You have to have a thick skin to post. It’s not for everyone. I get “roasted” a lot for being a little critical (see tags in some threads i.e “GFY Randfan”!). It’s not always a pleasant experience.
That said the donations are justified since I spend free time here and use resources. I have always chipped in for years now
You and others contribute in even more important ways. Without the personal effort to post main articles and participate this place would be dead... This is just as valuable as financial contributions if not more.
“You have to have a thick skin to post. It’s not for everyone. I get “roasted” a lot for being a little critical (see tags in some threads i.e “GFY Randfan”!). It’s not always a pleasant experience.”
Have you read my history? I think they put up with users like us because we do spark conversation and increased participation when things are slow. Controversy naturally increases participation. And participation is most important value in the whole for a domain.
If not then you only have five politically correct “good old boys” left to participate and donate. And without participation you even lose lurkers out on the public side too. You have to get their interest and give them something to read. Hopefully it will draw them in and they will log in and participate also because they “just have to comment” on something controversial. :)
Important note I have to give credit for. I have noticed overall they have allowed more free speech and ideology here than they used to a couple years ago. The mods used to micromanage the topics and dialog pretty strictly to keep it within politically correct boundaries. This helps participation and interest more. To the dismay of those who think speech should be heavily controlled and moderated. Over micromanaging topics and speech is extremely self defeating and unproductive for the domain it’s self... Looks like someone finally figured that out... No worse hypocrisy than wanting free speech and then complaining because there is free speech. It is counter-intuitive.