Thankyou for that piece of anecdata. I was thinking seriously about joining a few months ago, because I think a "social network" / forum that caters to its pay

Thankyou for that piece of anecdata. I was thinking seriously about joining a few months ago, because I think a "social network" / forum that caters to its paying users instead of advertisers, and has a membership fee and something less than 100% anonymity to keep the riffraff away is a nice idea. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to be a practical business model.