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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.

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.

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EDIT: Remember folks, today's the last day of the free premium accounts! - 06/07/2010 08:52:02 PM 3414 Views
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So, you think Ben should pay it out of his own pocket then? - 12/07/2010 09:33:27 AM 1606 Views
Oh Jing. - 12/07/2010 08:05:31 PM 1499 Views
It's a very reasonable question. - 12/07/2010 09:29:26 PM 1598 Views
Good point *NM* - 12/07/2010 09:38:25 PM 769 Views
You want to charge people for functionality every other forum on the web gives them for free? - 14/07/2010 08:47:32 PM 1657 Views
It is exactly the same stuff Mike asked money for - 14/07/2010 09:00:55 PM 1312 Views
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Re: Why can't people even ask the question(s)? - 14/07/2010 09:36:54 PM 1534 Views
Well - 14/07/2010 09:57:09 PM 1652 Views
Exactly. - 15/07/2010 12:09:14 AM 1424 Views
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Viable alternatives - 15/07/2010 01:16:39 AM 1538 Views
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Advertising makes a site look like shit. - 16/07/2010 08:28:00 AM 1200 Views
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Just to be clear: - 16/07/2010 03:18:22 PM 1449 Views
Re: As I've said above... - 16/07/2010 05:58:39 PM 1450 Views
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Re: Premium Plus account does. - 16/07/2010 06:13:17 PM 1312 Views
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