i will pay the $10 just to see the users go from 36,000 to 360. this a bad business move. just put the fawking forum back the way it was before christopherer showed up. it was just fine
Oh dear God, I agree with Blu Duey..
Seriously, I think Christopher was hired to fix some issues, etc etc. But, somehow, they don't get 'it'. It might be our fault for not articulating the definition of 'it' correctly..
Remember when Fouled plug read like a newspaper..? A little of everything, some pizzed you off, some was funny, some lame, whatever..? All mixed up, easy to wade through. The old arguments "duh, if you don't like it, don't click on it..". Now, not that I'm interested in politics or anything, but I haven't bee to the "Political thread" but once...to show myself that I could find it I guess. And the "Warming Hut"...WTF is that..?
Point is, all the foo foo doesn't make a site. The members do. Even the obnoxious ones.... Got Snocaukaddict? What a tool, but he's part of the bliss here, ain't he?
Most of the members on here aren't kids... and a lot of us are maxed out with the simple technology...foo foo fluff just adds to the pain. I read the letter....and to put it politely, about all the 'experience' SW is trying to offer the user...who gives a rats azz? 3/4 of the folks on here are still to tech dumb to figure out how to post pics that have been formatted to load quickly..etc etc. i.e. how many of you have figured out what those little bars (the gay colored ones next to your avatar) mean..?
Speed would be good.... but change for changes sake (I know, it's been said, and said, and said...) is not. And that is what it feels like to most that are active.
As in most things, a small percentage will hate everything different. Some just hate everything. Most will be quiet and just go with the flow. But to take that and believe that lack of vocal opposition is support is ignorant.
I don't believe that the 'pay' issue is a real issue...if there was a perceived value for it. Value here however, equates to more than just the information that people bring. It's the 'fun' factor while learning. Suck the fun out of it and you have a smart teacher spouting dry facts to a sleepy class. Pretty soon, the pupils just quit showing up.
I read the letter, and thenentire first 6 pages of that thread. It is HP's site, and of course you can do as you wish with it. And personally, I don't have a qualm about them making money on it. Go for it..! But listening to the vocal whiners some, might benefit the bottom line. There is good input out there and I would suggest that some u-turns would be beneficial. When all ones does is look at numbers and say 'so we lose 10%, and they're probably the vocal whiners anyhow'... I offer that perhaps 'they' are also some of the heavier contributors to the 'fun factor' on this site (which includes the aggravation, etc, but then, I repeat myself).
Does any of this make sense..? of should I just STFU...again..
No doubt I'll think of more to add later..