Official how to keep AO alive thread

[Glickman]

Whats your thoughts on this? It was suggested by Tom as a possible way to keep AO up forever.

i think on one hand, itll reduce the idiot population if you have to pay ~$10 a year

also, if theres any extra, it could be spent on prizes for the monthly contest


but...

on the other hand, itll hinder the population in total (depends if you like a "tight knit clicks" i guess)




interesting i say, et toi?

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

I wouldn't post here if I have to pay.

[BD_Paintball]

the populaton will go way down if you had to pay any money. there are other forums that people will hang out in and ao will die over time. even people who have been here for a long time will leave to post at some other forum.

[Glickman]

do you think that we would get enough donations to continuously run it?

i think its very possible to miss a month here and there, then what?

[Lohman446]

I guess the question would eb how much would we need? $20, $50 a month - at $50 a month it could easily be done, I would think Deadeye, myself, perhaps Mango, and some others coudl donate. If were talking $1000 a month, likely not

[Will Wood]

It shouldn't cost too much to maintain this site.
200/month max..
But I could be totaly wrong.

[spazzed]

Whatever it takes to to knock down the moron population.

[OysterBoy]

Are you all on crack? Nice forum as it is, I wouldn't pay 50 a month just to see whats on mangos mind or which gun is no longer cool.

[gimp]

I think it might help get rid of idiots, but it's gonna get rid of people who aren't idiots too. There will always be morons here. Most people who are morons don't even know it. I don't think it's a problem though. It's not that hard to ignore someone if you want too.

I don't know the financial situation of this website, but if it came to a point where they needed some donations to keep running I'm sure they could get some help. I think the site should always be free, but they could take away some privilages. Make it so you can't attach pictures, or have a sig image or something, but if you've made a donation, you get the extra benefits. Or maybe have a special section for people who have paid.

[Target Practice]

I wouldn't mind paying a small fee in order to post here.

[slade]

as far as the morons: look at the announcement in the pb talk forum looks like cphil is doing his job well . I think we should also make sure that only one account can be registered under an IP address; in the case of multiple AOers in one household, you can e-mail a moderator explaning the situation to have more than one account. This would keep one person from registering many accounts and spamming, or bypassing a ban, which is what i would suspect happened in this incident. There seemed to be 6 or so people from Hawaii that registered in one day.

in order to keep AO up, i think it is a good idea to have people pay or at least donate. but you shouldnt have to donate when you join, if i had to pay i would never have joined AO. now that ive been here for a while i would gladly donate $10 a year to keep AO up and running.

[DiSoRdeR]

I think there should be a Donate Button, and when you do you get a little icon next to your name saying that you did.

[Kevmaster]

I guess the question would eb how much would we need? $20, $50 a month - at $50 a month it could easily be done, I would think Deadeye, myself, perhaps Mango, and some others coudl donate. If were talking $1000 a month, likely not

if ao stopped hosting images...the cost would go down, BUT i imagine we're talking $200-300/month to host ao. somewhere $3-4 G per year for this. Could be wrong, but i bet its around there

and, no...we should NEVER go do membership fees...GOOD members will drop like flies...new members will NEVER join

[Glickman]

i would definitly as well $10 sounds reasonable

[WenULiVeUdiE]

Slade- One problem with that. Peoples IP's are changed just about once every 30 days. Although it wont be permanent( spelled that wrong) after 30 days, they'll probably forget.
( I was told this on another forum)

As for donations, aboslutely. Im not sure an admission would work. Many of us are teenagers and we do not have access to credit cards. Although it is only $10, some people's parents may not let them do it.