# Would You Pay To Be A Member Of Kirupa **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [August 14, 2004, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445 "2004-08-14T23:54:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![thoriphes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@thoriphes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thoriphes)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/41 "2004-08-15T12:48:56Z")
Well, back to topic; if it only cost say $1 to register here at the forum, Kirupa would be about $18,000 richer. Now that would mean the quality of service around the forum would have to be keen; so that in turn would probably mean that some of the gurus would get paid for support, everybody would have about twice as many posts (if they had to pay to get in, make the most of it, you know), I might actually be helpful once again, etc. So back to the question, would I pay to get in? 3 years ago, I probably would’ve said screw it, but seeing how far this forum has gotten (apparently we even have an arcade now), I would definitely pay. ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/42 "2004-08-15T12:59:09Z")
ah, but you would only pay now that you know what the forums are like. As a brand new member, would you pay? 3 years ago you say no and thats probably the same now for anyone else who’s new. And those thousands of people who did register up until now registered because it was free. Would they have then if it wasnt? I seriously doubt it; not when theres so many other free forums out there which are about as good as kirupa (well, to their unkeen eyes ;)) Why pay for something when you can get it free somewhere else? I have a hard time signing up for free things, let alone things I have to pay for. Like just now I went to a link to a news story on the washington post site but they said I had to register for free to see the story _close window_ pffft 😉 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/43 "2004-08-15T14:00:46Z")
Or maybe…my secret plan is to get people addicted to the Arcade, and then I can start charging people to play the arcade games! That would be too evil though :evil: ---
**Author:** ![Starpromo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/starpromo/32/120_2.png) [@Starpromo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Starpromo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/44 "2004-08-15T14:06:09Z")
I totally agree with thoriphes. I think that say just a one off payment of $1 was your membership and that gave you everything on the site forever then surely it wouldn’t be a bad thing. I think the level of help would increase like thoriphes said. I think i would of payed back when Kirup’s was on EZBoards and there were about 20 active members. But the level of service was just as good as it is now. (if im making sense) ---
**Author:** ![andr\_in](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/andr_in/32/37_2.png) [@andr\_in](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/andr_in)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/45 "2004-08-15T14:14:42Z")
Now after I’ve been a member for a while I’d say HEll yeah! But if I find a forum and would like to join I’d never pay anything… > Kirupa would be about $18,000 richer. 95.9% of these members wouldn’t have joined ff it had cost. ---
**Author:** ![thoriphes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@thoriphes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/thoriphes)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/46 "2004-08-15T14:23:17Z")
> [@senocular](#): > > ah, but you would only pay now that you know what the forums are like. As a brand new member, would you pay? 3 years ago you say no and thats probably the same now for anyone else who’s new. And those thousands of people who did register up until now registered because it was free. Would they have then if it wasnt? I seriously doubt it; not when theres so many other free forums out there which are about as good as kirupa (well, to their unkeen eyes ;)) Why pay for something when you can get it free somewhere else? > > I have a hard time signing up for free things, let alone things I have to pay for. Like just now I went to a link to a news story on the washington post site but they said I had to register for free to see the story _close window_ pffft > 😉 Well, I see your point. If this forum had some trial, like first 10 posts free, I’d give it a shot, then consider from there. And Syko, you’re right, I too wouldn’t think that that number would be up there if it weren’t for free. But take [somethingawful.com](http://somethingawful.com) for example. There’s incentive to paying to be a member. And sen, concerning the [washingtonpost.com](http://washingtonpost.com) site, this may help: [http://www.bugmenot.com/](http://www.bugmenot.com/) ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/47 "2004-08-15T14:35:45Z")
yeah I know… I actually have a login floating around somewhere (a shared login which is similar to what you get on bmn) and you can also usually get into sites like that by [googling the URL](http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ewashingtonpost%2Ecom%2Fwp%2Ddyn%2Farticles%2FA64480%2D2004Aug14%2Ehtml) and using on the link provided by google, but its just that extra step I didnt want to have to put up with 😜 stupid subscriptions. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/48 "2004-08-15T19:33:37Z")
there is someone’s footer on the board that is bogging up resources, but i can’t quite put a finger on who it is gah - ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/49 "2004-08-15T20:00:31Z")
I’m guessing Starpromo, for hovering over his footer bumps up my CPU usage from about 10% to 50-60%. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/50 "2004-08-15T20:42:40Z")
ahhh HA! ---
**Author:** ![Starpromo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/starpromo/32/120_2.png) [@Starpromo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Starpromo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445/51 "2004-08-15T20:45:35Z")
Okay okay okay… the footer will dead by noon… [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/would-you-pay-to-be-a-member-of-kirupa/119445.md?page=2)