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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 4419629" data-attributes="member: 115">Here's the problem with that - you'll drive away the significant majority (as you stated) of people who help to make this site a great place to be.  If I was told I had to pay money or possibly not reach the site, I wouldn't bother trying to come here.  I don't mean to sound egotistical, but I think that is the prevailing opinion, and the way that things work (online, at least).My other problem with throttling is that the site isn't actually running that slow.  The slowdowns seem to be periodic, and if you read some of the other threads in Meta you'll see that people (CS and not) are helping to try and identify the cause.  Outside of those slowdowns, the site is running smooth as silk, for me at least.Another effect of creating, in essence, "premium" accounts is that you begin to segregate the community, cultivating elitism and ultimately defeating the purpose of ENWorld in the first place - where everyone can talk about their hobby on equal footing.  Heck, Gary Gygax had a long running thread conversing with fans here.  Charging for access destroys that.  Sure, in an optimistic utopian view that wouldn't happen, but realistically that has been shown not to be the case, over and over again.</blockquote>