Although if you have a very active forum, you’ll need a dedicated server to host it, and those aren’t cheap.
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No they’re not, I used to pay quite a lot for mine
Good thing there is a fair amount of those to choose from
I've never seen such a concept.
I've donated to forums before but never had to purchase a membership.
Way Back When there were dial in BBSs that you paid for a membership to, because the owner of the board had to pay for the land lines that came into their modems that then fed the board.
But that was a lifetime ago.
There were other 'pay to post' internet forums. Maybe forumgarden "back in the day", I don't remember now, and really don't care enough to go look it up.
I joined one, whatever it was and paid for like three months or something, then never paid again. And I'm amazingly all right with that.
But that was a lifetime ago.
There were other 'pay to post' internet forums. Maybe forumgarden "back in the day", I don't remember now, and really don't care enough to go look it up.
I joined one, whatever it was and paid for like three months or something, then never paid again. And I'm amazingly all right with that.
Interesting, what sorts of things did you talk about way back when?
Essentially the same sort of nonsense thread filler that you see on this board, and every other one still going, today.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I wouldn't directly pay for a forum in and of itself, as I am too used to not needing to do so. However I have gained membership to forums through paid membership when the forum was used as a means of communicating and coordinating with other members. Would that still count? I wasn't paying to join for access to the forum, but you had to be a paying member to access it.
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Having said that, I'd never willingly join SA or any forum like that. They're usually toxic forums and offer nothing constructive. Having a paid subscription is one thing, having to pay to be a member? No thanks.
Just kidding.
Something Awful has been online for decades now. I never knew you had to pay to join, but I would never want to join the community for a number of reasons. First off, you'd think if they charge their members to join they would have upgraded the forums throughout the years it's been online to be on a newer version. (Or at the very least switched software since vBulletin sucks now days IMO), second off I always got an 8 Chan/Kiwi Farms vibe from them.
That's the only area I'll give them credit for, they have basically re-written the entire software to be up-to-date and more secure than any standard vB installation. It's practically completely different software, like what Gaia did with phpBB.
Totally agree, they've always pushed the boundaries a bit from what I've seen, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if they harboured at least a small group of...that sort...
I have not paid to be on a forum. I do subscribe to some sites like Wall Street Journal, Daily Wire and such for the articles and content. And, yes, I also post in the comment section. But, I would not pay to just be on a board to post comments about random subjects unless there was some type of content attached to it.
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