If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault (2011)

Re:If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault (2011) by Bluecobra on Saturday June 25, 2022 @10:50AM (#31875743)

I always thought that Something Awful’s $10 paywall was pretty effective. If you’re an asshole and break the the rules, you’re out $10 and have to pay again. If you’re a big enough asshole, then you get permabanned.

You’ll hear a lot of people complain about it and never register over the $10. I paid my $10 once almost 20 years ago and never got banned. That was the best $10 I have ever spent.

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Re:If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault (2011) by mountainb on Saturday June 25, 2022 @11:39AM (#31876112)

You're deeply confused if you think SA is/was not essentially defined by some of the most capriciously cruel people online. The founder just shot himself after leaving behind a wrecked family with multiple ex-wives, abandoned children, and DV convictions. FYAD, Helldump, etc. really define the spirit of SA, and it's also a precise counterexample to your argument about paywalls being a good thing.

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Re:If your website's full of assholes, it's your fault (2011) by jstarfish on Monday June 27, 2022 @07:53PM (#31902444)

Metafilter (used to?) charge $5 in the same vein.

That Lowtax was a piece of shit says nothing about his effectiveness in separating assholes from their money. The system works.

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