MikeSh
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I'm surprised you even need to ask
But that vanity might actually increase the donation rate, as I think someone inferred earlier in the thread.
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But that vanity might actually increase the donation rate, as I think someone inferred earlier in the thread.
RobH1
Well-Known Member
And yours would be 'God complex' or 'Arboreal leader'.........?
At least I put a smiley in!
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Ezra Pound
Well-Known Member
I can't wait to see what title you will be giving yourself
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Doh, beaten to it again
It seems the general consensus is in favour. I've created a new user upgrade called "Forum Supporter" (suggestions for different wording welcome!) as a test, and applied it to Black Hole, Trev and Wallace as a starter for ten.
Cost is currently £10/year (discussion welcome) and it provides:
Cost is currently £10/year (discussion welcome) and it provides:
- That Warm Fuzzy Feeling™;
- Ability to edit own title;
- "Forum Supporter" banner under avatar;
- No adverts;
- No advert blocker detection;
- Ability to delete own posts (not sure about this one but given that people can already replace the content of a post with 'deleted'...);
- Manage all tags in your own threads;
- Removes the enforced 20 second delay between posts.
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Luke
Well-Knwοn Мember
I'm wondering what would be simple to manage.
Would it be possible for someone to donate two lots of £5 and it still to count? I suspect that for simplicity only donations of £10 (or whatever) or more should count.
Would it be possible to donate £20 and for it to count for 2 years? For simplicity I suggest not.
If it is a straightforward process that a donation for £10+ counts for a year from the day of the donation, then I'd suggest that it counts for thirteen months as this would simplify an individual's yearly donation by giving a bit of leeway.
Am I correct in thinking that donations for RS are separate or has that changed?
Well the forum software has a built-in upgrade mechanism which links into Paypal. The upgrade would then appear as something available to purchase for those who are interested and would automatically expire a year later.
These days, the Forum, RS, and the Wiki all run on the same server. In the past, I used to send Michael some of the RS donations each year as some users were definitely confused about what they were donating towards (I would get a spurt of RS donations immediately after Michael posted a request on the forum for example). RS has its own direct expenses though such as the domain names, and it will shortly be available to Foxsat users too so I will leave the donation link in place there.
Still wouldn't quite get me a Tesla unfortunately : )5000 members, £10 a go, buy a nice car for that af!
I'm not trying to make a profit, just cover the running costs.
Trev
The Dumb One
Just shorten it so as to limit the possibility of a 'double post' I would not imagine that a delay of ten seconds would inflict too much pain.
I doubt if anyone here thinks that anyway. We don't HAVE to contribute. I think that £10 is OK unless this makes 'too much profit', whereby it could be reduced?
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
I have no problem with af123 getting some beer+ money. It's the £400 honorarium our club sec has been accepting for years I'm gunning for!
Have a look at https://hummy.tv/forum/account/upgrades
I've put three options on there
Edit: it occurred to me that the people I've given this to can probably not see all of the options.
I've put three options on there
Edit: it occurred to me that the people I've given this to can probably not see all of the options.
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RobH1
Well-Known Member
Agreed, anyway what af does for the members is worth a few bob.
RobH1
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Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
Another forum I use is a right pain with subscriptions: member privileges are revoked the moment the sub runs out, but the forum only sends out a reminder when the sub runs out! Allowing privileges to be revoked rather than topping up in time then requires manual intervention to reinstate them.
Trev
The Dumb One
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Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
'Scuse me, but I just had a warning about my ad blocker!
Trev
The Dumb One
I just got one too, after I switched AdBlocker on.
Is having the 'Forum Supporter' 'rank' so that us peeps who contribute can shame those who don't by weeding out the cheapskates?
I would prefer just to have the facility rather than trumpet it far and wide that I shove you a bob or two every now and again.
Is having the 'Forum Supporter' 'rank' so that us peeps who contribute can shame those who don't by weeding out the cheapskates?
I would prefer just to have the facility rather than trumpet it far and wide that I shove you a bob or two every now and again.
Wallace
Traveler 34122
...Is having the 'Forum Supporter' 'rank' so that us peeps who contribute can shame those who don't by weeding out the cheapskates?
Agreed.
Black Hole
May contain traces of nut
+1
Instead of adding a banner to the avatar, I expected "forum supporter" (or whatever) to be the text where "Well-Known Member" currently is - and then we could change it as we like.
Instead of adding a banner to the avatar, I expected "forum supporter" (or whatever) to be the text where "Well-Known Member" currently is - and then we could change it as we like.