Can we donate Ted?
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Shovel
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Ah, t'is the season. It probably warrents a serious point, in that it might be better to have be open about how much the place costs to run, and have an open donations policy from the outset, than to reach the "no money" stage and need donations in a glut? Especially with all the bandwidth saturating DOAC whores come over too 
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Shovel said:
I love you. Marry me?
Tom
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Well, I'm not sure about subs or anything like that, but if I can donate money to b3ta cos its so much damn fun, I can certainly send money to freddyshouse, I visit here (before here BW) every day, and have a right laugh at some of the posts.
It's like a big friendly pub, without the smell and beer. You don't get nekkid ladies in pubs though (well not famous ones).
It's like a big friendly pub, without the smell and beer. You don't get nekkid ladies in pubs though (well not famous ones).
TedTheDog
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Well, whilst we dont want to ask people for money, we are now an entirely voluntary service (w00h00!) and we all know money makes the world go round.
Goto "User CP" and see "paid Subscriptions" (I think its called).
This NOT compulsory! We are now a community service and from time to time we may need financial support from the community and it would be nice to get it through such a voluntary donation mechanism as that, rather than bloody advertising banners and other intrusive and unwelcome nonsense or some compulsory subscription system.
Goto "User CP" and see "paid Subscriptions" (I think its called).
This NOT compulsory! We are now a community service and from time to time we may need financial support from the community and it would be nice to get it through such a voluntary donation mechanism as that, rather than bloody advertising banners and other intrusive and unwelcome nonsense or some compulsory subscription system.
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I just had a look into the £10 donation thing...its set up with a teczone email address, which is one of DBs domains. So it looks kosher.Insane said:there's a £10 donate via paypal elite member thingy within the user CP but i dont know if its being used yet.. any word?
i think we might have scared ted off with the bandwidth usage of this forum in the past 6 hrs
Would have been less hassle if DBs had mentioned it when I was in London, so I could just have handed him a tenner.
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Deadmanwalking
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Will said:.Would have been less hassle if DBs had mentioned it when I was in London, so I could just have handed him a tenner.
Your saying he didn't nick it off you?
Insane
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Will said:I just had a look into the £10 donation thing...its set up with a teczone email address, which is one of DBs domains. So it looks kosher.
Would have been less hassle if DBs had mentioned it when I was in London, so I could just have handed him a tenner.
bribary gets you nowhere!unless you were paying for his services, then maybe it would be overlooked
i'll probably dig into my pocket later tonight when i get home to "credit" paypal with £10 to donate
just dont go down to the pub for a departmental meeting with it all
hmm, a community site and already you are tainting it with the 'pay to play' thing personally i think you are wasting your money. i am quite happy to pay for a service that gave me something i wanted (tbh BW/Game never did so I never subscribed) and also TTD was saying in his intro post that this is NOT about making money.
Forums do not cost anything to run when you consider the people running it are pretty much in jobs where they have access to spare CPU cycles and bandwidth.
Your money would be better spent on Shelter or some other charity this christmas.
personally i think you are wasting your money. i am quite happy to pay for a service that gave me something i wanted (tbh BW/Game never did so I never subscribed) and also TTD was saying in his intro post that this is NOT about making money.Forums do not cost anything to run when you consider the people running it are pretty much in jobs where they have access to spare CPU cycles and bandwidth.
Your money would be better spent on Shelter or some other charity this christmas.
fatbusinessman
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*misunderstands thread title*
*attempts to donate Ted to charity*
*attempts to donate Ted to charity*
SoWat
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specceh said:hmm, a community site and already you are tainting it with the 'pay to play' thing
Forums do not cost anything to run when you consider the people running it are pretty much in jobs where they have access to spare CPU cycles and bandwidth.
Your money would be better spent on Shelter or some other charity this christmas.
I'm already subscribed to a number of charities, the main one being Amnesty International.
I do, however, have enough in my play fund to just squander on anything that takes my fancy... and this does.
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I offered bigfoot the job as my personal bodyguard/servant .... no response yet
yeah the point is though to have a community that is sustainable. you should remember the 'save barrysworld' appeal. very genuine in purpose but completely impractical in financial terms, despite many people thinking that a one off payment would fix things.
FH does not need to take money and personally I think it is misguided loyalty to start offering it. BW succeeded during its non-profit phase by people willing to give their time, not their money.
Its easy to get a bit of hosting space for a forum at no cost. I could do it in a few hours, and I'm sure dbs and ttd wouldn't need even that much time with their contacts.
so let's take a step back from this for a moment and consider what do you want FH to be, not how much will it cost
just my 2cents. no offence intended to anyone who may have an alternative point of view
FH does not need to take money and personally I think it is misguided loyalty to start offering it. BW succeeded during its non-profit phase by people willing to give their time, not their money.
Its easy to get a bit of hosting space for a forum at no cost. I could do it in a few hours, and I'm sure dbs and ttd wouldn't need even that much time with their contacts.
so let's take a step back from this for a moment and consider what do you want FH to be, not how much will it cost
just my 2cents. no offence intended to anyone who may have an alternative point of view
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erm what the f***** hell are you talking about? ive been talking about FH. I know very well that people have lost their jobs as I know a number of them personally and have been on irc talking to them and wishing them the best of luck. I also was without a job (twice) because of my involvment in BW so kindly take your offended attitude somewhere else.
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specceh said:
Well with your quote a subtle edit is out of the question I guess
Apologies, but your post still struck me as a little insensitive given the situation and the fact that many of the BW folks will still be involved in FH (at least I hope they will)... I share your sentiments in wishing them all well.
Shovel
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Aye - would be nice to get the threads from the last month maybe - there's no point mirroring it all though surely?
Same applies to the Tech forum, we've dished out some prett useful advice over the years, would be nice to have that restored for future generations...
Same applies to the Tech forum, we've dished out some prett useful advice over the years, would be nice to have that restored for future generations...
