Private (Paid membership) areas?

Currently DP forums are a great resource, filled with lots of great articles. The bad side is: there's quite a lot of noise too.

I was wondering if putting together a paid membership (anything from $50 - $100 per year for example) would be a good option? These "premium members" could get an access to private forums, which at least some "first-post spammers" and those who reply with one-liners like "nice stuff" or "content is the king!" couldn't reach.

And of course premium membership would get people a nice badge too

I'd be really interested in having private marketing/biz/adsense/seo/affiliate (for starters) sections with less noise.

 

I second that , A place for more SERIOUS players ,

I think this would be awesome

 

No, don't like the idea at all.
It should be free, If you want to make some forums private then for members with 1000+ posts.

 

That's exactly NOT how it should work.

Private membership should be for QUALITY instead of QUANTITY. If it was for "1000+" posters, that would just encourage people to post as often as possible.

Spending few bucks yearly is no problem for people who want to have less-noise discussions

 

Agreed and some will never "get it"

They just think that QUANTITY is everything,....sheeeesh

But then again, thats all they know, Its kinda like the dope dealers.

They just peddle drugs , cause no one has shown them the better way.....

I still vote for this

 

I like the idea for sure. But the 1000 post barrier will encourage people to spam the forums with their shit posts.
Thew problem of noise is really complex.
You implement a solution and that solution inturn creates a new problem.

 

The idea is that NO POST limit. It should be PAID private forums. That's it.

 

How about a small monthly fee instead of a yearly one?

Might be better for users who want to learn more and have a smaller budget.

 

well, yearly + monthly options shouldn't be a big deal.

 

The idea of paid forums had been suggested many times and every time it was rejected by DP staff.
DP is undergoing some changes. (see new announcement by Crazy_Rob about VCC)
I hope the changes work out and we can see some good results.
Anyways. I just love DP.. So for me, it wont be a big trouble if nothing changes at all.

Mods are great in doing their job and kick the spammers out of this forum. All we need is just an active participation from members.
Do report all the post which are against the guidelines of DP.

 

Feel free to discuss but Shawn (the DP owner) has said many times he's not interested in having a paid section of the forum. Maybe he's changed his mind but if so he's keeping it a secret.

 

No ,
this forum earns enough form google adsense

 

That has nothing to do with the point. The point would be to provide a separate section of the forums for serious people, not the 12 year olds who think they are awesome because they can flip domains for $1 profit each time. I would support this.

 

Yes... I would also like to point out that "listening to market" is a pretty good idea

Basically... we guys want to pour money into Shawns pockets - how that's something that cannot happen. If it's "need more mods"... then simply give somebody (reliable) a free access & let him moderate.

If it's "requires effort", then hire somebody to handle that extra effort. If 10,000 DP members put $100 per year, that's $1,000,000 extra money per year. $1M gets him to hire quite many helpers. If "only" 1,000 DP members choose $100 per year... that's still pretty decent extra $100,000 per year.

Money is on the table... so... how about taking it

 

I agree and well said again,

I am sure Shawn could use another million,

After all he just built that new house

AND we could use paid section

 

Sometimes.

A paid forum would be be fine with me but this isn't my forum. I was just telling you what I've seen Shawn say for years...he's not interested in running a paid forum. Maybe he will change his mind, who knows.

It's not at all about moderation - a paid section of a forum would require far, far less moderation than the free sections.

 

And the members of the paid section would look forward to the new threads.

I bet the report button would never get hit in the paid areas

But - YEA - Shawn has said NO, a bunch of times, BUT hey look how the BST is getting cleaned up

I bet the money exchangers never thought that would happen,

So, There is ALWAYS hope

 

Dumb idea that wont happen.

 

Not really the same thing. The cleanup of BST doesn't require Shawn's attention, help or approval. A paid section of the forum would. Like I said though, maybe he will change his mind at some point.

 

Oh yea, I stand corrected,

I can dream can't I ?