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I belonged to a very active photography forum ... lots of members both in Australia and internationally. A vast amount of collective knowledge and a brilliant resource.
The admins decided to make it a paid site ... a very modest fee, but still a fee.
That was basically the end of the site. Membership dropped precipitously within the first few months. People disappeared in droves ... among them some of the most experienced amateur photographers in the country.
The admins did a backflip and changed the policy to voluntary donation ... but it was too late. Too many people had left and never came back. The site is still going but now only has a handful of members. In less than a year the site went from being probably the prime site in it's genre in Australia to complete obscurity and irrelevance.
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