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Well since you know about it what's the excuse for not contributing now ?
Well I WILL contribute now (well, next paycheck anyway). But that's my point. I've always meant to contribute, but I always forget about it. Mainly because I'm a terrible procrastinator that needs constant reminders about things. But bad habits aside, I'm probably not the ONLY person who would most-likely contribute to MacRumors, but ends up not doing so because it's rarely brought up...
Just my 2 cents. Arn and everyone involved in this site can promote contributions however they want, but I feel like they might get even more if the info to do so was more "out there"...
leekohler's in charge of taking the DNA samples – from the gentlemen contributors at least – and I can assure you it's not blood he takes.
Anyway, as others have said a well-spent $25 answers all questions, and raises quite a few others.
Pardon me for asking, but should this really be called a "contribution?" Arn runs this site as a business, not a charity.
Yes pretty much..that's what the FAQ states which has been linked here 3 times? or was it more?
leekohler's in charge of taking the DNA samples – from the gentlemen contributors at least – and I can assure you it's not blood he takes.
Anyway, as others have said a well-spent $25 answers all questions, and raises quite a few others.
Umm...that's protein samples. Let's be accurate.
Oh- and all new demis must send me Jaffa Cakes.
You have no idea!
So what should it be called?
Perhaps giving it a different name can be the impetus towards making a bigger "push" for getting contribu...er...whatever-you-want-to-call-it from people?
"Be a MacRumors PRO user for only $25 a year!" -- I don't know, just throwing that name out there (I think the Demi-God/Goddess titles as the only options are a bit much, IMO, but then again the other option, "Contributor," sounds too plain too). And maybe give a little more benefits than what's currently given? (Though I have no idea what at the moment...)
The answer depends entirely on those who choose to join. Contributors talk about whatever they want. Each member who joins may influence the dynamics of the conversations. That's true of any forum community.
Again it depends on those who choose to join. It's a subset of the overall forum member, but includes some of the most dedicated members, those whose posts you often see in the public forums (and some in this thread). With members all over the world, neither the public forums nor the private forum are ever quiet.
Although we greatly appreciate the support of our contributing members, we try not to be pushy about paid memberships. The option is there for people who want to support the site. Maybe we should mention it in a few more places, but we want to be careful that new visitors don't think they have to pay anything in order to ask technical questions or to join our front page discussions of news and rumors.
Maybe you should be Marketing Director.
Generally speaking, buying something is voluntary. When this site began, it was probably a shoestring operation in need of donors to keep the lights on, but I doubt that this is the case any longer.
I don't know, a membership? Normally, payments to someone's for-profit business are not called a "contribution."
Sure, that's understandable. Like I said, I don't think there should be anything in-your-face about it. But being mentioned in a few more places sure wouldn't hurt...
Maybe you should be Marketing Director.
Only if I can fill the front page with rainbows and unicorns. That's what MacRumors needs more of, if you ask me...
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You have no idea how many cans of worms that would bring up in the private forums.
The number of paying "contributors" is still very small, certainly in relation to the total number of non-paying members, and the benefits are pretty nebulous: an absence of advertising and a lot of chitchat, basically. I am fairly sure that the "contribution" of the Private Forums membership payments to the overall profitability of the site is minimal.
Umm...that's protein samples. Let's be accurate.
So we have to clone him and send you multiple copies? The shipping alone will cost considerably more than $25, not to mention the violations of many international laws...
No- Jaffa Cakes. The real thing. They are yummy. These are the things you learn about in Teh Privates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes
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Of course not- especially if he showed up in his soccer outfit, minus the cheesy socks of course.
Of course not- especially if he showed up in his soccer outfit, minus the cheesy socks of course.
I suspect so -- profitability being the key word. The terms "profit" and "contribution" don't naturally go together. Perhaps that's the main reason why I haven't made a monetary "contribution" to the site.
What, you've never gone to the Apple Store and insisted on a small mark-up just to "help Steve and the rest of the guys out?"
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