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Quote from: theymos on December 22, 2012, 01:35:36 AM

There won't ever be a mandatory fee. That would significantly reduce the forum population.

Quote from: deadweasel on December 21, 2012, 02:32:37 PM

I like donation only, but more effort should be made to gather donations. Maybe those most concerned should but a bitcointalk.org donation link in their signatures?

The forum is far from low on money. Donations are appreciated, but no one should feel obligated to donate.

I like theymos's logical thinking.

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Quote from: grue on April 28, 2013, 12:53:48 PM

OP wants to turn this forum into somethingawful.

That would be an improvement. Being able to buy douchebags a subtitle that literally says "I'm a douchebag" is an awesome feature, no matter how you spin it. Grin

One good thing about SA is that they have quality control police. You shitpost, you get banned. You want to return, you pay again. Can you imagine how orderly these forums would be if that were instated here? Dare I say I'd actually be proud of the forums.

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OP wants to turn this forum into somethingawful.

Minor Miner

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I think they have around 5,000 BTC just sitting around in the forum account and theymos could not find projects to spend it on.
Charging even a small BTC price would stop people who do not yet have BTC from joining, which is not a good thing.

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Quote from: countryfree on April 28, 2013, 11:01:54 AM

If money's needed, I guess I wouldn't mind watching some adverts on every page.

This happens already? Not sure where you've been.

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If money's needed, I guess I wouldn't mind watching some adverts on every page.

falschgeld

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I would pay for the forum but only a small fee.

What about allowing the users to choose between:
a) a free account with adverts
b) a paid account without adverts

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Quote from: nobbynobbynoob on December 24, 2012, 02:10:01 PM

1 satoshi doesn't really constitute a fee (yet?): maybe 100.000 satoshi might work.

I know it's not high, but it would be a sort of "Proof of Stake". I don't exactly consider the advice of a bunch of twenty-something unemployed SA goons with absolutely no exposure to non-fiat currency and an obsession with "lolbertarian"-bashing valid.

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1 satoshi doesn't really constitute a fee (yet?): maybe 100.000 satoshi might work.

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I did pay to use the forum by donating I suppose. I don't think paying should be required. If there were a subscription forum with very low fees for joining I'd probably join that one too.

That said, no offense intended to the college kids and etc that can post 24/7, but your signal to noise ratio is so high that I wouldn't mind seeing a one Satoshi per-post fee, sometimes.

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Quote from: nobbynobbynoob on December 21, 2012, 02:51:13 PM

We should probably support the forum as best we can and try to pay our way, but no, it should not be mandatory. We don't want to dissuade good and interested folk from using the forum.

Same tought here !

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There won't ever be a mandatory fee. That would significantly reduce the forum population.

Quote from: deadweasel on December 21, 2012, 02:32:37 PM

I like donation only, but more effort should be made to gather donations. Maybe those most concerned should but a bitcointalk.org donation link in their signatures?

The forum is far from low on money. Donations are appreciated, but no one should feel obligated to donate.

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don't get paranoid.

i'm just curious about something.

Oh I know you are rat Cheesy

but I've seen this kind of thing before, there are twats out there who think this will be a fantastic idea, especially if they can cash in on it themselves.

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I think we totally should have more taxes. Also a Revenue Service to collect these ~~taxes~~ mandatory donations.

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Quote from: rat on December 21, 2012, 02:13:56 PM

will you put your coins where your cakehole is?

it could clean up the forums, reward the hired hands, and support the developers for their efforts.

it could help - it could hurt.

discuss...

Because the $1000 a week they're getting in advertisements could not do all that without a fee.

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Quote from: FreeMoney on December 21, 2012, 10:28:06 PM

I would pay for this forum, but it wouldn't really be this forum anymore if everyone had to pay. A section for donators or longtime members might be cool.

They do have their own, I think.

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I would pay for this forum, but it wouldn't really be this forum anymore if everyone had to pay. A section for donators or longtime members might be cool.

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Quote from: deadweasel on December 21, 2012, 02:57:57 PM

Quote from: nobbynobbynoob on December 21, 2012, 02:51:13 PM

We should probably support the forum as best we can and try to pay our way, but no, it should not be mandatory. We don't want to dissuade good and interested folk from using the forum.

This would be good time to ask:

How do we donate to bitcointalk.org?

Based on my latest knowledge:

For small donations, click Donate on the forum's menu panel and follow the instructions, donating to the BTC address given.

For generous donations, contact theymos. Last I checked, "Donator" status (green half-coin) costs BTC10 and "VIP" status (purple half-coin) BTC50.

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Quote from: nobbynobbynoob on December 21, 2012, 02:51:13 PM

We should probably support the forum as best we can and try to pay our way, but no, it should not be mandatory. We don't want to dissuade good and interested folk from using the forum.

This would be good time to ask:

How do we donate to bitcointalk.org?

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i vote for donations to continue. but forcing newbies to pay is unfair to them. if a fee does become manditory, then maybe implement a fee at 500 posts or something so that those who have found the website useful and became developed enough in the community because of the forums, pay a donation.

and tighten the troll gates so that scammers get instantly banned if enough proof is given, that'll keep it clean.

making newbies have to pay just to ask questions to become part of the community, will just leave them on the outside. making this forum turn into one of those "bankers boy's clubs" where only those with money to throw away have the privelidge

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