So, you think Ben should pay it out of his own pocket then?
ursidae Send a noteboard - 12/07/2010 09:33:27 AM
I don't.
I'm buying the premium subscription although I don't use the premium features; I think all regular users should unless they are on a very tight budget.
I'm buying the premium subscription although I don't use the premium features; I think all regular users should unless they are on a very tight budget.
With web hosting as cheap as it is, I don't see how anyone could not support it unless they were an unemployed student.
Site traffic has been trending downwards for months since last years peak immediately after the release of the Gathering Storm.
Page views per user is 28 according to Alexa and the total unique users per day is well below 1000.
Assuming each page view is using 100kb that only works out about 3 gigabytes a day or less than 100 gigabytes a month. There is of course also the issue of storage space due to an expanding database but still storage space can generally be purchase al carte.
Unless web hosting in the UK is exponentially more expensive than in the US. It shouldn't cost more than 7 dollars a month to run the site.
Site traffic has been trending downwards for months since last years peak immediately after the release of the Gathering Storm.
Page views per user is 28 according to Alexa and the total unique users per day is well below 1000.
Assuming each page view is using 100kb that only works out about 3 gigabytes a day or less than 100 gigabytes a month. There is of course also the issue of storage space due to an expanding database but still storage space can generally be purchase al carte.
Unless web hosting in the UK is exponentially more expensive than in the US. It shouldn't cost more than 7 dollars a month to run the site.
EDIT: Remember folks, today's the last day of the free premium accounts!
- 06/07/2010 08:52:02 PM
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I see that you've also fixed the spelling of "received" in the noteboards. 
- 06/07/2010 09:08:00 PM
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- 06/07/2010 09:08:00 PM
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*NM*
Throw in a pair of dinosaur socks and an Indiana Jones 'monkey-head' soup bowl and I'm sold.
- 06/07/2010 11:46:47 PM
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Just how much bandwidth is Read and Find out using per month?
- 11/07/2010 05:50:02 AM
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So, you think Ben should pay it out of his own pocket then?
- 12/07/2010 09:33:27 AM
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Oh Jing.
- 12/07/2010 08:05:31 PM
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While hosting can be had that cheap, I certainly wouldn't want to use it.
- 13/07/2010 12:04:55 AM
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You want to charge people for functionality every other forum on the web gives them for free?
- 14/07/2010 08:47:32 PM
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It is exactly the same stuff Mike asked money for
- 14/07/2010 09:00:55 PM
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Why can't people even ask the question(s)?
- 14/07/2010 09:22:11 PM
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The messageboards are perfectly functional without a premium account.
- 14/07/2010 09:17:43 PM
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I see it as a way of giving people something back for donations.
- 14/07/2010 10:09:08 PM
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He does have a point when it comes to hyperlinks.
- 15/07/2010 06:52:41 PM
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Viable alternatives
- 15/07/2010 01:16:39 AM
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Advertising makes a site look like shit.
- 16/07/2010 08:28:00 AM
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Only if you choose to let it.
- 16/07/2010 12:17:47 PM
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This is just the BBforum argument rehashed.
- 16/07/2010 06:07:20 PM
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But those are the very things being introduced by the premium accounts.
- 17/07/2010 12:44:05 PM
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As I've said above...
- 16/07/2010 01:49:37 PM
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Re: As I've said above...
- 16/07/2010 05:58:39 PM
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Premium Plus account does.
- 16/07/2010 06:05:07 PM
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What's the point if people can't see my obnoxious, animated avatar?!
- 16/07/2010 06:10:03 PM
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Good lord Ghavrel, you're just posting straw men. Don't put words in people's mouths. *NM*
- 16/07/2010 07:08:20 PM
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No, I'm mocking your arguments because they are dumb. Difference! :p *NM*
- 17/07/2010 02:21:43 AM
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That at least is not a problem, as the premium accounts are introducing them to the site.
- 17/07/2010 12:46:33 PM
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They aren't displayed, so I don't mind. But what is "far worse" than other SFF forums? *NM*
- 17/07/2010 10:08:47 PM
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Re: Premium Plus account does.
- 16/07/2010 06:13:17 PM
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It's a start
- 16/07/2010 06:37:44 PM
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Just signed up for Premium Plus.....and totally un-Britished the calendar/time zone
- 17/07/2010 05:48:39 AM
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Sounds like a bargain to me. This must have taken an unbelievable amount of work to set up.
- 26/07/2010 07:48:16 PM
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