Quote Originally Posted by Gemrod
Would charging a small fee to belong stop the people who get on free to spam? I send money to you anyway. I don't mind a small fee. Wouldn't that stop the freeloaders? Seems to me the site is big enough..that a fee might lose a few....might stop some truly new interested person...but the site has a lot of people anyway. $5 to join....and $5 a year subscription wouldn't hurt anybody, and bring in more income for the board. Of course...then you have to handle all the stuff that paying and membership administrivia. Then you aggravate sponsors....oh well....just a thought
I am tired of paying for everything under the sun and would not join a site if they charged a sign up fee. I also have no faith in online financial transactions and their safety and related privacy issues.

There are many other boards that do just what JC has done. Admin authorized members only. Sure it takes longer but it works in the vast majority of cases. The suggestion of restricting image posting, for sale posts etc... to members with a minimum number of posts is also common to many of the other BBs I visit.

I'm happy there is no porn getting through now, that I've seen anyways. Thanks JC, LF, JH, and Ron.