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Mods...please start charging for access to this site ($5.99 per month)

Patreek said:
If the going rate is $5-$6 a month for a "membership" what does $60 a month get you? Can someone be a moderator for that? If someone paid $600 a month can they derail every thread they want with spam and call anyone who disagrees with them a **** or Cuck?

Asking for a friend.



In all seriousness the membership proposal does weed people out - the people who won't pay to discuss opinions on a message board. Hence why many posters here likely aren't on other boards - they have no interest in paying for this. Paid message boards scream "safe space for wealthy old people". Young people pay to post on message boards. I'm 32 and grew up with free music, free content, free tv, free movies. No way am I paying to discuss football. I can't see how anyone younger than me would either. If you don't think there are many fans who are terrible posters who would gladly pay to be on this board you're being a little naive.

I was part of a NY Giants message board a while back that relied on "donations" because the message board was "not for profit"... It has become a bunch of 70+ year olds yelling at the sky and any new fans being berated or banned for disagreeing with long time posters or contributors. Anything slightly off topic gets posts taken down and/or people banned. Moderators are mostly people who retired years ago and made sizeable "donations" to the website. It's an old white guy country club - but on the internet.

I don't see how charging for something automatically weeds out content you don't like.
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You absolutely will pay, because you’ll need to get Canes content somewhere. Assuming you aren’t a troll or bad actor, you might hold out for 6 months...possibly even 9 months to a year, but eventually you’ll break. The urge for Cane information from this site (especially if it’s far cheaper) will be too powerful, because you’ve already received a “taste.”

You might’ve “grown up” with access to free music, free TV and free movies, but that was a way to create brand stickiness, and you’re paying for ALL that now, as they slowly introduced fees.

You are paying for either for Spotify, Hulu, Apple Music, YouTube TV, Netflix and AT&T now. Young and old pay for these services, and if you aren’t, you’re one of the rare few that isn’t.

This site can and should deploy a similar strategy. They’ve already created brand stickiness with a large subscriber base, and now it’s time to introduce fees to weed out the craziness and cull the heard. You’ll pay it.
 
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The Svengali said:
Mods, please start charging for access to the site. The die hards will pay easily, and you’d weed out 75% of the nonsense overnight. Plus, you guys will make some decent coin from it for salaries and to add additional features. Charging for access is a win-win for everybody.

I propose $5.99 per month
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Bernie Sanders, is that you?
 
Wouldn't mind paying but I'd like to see a real insider join the CIS staff (not a shot at Stefan as he does a great job with content).
 
The Svengali said:
You absolutely will pay, because you’ll need to get Canes content somewhere. Assuming you aren’t a troll or bad actor, you might hold out for 6 months...possibly even 9 months to a year, but eventually you’ll break. The urge for Cane information from this site (especially if it’s far cheaper) will be too powerful, because you’ve already received a “taste.”

You might’ve “grown up” with access to free music, free TV and free movies, but that was a way to create brand stickiness, and you’re paying for ALL that now, as they slowly introduced fees.

You are paying for either for Spotify, Hulu, Apple Music, YouTube TV, Netflix and AT&T now. Young and old pay for these services, and if you aren’t, you’re one of the rare few that isn’t.

This site can and should deploy a similar strategy. They’ve already created brand stickiness with a large subscriber base, and now it’s time to introduce fees to weed out the craziness and cull the heard. You’ll pay it.
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Does your husband know you are posting on here?
 
Gables Cane said:
Wouldn't mind paying but I'd like to see a real insider join the CIS staff (not a shot at Stefan as he does a great job with content).
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I think that would be a value-add from paying (you’d pay the insider)- and yes, Stefan is great with content
 
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LoungeLord said:
I picture you as a male feminist with an anti toxic masculinity poster at a rally. Grow a pair for God sakes. What, you can't handle anything impolite? You just want a board full of male cheerleaders? Never trust men with cats or men that get upset over talk on a football message board. Something fishy.
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My 2 cats will kick your dog’s âss
 
The Svengali said:
Mods, please start charging for access to the site. The die hards will pay easily, and you’d weed out 75% of the nonsense overnight. Plus, you guys will make some decent coin from it for salaries and to add additional features. Charging for access is a win-win for everybody.

I propose $5.99 per month
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Are ***** going to come with that $5.99 a month?
 
The Svengali said:
Mods, please start charging for access to the site. The die hards will pay easily, and you’d weed out 75% of the nonsense overnight. Plus, you guys will make some decent coin from it for salaries and to add additional features. Charging for access is a win-win for everybody.

I propose $5.99 per month
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No you wouldn't.... But there are plenty of pay site out there if you just really want to pay someone

Lol
 
The Svengali said:
I doubt it. That little $5-6 will change a lot and weed out much of the nonsense.

Go visit a few boards from other fan sites and see the difference. Some boards are like private catholic schools, some are like public schools, some are like working in a factory, but this place...my goodness...it is like escaped inmates roaming free.

Cut out the nonsense by introducing $$$ to the equation
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Honestly, dude ... If I pay money to be on here, I’ll be even more of a dîck.
 
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The Svengali said:
Mods, please start charging for access to the site. The die hards will pay easily, and you’d weed out 75% of the nonsense overnight. Plus, you guys will make some decent coin from it for salaries and to add additional features. Charging for access is a win-win for everybody.

I propose $5.99 per month
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I heard a rumor that you were paying everyone fees for the first 3 years. Is that true?
 
I send @DMoney a bottle of beluga gold every month to get a hood pass that exempts me from all rules.

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The Svengali said:
You’ll pay it because the other sites charge too, and you’ll need to get your canes content from somewhere. And as long as they charge less for this site, you’ll find away to pony up the $$$.

We’d lose about 30% of subscribers upfront, but at least 20% of that number would be the troll element and the nonsense.

Over time, those totals will increase and we’d stabilize at about 85% from where we are now with subscribers. And it’ll be a win-win for everyone remaining on the site, because we’ll see:

1. Improved discourse between fans, without each thread devolving into a knife fight
2. Decreased troll element (not total elimination but a big decrease)
3. Improved site features, content and analysis because the guys running the site will see a big uptick in profits. Someone those profits would be reinvested into improving the quality of content and speed of release of information to the subscriber base.
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No I literally won’t pay for Canes news. I don’t need to be charged $5.99 to know that I’m gonna finish 4th in the coastal for the 20th year in a row and miss on every recruit on signing day.
 
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