I've never suggested a total pay site.
I have suggested a restricted area for fans only with it's own special topic areas and inter-member posting. I also would like to see greater moderation of abusive and appalling behaviour towards Meat and other people who post here. It started with meet/greet debates and apparently led to some person(s) PMing Meat causing him some upset, frankly I'm not surprised he was fed up, I know I would have been. It seems at times you can be told off for telling a joke (albeit a poor one) but not for insulting behaviour, strikes me as ludicrous.
To Sue W and others I have answered this question about "why" before. We've tried to increase membership and I think we've done some of that thanks to this tour but unlike other sites we have costs because we reply to all who write in whether they join or not, and non-payers are only too keen to pretend to be members to get meet/greets and other news so costs go up. A small contribution would be nice don't you think?
We've tried to encourage voluntary contribution by purchasing RVM's. Few have, yet that way they would have something in return, a rather good Magazine.
Personally I'm more than happy to try a voluntary contribution route - but what if that fails?
Mike
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