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seeing how this empire grows, and maybe being a part of its success. Someday it will be too trendy to wear a Shack shirt at the mall, but then I'll be able to say I had one "back before everyone else and their gramma did."
Okay here's my idea. sTeve has already flatly stated that he will refuse to charge a subscription fee for the comments (like SomethingAwful currently does).
But! What about a "per comment" fee?
Think about it:
You could give a credit card number when you signed up (it would be safe of course, Maarten would take care of that and he's Dutch and there's no crime in
Holland), or if you didn't want to do that, some sort of prepaid debit plan. Then every comment posted would deduct a small fee from the credit or debit
account.
The PRL could be lifted, and the quality of posts would no doubt improve, as people asked themselves "Is it really worth 50 cents to chime in with 'OMG
LOL'", or "Is my venting on a captive audience really worth a dollar to me? Yes, it is, I hate Italian food THAT MUCH".
And, speaking of captive audiences, the only drawback I could see is that with paying to have their comments posted, there would need to be a system in place to make sure the comments are read,
and the posters get their money's worth. I know I wouldn't want to pay to post unless I know that Shack viewers were forced to read EVERY SINGLE COMMENT.
So until a "feature" is coded that ensures that all page visitors read every comment (and this could probably be coded by Maarten and Sander 'cause they're
smart), the pay per post feature would have to be put on hold.
You whiny liberals are now crying "But then we'll have a class system and only the rich will be able to afford to post-whore", and I say go back to Russia where postwhoring about long lines for toilet paper is free, ya pinko >:(
sTeve, you can have this idea for free, or maybe a backrub or something... I got other ideas that I'll charge ya for later if this one works.
XOXOX,
Hell N' Ready :[
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