If DigitalPoint started charging $30/year for membership...

Would you stick around?

 

I never heard of a forum that cost me to join, so I think I'll leave.

 

Yes I'll go for it b'coz I can turn that 30$ -> 300$ from DP but forums should be free to use and I am sure DP will not do that ever

 

Yeah. As long as plenty of people stayed active. This is the best source for learning about webmastering (is that a word) that I have ever found.

It would be nice if you could still view/reply for free though

 

"Something Awful" (google it) charges, and it has a LOT of people that are willing to pay

 

They would loose members for sure. Many other forums might be profiting off this

 

I think you would see a mass exodus bigger than Moses' day

 

$0.50/month would give DP great amount of $ still and people would pay that amount though...
not sure about $30.yr but it'll sure eradicate spammers & scammers ... (unless scammers scam other forum to get $ for DP )

 

From where you got this Idea I think you are encouraging Dp to do that

 

I would prefer paying $30 per year.

That would filter out a lot of spam and other nuisance.

 

Yes, i whould pay that!

 

another DP would come and i will join that one

 

2nd thought i would say it's a bad idea
why?

simply because charging = less spammers

which means:
- no more posts to make fun of
- I wouldn't have more chances to practice my whois-ing to pinpoint newly registered domains

 

$30 is high fee.

 

Yup I will still do, but I wish they would lower the price

 

Guys if it charged 30$ a year it is worth it with the CURRENT TRAFFIC. Most of the people will LEAVE and it wont be worth 30$ no more.

 

30$/year, I'll stay if there are a lot of benefit of paying that amount. If no additional benefit, i'll not stay.

 

i will always stick to it, its like a family. even we do pay taxes to our state which is like our family.

 

Maybe,Dp is great anyway,but I think many people will move to webmaster-talk or something like this.