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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1198243" data-attributes="member: 13098">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.</blockquote>

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