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Message: <blockquote data-quote="roguerouge" data-source="post: 4157903" data-attributes="member: 13855">First off, let's be clear, I certainly know that nothing's happening without the buy-in of the administrators and owners of this business site.There are four advantages that I can think of right now:1. Voting may increase Community Supporter purchases, as this "new feature" may have a market demand to those community members who have not taken that step.2. Since no one else in the niche market of gaming discussion communities has taken this step, it may provide a market advantage at an especially important time. It could attract new members, of which some would buy Community Supporter accounts. It could lead members to spend more time on the site, which would increase ad revenues. It's at least possible that people who felt stifled at another community might "buy-in" literally to this idea.3. It promotes discussion and the ultimate good and primary service of this site is discussion. Reasoned and interesting discussion attracts viewers, gets them to stay longer, and gets them to click on more pages where ads are seen.4. It provides a safety valve to release social pressure. Rather than act out against the moderators or simply leave, the upset poster now has another option: talk to his or her representative. That may make moderator's work less emotionally stressful, ultimately. People respond better to tough calls when they feel that a fair process resulted in the tough call and that their voice was heard. Those who feel unable to express their choices through the formal system of a vote may be more likely to resist or fail to support decisions made through it.In short, an experiment in limited representation (in some form) may directly increase purchases, may increase ad revenues, may provide a competitive advantage in this niche market at this time, and may ultimately lead to more stability and less moderator stress.That's the goal of all of us on this thread. The question is how to get there.</blockquote>

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