(off topic) Make EN World a pay site?

[Eosin the Red]

I agree with Hellhound who agrees with Creamsteak on his point of agreeing with Teflon Billy on his point that Berandor and Viking Bastard have good points.

That said, personally a meter type thingy is fine but I would like to see the search function opened to everyone. Keep the custom titles for donations but the rest should be made available if it does not cause a problem!.

A weekly neck massage for a random member would be nice. Perhaps occasional tickets to the theater?

 

[Umbran]

I'd pay, easily.

Rather than simply agreeing with others, I'll give a bit of reasoning.

You'd pay, because you like the place. How'd you get to like it? You wandered in and tried it. If the place were a pay site, you couldn't just wander in and have a go at it, so we'd have a substantial barrier to new members. One of the strengths of the place is it's openness.

As for a cash-counter. Nice idea, if Morrus had a personal accountant that could be trusted to go over the books every day. The thing would have to be updated frequently or it'd be misleading. So you're asking Morrus to do a notable extra bit of paperwork.

 

[DaveMage]

A weekly neck massage for a random member would be nice. Perhaps occasional tickets to the theater?

I'll support that!

 

[Grazzt]

If this became a pay site, all that would happen is that it would only be frequented by the same talking heads rather than the diverse group of frequent posters and noobs that drop in now. Even the regulars would drift off eventually and the community would dwindle.

No thanks. There are better solutions.

Yep- agreed. Pay site is not the way ENWorld needs to go.

 

[Zappo]

Since it seems that hosting will be paid for at least the next full year, I think that we have to be careful not to make rushed decisions. Personally, I am against turning this into a pay site. It means placing a fairly high barrier to entry, regardless of the actual amount. Since this is a community site, a big part of its value is in the number of people frequenting it, so this barrier could easily backfire.

I agree with Hellhound who agrees with Creamsteak on his point of agreeing with Teflon Billy on his point that Berandor and Viking Bastard have good points.

I agree.

 

[Darkness]

and spam everyone's email just like all the other pr0n sites do.

Not to forget loads pop-ups if you as much as open one page on the site.

 

[BSF]

I thoroughly disagree with making EN World a pay-only site. My reasoning is simple. I wouldn't be here now if it had been a pay-only site when I started checking the forums out. For a long time I have lurked and then posted on somebody else's generosity. Everyone that was here before me helped create an environment where I wanted to keep coming back. Now that I have gotten off the bench, and thrown in some money to help pay the bills, I have no problem with other people coming into the site for free.

Wouldn't it be kind of hypocritical for me to feel any other way?

If they like the place, they will stick around. They will get hooked on the community feel, on our varied sense of humor, on our self-policed and moderator enforced civility, on the wonderful story hours, the heated rules debates, and even the OT posts. Then, they will want to give back to the community.

At least, they will if it is an easy process and there is a periodic reminder on why it is important to contribute to the pot on occassion. Which is why I too support a fund drive to bring in new community supporters and make sure we are covered for costs of running the site.

As Teflon Billy has said, let's give Morrus room to breath and figure out what he wants to do. But, we should keep tossing ideas out there as well. Morrus won't have any idea what we are open to if we don't say anything.

 

[Crothian]

Not only should EN World become a pay site, but those willing to join should have to fill out a questionaire that has to be approved by a select group of people. In fact, everyone who posts here now should have to fill the questionaire as well. This way we have a firm control on who is allowed on the site and who is not.

Morrus has stated many, many times he has no intention of this ever becoming a pay site. And this site really doesn't need any help on having others think us more elitist then we really are.