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[noamfromm]

I was on the HuskerMax forum the other day I found out that they pay 20 dollars for the ability to post for a year. It seemed to be a low enough bar for those of us who enjoy posting , and a high enough bar to keep out the people who only want to come after losses, etc. I don't know if this would be an attractive feature for anyone else -- but reading the comments last night and today made me remember how different this place is after losses vs wins/offseason.

 

[rowdaboat]

Definitely not, then would just switch to using reddit instead

 

[noamfromm]

Definitely not, then would just switch to using reddit instead

that makes sense -- I assume for users like yourself that post infrequently it wouldn't be worth it -- but the gopher subreddit is a wasteland lol

 

[MplsGopher]

Gopherhole makes money (probably far more than we realize!) based on monthly unique visitors to the site.

It's why they have a politics forum. They want to maximize user visits, to try to sell that as attractive to advertisers.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Hard to bring in new users that way I think.

 

[Unregistered User]

Hard to bring in new users that way I think.

True, but think of the riff-raff that it would keep out.

 

[Word]

True, but think of the riff-raff that it would keep out.

And multiple accounts.

 

[MplsGopher]

And multiple accounts.

The only people who do that are on the politics forum.

 

[Unregistered User]

I was on the HuskerMax forum the other day I found out that they pay 20 dollars for the ability to post for a year. It seemed to be a low enough bar for those of us who enjoy posting , and a high enough bar to keep out the people who only want to come after losses, etc. I don't know if this would be an attractive feature for anyone else -- but reading the comments last night and today made me remember how different this place is after losses vs wins/offseason.

Start a poll:
Would you pay?
Yes
No

 

[Ski U Mah 55]

I paid on GophersIllustrated years ago, but when I found that I could get the same information on Gopher Hole with an occasional slight delay it just wasn't worth it. If GH became a pay only site, I'd find somewhere else to talk college football. Probably on reddit.

 

[MplsGopher]

I'd pay just to piss off UU -- worth it!

Would have to disable ads, though.

 

[MplsGopher]

But right, there already is a board on the pay site (GI), correct?

You already have the opportunity to put your money where your mouth is, literally!

 

[GoldenUMNGopher]

20 just to post in a forum...dumb

 

[West Fargo Gopher Fan]

There already is a pay to keep out the riff raff gopher message board. Its called Gopher Illustrated

 

[rowdaboat]

Now if we can pay $20 to ban certain users who bring nonsense into every thread then it'd be tempting