Given how many good discussion forums there are on the web and how easy it is to start a new one (freehackernews.com anyone?), do you really think that people w

Given how many good discussion forums there are on the web and how easy it is to start a new one (freehackernews.com anyone?), do you really think that people will pull out their credit cards? This proposal is based on the same mistaken assumption that newspapers make: a failure to realize that in a world where there are tons of free alternatives, adding an entry charge is a bad idea.