I Miss "SomeBeach"

[pbkid]

i just dont understand the personal prodding for someone to pay for a site that is designed to be optionary.

scott has said mulitple times that he feels very strongly that the site is donation only, not membership-fee driven.

so, why should anyone have the 'power' to tell another person they need to donate? our MODERATOR tells us no.....

i know that i was a member here for at least a year before i donated. i would have left if someone forced me to pay before i was ready.

[Marlin]

i just dont understand the personal prodding for someone to pay for a site that is designed to be optionary.

scott has said mulitple times that he feels very strongly that the site is donation only, not membership-fee driven.

so, why should anyone have the 'power' to tell another person they need to donate? our MODERATOR tells us no.....

i know that i was a member here for at least a year before i donated. i would have left if someone forced me to pay before i was ready.

I just read all of the posts in this thread, I never saw anything that said he was forced to pay?
I thought he was just nudged to support, I am in a similar boat as Bart, this is the only site I pay for, and as far as I am concerned, it is most certainly worth it just in archived info alone.
The concept that anything is free is completely false, be it something as simple as a streetlight or the fact that you can choose to pay or not, nothing is free.
The library is paid for by taxes, which means those that have jobs and pay taxes are paying for it, and those who do not......have "free" access to it without paying a dime. Kind of like universal health care, cash for clunkers....