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To: Jim Robinson
Look Jim, it's seems you're pretty dead set against the ad model and merchandizing isn't gonna get the job done either though a free Don't Tread on Me T-Shirt with the FR emblem on the other side would seperate some folks from their money who may be otherwise inclined.

That being the case the only way to increase revenues is to increase membership. I would guess that you can count on x% of members to donate y amount of money even though the donors are a very small percentage of users. So you have to increase the users.

How? Go back to the old free wheeling FR where true believers from every nook and cranny of the right, center and occasional liberal got to tee off on each others views without fear of getting shown the door or harpies calling moderators because some poster isn't toeing some line.

Keep it clean but move it back to the free wheeling FR where the wars between libertarians, socons, Econs, believers and non believers were epic, so to speak.

That is where the donation money is, among those who are true believers in whatever it is they believe and are guaranteed an ad free site where their views can be aired without fear of "zotting" if they play by the rules.

284 posted on 04/19/2012 8:10:09 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (.)
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To: jwalsh07
How? Go back to the old free wheeling FR where true believers from every nook and cranny of the right, center and occasional liberal got to tee off on each others views without fear of getting shown the door or harpies calling moderators because some poster isn't toeing some line.

+1

288 posted on 04/19/2012 8:12:21 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: jwalsh07
Go back to the old free wheeling FR where true believers from every nook and cranny of the right, center and occasional liberal got to tee off on each others views without fear of getting shown the door or harpies calling moderators because some poster isn't toeing some line.

This! Especially the part about the harpies! This is the FR I joined eleven years ago.

402 posted on 04/20/2012 1:55:18 AM PDT by Drew68
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