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[Nifft]

Suggestions for sigs:

Free:
- One line, 100 characters, small text ("size=0" wrapped around it), no formatting except URL links.

Community Supporter ($3):
- Three lines, 100 characters each, small or regular text, URLS + bold, italic, underline.

Fancy Sig Tier ($6):
- Six lines, otherwise as above + some colors.

Banner Advertiser Tier ($10):
- All that plus image links work.

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Other than that, all I can say is: keep your focus on your core competency, which is the forums.

WotC used to have half-decent forums, until one day someone said "Hey, let's leverage this asset into a new paradigm of growth synergy!" and then promptly tried to create a social networking site. Now I don't go to their forums any more: they killed a half-decent forum and replaced it with an inferior Facebook.

Growth is a neat thing, but the gaming community is a certain size. Know what kind of numbers are achievable.

Cheers, -- N

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Credit card is fine with me, but there needs to be a way of paying without involving paypal.

I was going to request the same thing.

 

[Piratecat]

Other than that, all I can say is: keep your focus on your core competency, which is the forums.

I'd say "Kiss me, you fool," but you know -- decorum.

Instead I'll say "Morrus is on it." The only reason to focus on the site is to make it better, and we love the forums as well. It'll take some baby steps, but we're getting there.

 

[roguerouge]

I don't like removing sigs.

 

[Oryan77]

Suggestions for sigs:

Free:
- One line, 100 characters, small text ("size=0" wrapped around it), no formatting except URL links.

Community Supporter ($3):
- Three lines, 100 characters each, small or regular text, URLS + bold, italic, underline.

Fancy Sig Tier ($6):
- Six lines, otherwise as above + some colors.

Banner Advertiser Tier ($10):
- All that plus image links work.

The thing I find funny with this idea is that the more you pay, the more annoying you get to be

 

[jdrakeh]

I can see charging for full graphic ad banners in people's sig lines. But text and hyperlinks? I doubt people would pay for that, and I think it would hurt the quality of the board to charge for them as others have pointed out.

Truth. Hyperlinks and text are basic, free, options for signatures at every other VBulletin forum out there. I wouldn't try to charge for those things. Images, though, are expressly forbidden in sig lines at a great many VBulletin sites. I think you could get away with charging for that content in sig lines and not ruffle too many feathers.

 

[Nifft]

The thing I find funny with this idea is that the more you pay, the more annoying you get to be

This is actually true in real life, too.

If you're rich enough, you can get away with mur-- er, adventuring.

Cheers, -- N

 

[jdrakeh]

Agreed.

"Pay $3 to get something new and cool!" is a sales pitch.

"Pay $3 to prevent me from taking something away!" is not.

Also this. Threatening current users with a loss of functionality unless they pay for a subscription sounds a bit like extortion. I understand that it's easier than coming up with new content or functionality, but I'm also sure that it won't sit well with a lot of posters.

 

[Nifft]

Hyperlinks and text are basic, free, options for signatures at every other VBulletin forum out there. I wouldn't try to charge for those things.

Yep. Links (primarily to other threads, but also to products) are the most valuable sig content IMHO. Basically, if someone says something insightful, I'm very tempted to go check out other things he's done -- and links in his sig are the easiest way to do that.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Olaf the Stout]

I don't like the idea of getting rid of sigs for non-subscibers. I think this would make the site less useful for subscribers since many non-subscibers often have useful links in their sigs. Personally my sig doesn't really add much at all, so I don't care whether I have it or not.

Olaf the Stout