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Re: What does it take to become an “Insider” ?

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Scattybird
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Robbo – I agree the term ‘insider’ is dreadful. I remember your last post on the subject when you said by default if you’re not an insider then what does that make you?

I can’t believe they will keep the name given your comments. I suspect most folk will agree with you about the name. I do.

Allan – if you stick around long enough you’ll see that this site is one of the best (if not THE best) for folk like us.

You’ll also gather that Rick has invested a lot of his own money and time into this and it costs money to run and maintain the site. The videos for instance and just keeping the site running all cost. As soon as spam hits, we all complain but we’re happy to sit back and expect it to be dealt with for us for free. I fall into that camp.

Relatively recently the site started to host adverts and we were up in arms about it. But we soon learned to use ad-blockers or learned to ignore them.

When the adverts came here I was as vocal as the next person – how dare they – reducing the quality etc. But it dawned on me that everything costs. But I think Rick and the others want the site to be self perpetuating and not running at a loss. So how can they do that? I have no idea. You have a good lateral brain – any ideas?

If there has to be a charge for some things then so be it. As long as the important stuff is free and the forum and videos remain free, who cares what’s hidden away? On the other hand, it might just be affordable and might just be worth it? I guess time will tell.

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