Hey!� Perhaps Mike could setup an Ebay-style bidding system where people pay to keep or kill a thread...or perhaps force it to CF-Community!�� If no one bids, the thread�remains where it is. Mike just sits back and watches the action!� Fun!
Or perhaps we could just all donate something on the first day of the month each month.� And we would be doing good by Mike and he wouldn't have to worry about hiring an ad exec to keep the list going...we could have an honor system...if you put to use in your work something you learned at least once during the month, you donate $10 for the month...or you can put in a call to AdobeMedia for a tech support call for $3 per minute, minimum $30 per call...� For assistance in coding for a project, you can hire an AdobeMedia consultant at $100 per hour for online chat support, minimum $100 per coding issue... Now I love things are they are now...but Mike, et al, have to eat, pay the bills, and go on vacations, too... Rick ---------------------------------------- From: Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:26 PM To: CF-Talk <[email protected]> Subject: Re: wtf are those advertising links in the text? I for one like the idea of paying to make certain threads go away. I can think of entire conversations about Martha Stewart and baseball that I'd pay to see disappear. The genius of this thought is that the people IN the conversations might want to pay even more to bring them back. muahahaa Dana On 4/20/05, Rick Faircloth wrote: > What about a 3-month trial period for new subscribers? > > That should give newcomers enough time to evaluate > their experience... > > That's the way it's done through-out the software > and publishing world...free trials... > > Rick > > ---------------------------------------- > From: "Calvin Ward" > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 5:21 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: wtf are those advertising links in the text? > > The downside of a fee is that then folks not familiar with HOF, and there > are quite a few, may never gain that understanding of the value. > > Just something to think about. > > - Calvin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 11:48 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: wtf are those advertising links in the text? > > I agree. I would support a small fee for membership. Of course I love free, > but I am willing to pay a reasonable fee for that which I feel is worth it. > HOF is definitely worth it. > > I would be very comfortable with a fee between $5 and $10 a month. If you > had the option of paying that annually by invoice or something, I suspect I > might even get my company to foot the bill for the help I receive on the > work I do here. > > It sure would be a lot less then what we are paying for our Oracle and > Crystal Report support. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > ......-----Original Message----- > ......From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ......Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:38 AM > ......To: CF-Talk > ......Subject: Re: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? > ...... > ......Michael... > ...... > ......Unless you're independently wealthy and can afford to support > ......everyone who participates in this list and makes a living off of > ......the information we gather here, I think you can feel justified in > ......making money off of this list. > ...... > ......I have contributed (a tiny amount, embarrassingly) to the support > ......of the list, but certainly wouldn't mind paying a subscription fee > ......of, say $10 per month, to participate. It's like having a panel of > ......experts at your beck-and-call to answer questions about what > ......I'm trying to accomplish. > ...... > ......Imagine what Macromedia (or should I say, Adobe) would charge > ......for the kind of support that this list provides, immediately, I might > ......add... > ...... > ......"A worker is worth his wages..." and you're definitely doing a good > ......work, Michael... > ...... > ......Rick > ...... > ......---------------------------------------- > ...... From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Dinowitz) > ......Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:51 AM > ......To: CF-Talk > ......Subject: Re: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? > ...... > ......I've been thinking of a small fee for the ability to 'turn off' ads and > ......maybe some other added features. Problem is that I hate charging people > ......and > ......want to give all the features directly. I'll rethink it all. > ...... > ......> Maybe Michael could introduce a subscription service with a small fee, > ......so > ......> people have the choice to turn of ads when they pay for it. It imho > ......also > ......> gives something back to Michael for his hard work. > ......> > ......> Micha. > ......> > ......> ________________________________ > ......> > ......> From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ......> Sent: Wed 4/20/2005 3:25 PM > ......> To: CF-Talk > ......> Subject: Re: wtf are those advertizing links in the text? > ......> > ......> > ......> > ......>>Why not just ignore them? Afaik people don't really send html email to > ......>>the HOF lists, so if text in the message is linked in the archive, > ......>>it's not because the author linked it and you can assume it's an > ......>>advertisement (unless the text of the link is a url). > ......>> > ......> > ......> Not all use the mailing list, quite a few people use the web interface > ......> where the problem is. > ......> > ......> Its difficult to ignore the links in certain notes when in a paragraph > ......> with CF mentioned multiple times times gets linked each and every > time, > ......> and most of those links tend to be irrelevant. I have no problems with > ......> targeted adverts on the side and top, but the highlighted links in > ......green > ......> in the text itself degrades how easily the text can be read. > ......> > ......> larry > ......> > ......> > ......> > ......> > ...... > ...... > ...... > ...... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203765 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
