Ha ha I too use the "How many lunches is this worth" perspective when considering many long term costs.Overall I would be happy paying $3 a month which is hardly anything when put into perspective. Bringing in my own lunch for one day would pay for a few months membership lol.
You wouldn't be paying for what you are already getting. You would be paying for extra. How many more times does this need to be mentioned, before it is understood?It took me 20 minutes to stop laughing and post this response. Let me sum up my feelings thusly; you don't provide anything that I can't get elsewhere for free so why would I pay to get it here?
You know that it's hard to exchange crypto for real currency, right? And with bitcoins you can't pay the rent.There are lot of people who are willing to donate in Cryptocurrency. Exchanging them to cash is easy aswell or you could just wait till there worth alot more exchange them then.
I do believe @princeton has a point. The "Copy & Paste Summarizing" articles may not be the best way to entice a member to pay a buck. It might would be different if the publisher gave a little personal insight of his own to the article in question. Another thing that I have noticed, with the exception of two or three, most publishers don't stick around to comment afterward. The drop and run articles don't favor the publishers at all. I often thank them by clicking like, but would feel better about paying a site if they stuck around for a chat afterwards.I would only pay for something I can't get elsewhere and the whole shallow subjective review thing is done on nearly every tech site out there.
The point is they wouldn't be necessary, unless you wanted the additional features. From what I gather, the forum wouldn't change otherwise.What does Techspot plan to do to make subscription fees necessary.