Cool! - and thanks guys for voting on this news item. Here is my similar response I wrote on my blog: @Brutus Lyon. 1. That is the first time I have ever see

Cool! - and thanks guys for voting on this news item. Here is my similar response I wrote on my blog: @Brutus Lyon. 1. That is the first time I have ever seen that Expert sign up page, and the fact that there is no reference to it, or easy way to find it does not really support your point. When I clicked sign up to the blog in order to post a comment, I was asked for payment information. 2. Seven seconds for a response? I bet that that was brilliant quality - What, 2 seconds to read, 5 seconds to type? 3. Still think this goes against what was originally said about accepting answers. 4. Oh, you mean the question askers do not always get to pick the answer... Going again against what was said. Second lot... 1. Voting does not improve quality, it has the ability to show quality of an already existing answer. Pro users get down voted all the time. 2. The whole point of asking a question is because you do not understand a topic. Having people who do understand vote (typically because what they were going to write has already been written) limits duplicates and allows you to spot a good quality answer. There have been many many times when the top voted answer has not been accepted. 3. I don't at all think everything should be free, please read the last paragraph, and I understand I am being a hypocrite here. All I can say is that the landscape is changing and why should people have to pay to EE, when they can get it free elsewhere. ... The last few paragraphs of what you wrote.... SE has a few revenue generating techniques and already has adverts in a way that does not annoy the user. In fact, I have learnt about some new brilliant products through their targeted adverts (and am using one in a project right now). I will take this any day. and one thing... EE Was successful, you have been stagnating for ages now. Take a look at any website that compares statistics. (Thanks to niyazpk from ycombinator - http://i.imgur.com/Vm1on.png http://i.imgur.com/Vm1on.png