it was nice while it lasted

[kermalou]

and with this I must say goodbye to my subscription at 12:00 this evening.

now, i must join the rest of you common folk....

 

[monk3y]

I remember when i was a subscriber... felt sorta important back then...

 

[Kyteland]

Cry me a river.
Build a bridge.
Bungee jump off it.

Welcome to the real world.
:beer:

 

[CraigRT]

oh come on, it aint bad at all

 

[Balt]

You were going to have to deal w/ the my menu bar on the left anyway, which is just as annoying as any ad IMO. So weep not.

 

[kermalou]

bhaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I have a feeling that subscriptions are coming back.

 

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
I have a feeling that subscriptions are coming back.

Wouldnt it be nice if you were right.

 

[Aves]

 

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
I have a feeling that subscriptions are coming back.

When I joined subscriptions were no longer available. Funny things is that this is the only site I have belonged to in the last 10yrs that I would actually pay to be a member of. So, if subscriptions are ever reinstated... sign me up!

 

[Raj]

subscriber?

can someon fill me in on this?


EDIT: nevermind i guess i shoulda read the whole thread.

 

[nakedfrog]

I'll be buggered, that IS a menu now. Hadn't even noticed

 

[MazerRackham]

I was a subscriber and would IMMEDIATELY sign up if they brought subscriptions back. Anything to get rid of the ads!

 

[zbalat]

Originally posted by: MazerRackham
I was a subscriber and would IMMEDIATELY sign up if they brought subscriptions back. Anything to get rid of the ads!

Ditto

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
I have a feeling that subscriptions are coming back.

I would like that!!


Sysadmin

 

[kermalou]

Welcome kermalou.

Your subscription details are as follows:

Subscription Start Date: April 23, 2003
Subscription End Date: April 23, 2004

Your subscription runs out in 0 days.

back to the forums.

 

[Vette73]

How about this....


Subscribe and you get no ads and are routed through the Opteron servers

Good members with no ties to AOL get ads and run through the Athlon MP servers

Bad members or those that use AOL get ads, spam, etc? and run through a Dell Celeron server

 

[Paulson]

Did we ever figure out why they decided to stop the subscriber service?

 

[MattCo]

Originally posted by: Paulson
Did we ever figure out why they decided to stop the subscriber service?

I think the explanation was that it was a hassle to maintain two different sites and that they would make more money off of advertising than the subscriptions. Not to mention forcing people off the sub servers on onto the free ones would up the page views on the ads (allowing them to charge more).

-MC

 

[Balthazar]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Now thats what I call informative.

 

[Balthazar]

Originally posted by: MattCo

Originally posted by: Paulson
Did we ever figure out why they decided to stop the subscriber service?

I think the explanation was that it was a hassle to maintain two different sites and that they would make more money off of advertising than the subscriptions. Not to mention forcing people off the sub servers on onto the free ones would up the page views on the ads (allowing them to charge more).

-MC

So can we assume that the nifty hardware used to run the subscriber boards will be pooled into the regular boards now?

 

[Paulson]

I would assume so, it'd be an absolute waste to let that equipment die without getting any usage.

Hopefully it gets integrated, because I think the forums are kinda slow at the moment.