Make AO a Pay Site

I don't believe the intended benefit we might gain from this idea outweighs the detriment the site would see from members leaving in droves...

BUT here's the real reason why this suggestion won't be implemented: AO is a money-making site, and needs to be because JupM is a company which needs to make a profit -- we're not in the business of philanthropy. We profit from this site through what we're payed for page views for ads. If we were to implement this suggestion, page views would drop dramatically, and the few dollars which would trickle in from paying members wouldn't off-set that loss. The site would no longer be profitable.

I hate to sound like a corporate whore, but that's the truth of the way things are here. On a less corporate-whore-ish note, I believe there are better ways to contain trolls, but I believe that's better discussed in another thread.

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Originally posted here by pwaring
No, it wouldn't clean up the site in a hurry. All it would do would make everyone scared of pissing off anyone on the top 10 list out of fear of being banned, and all the newbies would start sucking up to those people to try and protect themselves. In fact, you have pointed out earlier in your post that the AP system doesn't work because people like Quad keep coming back - given that he appears to be friendly with some of the people on the top 10 list how do you suggest he would be sorted out?

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Quite Easily... I'd ban him... I wouldn't think twice about sending his account packing.. which is what should have been done with it the first day it was created...

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I hate to sound like a corporate whore, but that's the truth of the way things are here. On a less corporate-whore-ish note, I believe there are better ways to contain trolls, but I believe that's better discussed in another thread.

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I've got a better way.. give me the power.. I'll scare the hell of them and they'll be afraid to post out of line... the site will be much better

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Originally posted here by HTRegz
Quite Easily... I'd ban him... I wouldn't think twice about sending his account packing.. which is what should have been done with it the first day it was created...

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And what happens if Quad's friends in the top 10 decide to use their influence to ban you for banning him? I think you'd change your mind about the idea pretty damn quickly in that situation.

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I've got a better way.. give me the power.. I'll scare the hell of them and they'll be afraid to post out of line... the site will be much better

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No it wouldn't be better, because by the sounds of it you'd ban anyone who you think is a newbie. Furthermore, people like Nemory and Quad aren't going to care that much if you threaten to ban them, because they'll just keep coming back with new accounts.

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I've got a better way.. give me the power.. I'll scare the hell of them and they'll be afraid to post out of line... the site will be much better

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Yeah just send them a photo of yourself. :shocked: :shocked:

HTRegz you need to shut up or calm down, I dont know what you are trying to do here but as members leave those newbies are the life and blood of this website. Its gone downhill a lot on the past year or so, last thing we need is a paysite, thatll just kill the place.

Ennis,

I have thought about this a bit:

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last thing we need is a paysite, thatll just kill the place.

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Yes, I would end up arguing with myself..............and still lose :D

And have to pay for it???

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last thing we need is a paysite, thatll just kill the place.

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Word. In any sense, I'm pretty sure it has been made evident that this won't be implemented so can we close this thread or something? :D

Won't happen (for reasons stated by Mnstrgrl), *closed*, feel free to start a new thread discussing the troll-issue :)