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I don't understand how people constantly miss the most obvious solution to keeping a community grounded: charge an entry fee.
by jballanc 10y ago
I don't understand how people constantly miss the most obvious solution to keeping a community grounded: charge an entry fee.
- bbaumgar 10y agoCould you point to some examples where this has worked? It seems that the entry fee would either 1. limit the community's growth severely (not necessarily a bad thing), or 2. filter out good candidates.
- rfrank 10y agoSomethingAwful's forums required a paid membership and have been around a long time. IMO one of the points of a paid model is keeping membership down to people who actually care enough to pay said membership.
- alexandersingh 10y agoAdditionally, the implicit threat of having your paid membership revoked for bad behavior can provide a natural check. Something Awful has used this to great effect to keep trolls in line. I wonder what % of their membership revenue comes from banned users purchasing new accounts.
- zemvpferreira 10y agoI'd say most of it, at this point. As a long-time goon, getting banned and rereging the account is a way of patronage. No joke, it's very common behaviour there.
- stevewilhelm 10y agoTED and ACM https://www.ted.com/ https://www.ted.com/ http://www.acm.org/ http://www.acm.org/
- pc86 10y agoACM is a professional association, and I wouldn't consider TED a community. Neither of these is anything close to a subreddit or forum which is the "community" to which the thread is generally referring.
- shrikant 10y agoIn addition to the examples posted, this model also worked well for MetaFilter. Some of the highest quality online discussions I've seen.
- Spivak 10y agoI would think that LWN is a good example.
- bjelkeman-again 10y agoGood moderation works well IMHO.
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- MarcBodnick 10y agoWhat are examples where this has worked? MetaFilter is one, but very small.
- xiaoma 10y agoThat doesn't work at all. Just look at sponsored posts on pretty much any publication/blog/forum. Every single one is paid and they race for the lowest tolerated behavior.