? I’d like to find another place to go as well. ---
**Author:** ![SwingWing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SwingWing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwingWing)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/15 "2004-03-19T20:05:48Z")
> [@moejuck](#): > > I’m undecided at this point, but interested in everyone’s opinions. Definitely NOT! Why pay for hot air? I can get a lot of it on the Internet for free … ---
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/16 "2004-03-19T20:12:01Z")
I don’t pay for anything on the internet, so I’ll be gone on principle. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/17 "2004-03-19T20:31:01Z")
I respectfully decline to pay the fee. I will miss the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/18 "2004-03-19T20:36:41Z")
I’m not going to be doing so. I initially decided not to because I don’t like the idea of paying for what they’re offering. I was excited for awhile. You know, like rearraging the furniture of my life. Then I was scared of what I was going to do. Then I was even more scared that leaving the SDMB scared me. Now I’m kinda thinking like **jjimm**. Maybe it’ll be good for me. But I will be lurking. ---
**Author:** ![OneYogini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b9e5f3/32.png) [@OneYogini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneYogini)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/19 "2004-03-19T20:50:21Z")
Some things change quickly! lol! Above today I posted I wasn’t going to be subscribing - and my sig line at the time said something like “posting frequently until subscription required” - but now the new sig line (and my thread in MPSIMS) explains the change. I will be subscribing thanks to the generosity of the friend who got me addicted here! lol! My friend also mentioned that on the SDMB it was discussed (and I think the option may have even been brought up by a doper in the first place) whether or not people would be willing to pay for this site. People responded yes, so what did we expect to happen. “Gee, we here at the SDMB are glad you all are willing to fork over your cash to post here…okay, we’ll start charging you.” DOH! Anyway, I’ll still enjoy lurking most, but now am happy to have the option to post thanks to my friend! Yogini 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215/20 "2004-03-19T20:50:55Z")
> [@JoeSki](#): > > What’s this about a subscription? Where can I go to read about it? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=245825](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=245825) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-definitely-not-subscribing/235215.md?page=2)