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I know that Chris's main idea was the added security of people paying, rather than supporting site costs, however, these are two important points that can be addressed separately.
Security (for want of a better word) can be achieved through more rigorous joining and posting restrictions.
Site costs can be ammeliorated by donations.
Perhaps we could have a yearly donation drive. Say once a year a thread gets posted where people can make a donation for the following year. No strings attached, but an organised short term thread might get more people to donate than just leaving it up to them over the year.
Another alternative is a 'badge' type system. If you donate $100 you get a gold badge on your avatar for a year, $50 silver, $25 bronze, $10 Chinese diecast alloy.
Cheers,
Jason.
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