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would kick in 5$/month to a patreon for the forums
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thx J.POS, I would deffo kick in $5-10/month to keep shitposting here
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Jan 28, 2021 11:33
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I'd pay to a Patreon or equivalent, and would happily see you get paid something for all of your work too.
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Jan 28, 2021 12:14
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no comment on anything except this: if you are willing to even entertain paying six bucks for a jacques torres cookie, try googling the recipe. they are no harder to make than toll house. 20 minutes work maximum. i suggest 2.5x-3x vanilla. feel free to contact me if you wish to pay me 70 dollars, hell even $5, for this information
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Jan 28, 2021 12:16
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I only recently regged, but I've read these forums for almost a decade without an account
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Jan 28, 2021 13:34
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i’m not a lawyer what does it mean that you bought SA’s assets but you don’t actually own Something Awful LLC. what does that mean exactly?
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Jan 28, 2021 13:39
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Grump posted:i’m not a lawyer what does it mean that you bought SA’s assets but you don’t actually own Something Awful LLC.
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Jan 28, 2021 13:42
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I know it's heresy to many but there's cool people I know that I wanna introduce to the site but the $10 imposition is still a pretty large barrier when this isn't the happening 2002 site this was. Forum standards have also improved overall but I dunno if it has the same 'keep out the riff raff' appeal it once has. We make fun of reddit but the concept of "your post should be intelligible to other humans" has spread there and there's not as big a difference as there once was. While keeping regular $10 payments to register and to unban yourself, I wonder if it might make sense to have regular periods of limited, free registrations. That drums up interest while keeping the influx of potential assholes low enough to boot out if need be.
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Jan 28, 2021 13:42
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The Kins posted:He bought the individual bits and pieces from Something Awful LLC, like the forums and the domain name and such, without buying the company itself or its associated debts. so does he have to register a new company to pay other people / himself a salary?
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Jan 28, 2021 13:45
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bewilderment posted:... Free account registration is what makes reddit/twitter/other forums a cesspit. Maybe there could be an account sponsorship option where someone can sign up a friend but if they get banned/probed you get banned for letting an rear end in a top hat in for free.
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Jan 28, 2021 13:48
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bewilderment posted:I know it's heresy to many but there's cool people I know that I wanna introduce to the site but the $10 imposition is still a pretty large barrier when this isn't the happening 2002 site this was. Forum standards have also improved overall but I dunno if it has the same 'keep out the riff raff' appeal it once has. We make fun of reddit but the concept of "your post should be intelligible to other humans" has spread there and there's not as big a difference as there once was.
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Jan 28, 2021 13:50
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bewilderment posted:I know it's heresy to many but there's cool people I know that I wanna introduce to the site but the $10 imposition is still a pretty large barrier when this isn't the happening 2002 site this was. Buy an account for the friends you want to post here. Its how that sort of introduction been done even way back in 2002.
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Jan 28, 2021 13:54
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I regged here almost 20 years ago for $10. I would happily pay $5 or $10/m via Patreon to see the forums continue to exist and grow.
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Jan 28, 2021 13:55
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If I managed to cough up a few bucks for the SPINELESS FUEHRER, I can cough up the same bucks for the patreon.
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Jan 28, 2021 13:59
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bewilderment posted:I know it's heresy to many but there's cool people I know that I wanna introduce to the site but the $10 imposition is still a pretty large barrier when this isn't the happening 2002 site this was. Forum standards have also improved overall but I dunno if it has the same 'keep out the riff raff' appeal it once has. We make fun of reddit but the concept of "your post should be intelligible to other humans" has spread there and there's not as big a difference as there once was. Free reg is an invite to bots and nonsense. a pay gate may be anathema by modern standards but holy poo poo does it stop a flood of otherwise un-stoppable bull poo poo. Look at how much this place already gets -- at least if you want to insult or troll or randomly toxify things, you need to pony up a bit.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:06
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Grump posted:i’m not a lawyer what does it mean that you bought SA’s assets but you don’t actually own Something Awful LLC. Jeffrey bought Something Awful but left Lowtax with all his debt, essentially.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:18
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bewilderment posted:I know it's heresy to many but there's cool people I know that I wanna introduce to the site but the $10 imposition is still a pretty large barrier when this isn't the happening 2002 site this was. Forum standards have also improved overall but I dunno if it has the same 'keep out the riff raff' appeal it once has. We make fun of reddit but the concept of "your post should be intelligible to other humans" has spread there and there's not as big a difference as there once was. A $10 paywall is extremely reasonable compared to the headaches and costs incurred by not having a paywall.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:20
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Do we still have access to that strip mall head quarters in the middle of Wisconsin or where ever? Because i was planning my retirement around that couch
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Jan 28, 2021 14:21
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8one6 posted:Maybe there could be an account sponsorship option where someone can sign up a friend but if they get banned/probed you get banned for letting an rear end in a top hat in for free. I like this idea, but if someone wants to go through all that trouble, they might as well just pay the $10 and buy their friend the account in the first place.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:21
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bewilderment posted:I know it's heresy to many but there's cool people I know that I wanna introduce to the site but the $10 imposition is still a pretty large barrier when this isn't the happening 2002 site this was. Forum standards have also improved overall but I dunno if it has the same 'keep out the riff raff' appeal it once has. We make fun of reddit but the concept of "your post should be intelligible to other humans" has spread there and there's not as big a difference as there once was. One of Lowtax's few good ideas was to occasionally make most forums accessible for unregistered users for a week or two at a time. Jeffrey could start doing that again.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:22
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What about running a $4.99 registration promotion for a.week or two once a year?
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Jan 28, 2021 14:24
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BigBallChunkyTime posted:What about running a $4.99 registration promotion for a.week or two once a year? That just encourages the insane seraph84 types to wait for the sale to make a hoard of alts. If $10 is too expensive for someone considering buying an account, why would $5 be any different?
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Jan 28, 2021 14:28
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Nth on the would contribute to the Patreon train.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:30
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Frankly if the forums had kept pace with inflation then a new reg should cost $14.39. Really Jeff is doing you a favor keeping the site funded mostly through cosmetic DLC.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:33
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HugeGrossBurrito posted:hes the guy from salute your shorts You heard it here first: Jeffery is ugh lee
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Jan 28, 2021 14:38
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DC and PR should be states before the State of the Forums is able to exist.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:43
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How much of the revenue came from Seraph reregs? Wanna say $300/mo from the daily permas.
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Jan 28, 2021 14:52
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thank u jeff
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Jan 28, 2021 15:05
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bradzilla posted:One of Lowtax's few good ideas was to occasionally make most forums accessible for unregistered users for a week or two at a time. Jeffrey could start doing that again. I can absolutely say that this made me buy an account. I was having a great time reading a thread, and when it got re-paywalled I ponied up no problem.
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Jan 28, 2021 15:08
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Fidelitious posted:I can absolutely say that this made me buy an account. I was having a great time reading a thread, and when it got re-paywalled I ponied up no problem. Here we have a post that makes a good case for never lifting the paywall. Haha owned.
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Jan 28, 2021 15:10
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I think it would be dumb not to have a Patreon option at this point.
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Jan 28, 2021 15:11
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If Jeffrey bought the assets and domain but not the debts what is the site Incorporated under, now?
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Jan 28, 2021 15:17
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8one6 posted:Frankly if the forums had kept pace with inflation then a new reg should cost $14.39. Really Jeff is doing you a favor keeping the site funded mostly through cosmetic DLC. Wait a minute I spent the equivalent of $13.70 in slim svelte 2004 money and all these kids get to spend $10 in 2021 fat gently caress money??? This is the worst thing that's ever happened to me.
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Jan 28, 2021 15:23
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bewilderment posted:I know it's heresy to many but there's cool people I know that I wanna introduce to the site but the $10 imposition is still a pretty large barrier when this isn't the happening 2002 site this was. Forum standards have also improved overall but I dunno if it has the same 'keep out the riff raff' appeal it once has. We make fun of reddit but the concept of "your post should be intelligible to other humans" has spread there and there's not as big a difference as there once was. You could introduce them and let them lurk for a while without registering to see if they like it and figure it might be worth $10 to them and maybe some sort of 'my mate wants to register but can't afford $10 can someone sponsor them' type deal. I lurked for several weeks before deciding it was a good place to hangout. Also prompted by the sudden inability to see a great thread I was following. Jaeluni Asjil fucked around with this message at 15:27 on Jan 28, 2021 |
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Jan 28, 2021 15:24
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bewilderment posted:We make fun of reddit but the concept of "your post should be intelligible to other humans" has spread there and there's not as big a difference as there once was. Have you ever sorted those comments by "new" or "controversial"? The voting and subreddit aspects keep the lovely posts invisible to you. There's a poo poo load of garbage on reddit.
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Jan 28, 2021 15:41
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I think I have a solution that will make everyone happy. Send me the tenbux
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Jan 28, 2021 15:48
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Slimy Hog posted:Have you ever sorted those comments by "new" or "controversial"? The voting and subreddit aspects keep the lovely posts invisible to you. There's a poo poo load of garbage on reddit. Yeah, certain content, humour and styles of posting are more heavily up-voted than others. On one hand the lovely opinions and racism and poor grammar gets hidden, on the flip side all discussion then becomes centred around a small handful of standardised up-voted top level comments. If you go though popular frequently and sort by "Top" you get a sense of how standardised the content and rhetoric can become. It's like every single thread effectively has the same kind of content. Pun chains, complaining about people only reading headlines, meta references to other popular posts and concern trolling... If you read enough popular Reddit posts one after the other I'm positive you can predict exactly what the most up-voted posts will say for any given post/headline with a high degree of accuracy.
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Jan 28, 2021 16:01
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Xachariah posted:Yeah, certain content, humour and styles of posting are more heavily up-voted than others. On one hand the lovely opinions and racism and poor grammar gets hidden, on the flip side all discussion then becomes centred around a small handful of standardised up-voted top level comments. ah, so it's like pyf
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Jan 28, 2021 16:04
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I saw this, thought "Rickroll!", and clicked it just to hear the song. 
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Add me to the I'd throw $5 to a patreon crew.
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