Originally posted by roentarre To be honest, the donation is hardly enough to cover the cost of maintaining the site. Not to mention the time Adam has spent on this forum without any payment and advertising. A programmer would be paid about 80-100 US dollars per hour work to maintain, redesign or revise the site here. My first job pay rate is about 220 US dollars per hour. Adam is doing his time without payment.
The post count number indicates how much a member cares to be involved in here. This does contribute to a potential barrier to spammers to bypass this hurdle without being detected by mod team or reporting members in the forum.
No spin doctor stuff going on here. Everyone can see that the donation is a way to put things into perspective for Adam's effort. Or a membership fee if you want to call it that way. I do urge you not to re-state the obvious and try to be the wiser one.
I am well aware of what such costs can run up to (in fact, they are even higher up here in Canada...perhaps because it's colder...), but your own words (conveniently bolded
) only highlight my point. I'm not trying to be negative or be a dick, but let's not kid ourselves here. I will also admit that I am not quite sure I catch your drift with your last sentence...care to elaborate?
Once again, I will go on record in saying that I SUPPORT and UNDERSTAND such a (as you called it) "Membership Fee"...all I'm saying is just call it that and ditch the smokescreen effect! You'll only find the supporters (like myself!) will increase!
Am I the only one who feels this way? Or maybe I'm just delusional and in the minority here...if so, feel free to sweep me under the rug
-Paul