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Re:Unofficial Poll: Would you pay a $5 lifetime membership f... by thunk on Friday August 07, 2009 @01:08PM (#747998)
No way. You may raise the low bar a wee bit, but you'd drive away the outside makers, who are only here very tentatively in the first place.
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Re:Unofficial Poll: Would you pay a $5 lifetime membership f... by alexgartrell on Friday August 07, 2009 @03:16PM (#748356)
I disagree, I think most people who comment here would do it regardless. And you're not driving anyone away because lurking is still easy and free.

I still wouldn't do it though, if only because I don't see anything to suggest that this place is any worse than it was last year when I started reading it.

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Re:Unofficial Poll: Would you pay a $5 lifetime membership f... by thunk on Friday August 07, 2009 @03:51PM (#748409)
Sure, "most people" probably would. They're not the ones I'm talking about. The people I'm referring to generally look on "membership" with scorn, and react by ... leaving. I know I would.
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