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kathylove said:
The PRIMARY reason I am a contributor is because I feel that the site is valuable to a lot of people, because I enjoy spending time here, AND because I feel I should shoulder a small part of the costs of something I enjoy.
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Well said, Kathy. Editing is simply a side bonus to the great site Rich has put together here. There are several sites I visit routinely (iHerp being one of them) that I WISH I could pay to support, but they do not offer that option.
 
Honestly, all of the perks associated with a Contributor membership are simply incentives for members to spend the money to help out here. Many would do so regardless, but some just need that little extra REASON to spend the money, even if it is just the smallest of nudges.

There is also the issue that I retired my reptile breeding business, and quite frankly I could not afford to run this site (and my others) if they were operating in the red. The income from SerpenCo is GONE, and I can't be as frivolous as I used to be with my spending habits. Just because I enjoy setting up and running sites doesn't mean I can spend money doing so any longer. I have already dropped one of the servers that I was leasing to tighten the belt a bit. Yeah, this all seems like a lot of fun and games, but get your server hacked into or have to fight off a DDoS and see how much fun you are having then.

It is also my hope that the sites will continue to operate in the black and help Connie and I have a modestly comfortable retirement without having to choose each month between buying steak or buying deodorant to balance the budget. :rofl:

Personally, I think the requested contribution is quite modest, all things considered. It's certainly not like I have any illusions of getting filthy rich with this stuff. Suppose we had 1,000 paid members here, which isn't ever going to be very likely. $25,000 per year? Big deal. That doesn't go all that far these days.

Seriously, all you need to do is to PROOFREAD your posts and use the spell check, and you will really seldom need the edit function if the $25 is an insurmountable burden.
 
I contribute because I wanted to support this site. Because it is an AWESOME site, Rich. And even though I have two books on corn snakes, this site is like a huge corn snake encyclopedia. It has answered so many questions, soothed so many worries, prepared me for so many eventualities. It's also a place of rare camaraderie amongst like-minded snake lovers. Where else can I talk about snake poop? :D
 
Just think of it this way, it gives you incentive to proof read what you type lol. The other forum (not an animal forum) I frequent a lot you can edit without having to contribute but that forum has A LOT of contributing members. Once I'm out of this "hole" I'm in I will problubly contribute to this forum but atm I just have to much going on.
 
I like that I get something for being a contributing member. Even if it is as small as being able to edit.
As soon as I payed my money, I tried out the edit function! It was like a badge of honor.

I'm just glad that this site is available whether you can pay to be a member or not. People forget that running a site is not free. A lot of time and energy goes into this board, and this board has saved my snakes time and time again.
That is worth $25.
 
Must say that I belong to other message boards which have free use of an Edit facility. It doesn't seem to reduce the number of typos, spelling errors or double posts!
 
It's only $25 to become a member, not to mention that the money goes to help support this forum. You also get a few more benefits for contributing.

Wayne
 
Although books help. Being able to talk to people who might have had that one rare occurrance not mentioned in a book is worth the membership.....which something I have been meaning to do. I should get on that.
 
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