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DrSpike
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Enthusiastic member of Apolyton
Sep 2001
time: 05:29
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Originally posted by mrmitchell
Earlier in the article you say you aren't, now you say you don't know? Are you that indesicive?  Say it ain't so, Dan! Keep Apolyton free...it's not like you need the money or anything, if the rest of the article can be taken to be 100% true as well
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It's quite clear what was said, and there was no contradiction.
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Originally posted in Dan's column
While not fan sites necessarily, other websites -- in the gaming industry and otherwise -- have begun and/or continue, as the case may be, to charge their visitor base for partial or in some cases full access to their content. This is even where the basis of the site is non-for-profit. On behalf of the Apolyton administration, we are reaffirming our commitment that we will not follow this example. We need not to and, more importantly, we choose not to. A subscription service of a different sort has been discussed in the past and may indeed come to fruition sometime in the next twelve months, or not. We are not ready to state either way at this point. However, as previously stated this service would entitle subscribers to additional benefits that while convenient would not result in non-subscribers losing access to site content.
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If things do change, access to content for non-subscribers is still guaranteed.
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Skanky Burns
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Skanky Bastard Quartermaster
Aug 2001
time: 14:29
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but I am boasted by several positive points. |
From the context, that word should probably be "boosted". Minor point though.
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In the browser wars, Internet Explorer soundly crushed the competition with an 86.1% penetration rate. |
Just remember, Opera identifies itself as IE by default. My Opera browser is doing this as we speak. 
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While not fan sites necessarily, other websites -- in the gaming industry and otherwise -- have begun and/or continue, as the case may be, to charge their visitor base for partial or in some cases full access to their content. This is even where the basis of the site is non-for-profit. On behalf of the Apolyton administration, we are reaffirming our commitment that we will not follow this example. We need not to and, more importantly, we choose not to. A subscription service of a different sort has been discussed in the past and may indeed come to fruition sometime in the next twelve months, or not. |
 , either way.
I am glad to hear that Apolyton is in the green financially though.
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TCO
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Richmond, VA
Jan 1970
time: 00:29
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Dan, your writing is getting better, but don't let it up. It was awful to start with and needs to keep moving towards Strunk and Whiteness.
Last edited by TCO on 29-07-2003 at 06:51
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Rasbelin
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Tampere (Tammerfors), Finland
Nov 1999
time: 07:29
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Originally posted by Azazel
Whether it's enough to fund an expansion is an open question, but the fact remains that 'Poly is apparently doing OK financially as a free site.
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And no one seems to be interested why. Blindness. Well, now we have pop-up ads which we didn't have previously and there's a greater number of banner ads being displayed. So of course by cluttering the site with ads you can increase your ad revenues, but yet that doesn't mean they could afford something like a database or mirror server, which would anyway be good as ACS is not a speedy site to load as it is.
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Originally posted by Azazel
How about we allow larger avatars for a payment? it would allow us to see avatars, at all, if you know what I mean. |
I second that, brother.
And neither do I need extra PM space or more uploading space as I don't use those features. Things like no ads, custom titles, maybe a small badge (can be turned on and off) and a larger avatar would be nice.
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DanQ
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Emperor of Apolyton, Ruler of the Here and Now
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Ontario, Canada
Aug 1998
time: 00:29
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Originally posted by PLATO1003
Don't want free money? I'm confused. You need money for expansion, you want us to buy from partner companies, but we can't just send you a check? Why is this? This is truly a great site and will likely only get better. If those of us who enjoy its features want to help it get better then we can't do it with direct support, but must do it indirectly through partner companies?
This just doesn't make any sense to me. Maybe there is something I just don't get. |
Fair comment.
It is our hope that if and when we are able to get an optional subscriptional service in place, which would provide non-content related perks for those who subscribe, that this will be more or less a direct way of supporting this site financially; there will, of course, be a nominal percentage charged by whatever outfit we select to handle such electronic payments. Given the direct perks that would be received by any subscriber, this would not be a donation but rather a payment for services rendered.
We are not a registered or a non-registered charity and, as such, do not feel comfortable involving ourselves in donation situations. Nonetheless, we are extremely appreciative of such expressions of financial support for this site such as yours.
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27-07-2003 07:43
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Very funny, panag... 
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