Upgrade Your BP.net Experience!!!

[JohnNJ]

Another viewpoint -

I am a "Super Mod" on another forum/site, totally unrelated to reptiles. The owner of that site decided from day one to absorb all of the costs - no advertising, no subscriptions, no donations. She did this to retain complete control and while she does read the feedback from the over 10,000 members and advice from the staff, hers is the final word. You accept it or you leave. To her credit, she is very fair and does not "rule" with a heavy hand.

That said, it took a lot of courage for the Admins here to open the subscription window. You can see from the posts that there's a lot of questions as to why and how and where... I'm glad to see that those that have subscribed have done so to give back to the community and are not, AFAIK, looking for a say in how things are run.

The Admins didn't need to rock the boat with this new program. They could have just splashed a few more ads or charged everyone a small fee. I'm sure there was a lot of thought put in to this, more than most people here would imagine. Forums always seem to run themselves and anyone that has participated in a vBulletin software upgrade knows that this is far from true.

I applaud them for their efforts. I know how difficult it is to walk that fine line. I hope they reach their target and achieve their goals. We all benefit from their hard work.

JohnNJ