Can it not be both?
Well. Facebook & sites like that are about functionality. Blogs & forums are about discussion. In my opinion, any flashy stuff is just icing on the cake. I'd be bothered if the site didn't do the basics in a stable way (i.e. few crashes), but if I can't put a picture into my post I don't really care. In almost every case, that ability would add very little to whatever point I was trying to make.
All that said, it's very possible that Benjamin is planning some other functionality that will appear later. You forget he's had less than a year on this site. Mike had more than 10 years to pull things together.
Be patient.
Suggest functionality if there is something missing. Ben (and the rest of the Edinburgh group, which more often than not are the sounding board, I think (although I don't know what goes on at the team board *cough*)) is not a magic creativity fountain.
*MySmiley*
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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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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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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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Re: Premium Plus account does.
16/07/2010 09:03:27 PM
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And
17/07/2010 04:37:12 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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