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The donation system doesn't work unless you have user loyalty.
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And.... a good one, really.... Contributions to support Gnutella Forums.... Wonderful idea! Of course, none of you would mind establishing an automatic payment system with your banks or ************ companies to guarantee payment of the 'beloved contribution' EVERY month, right?
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Thanks for the description of a paid membership system which has absolutely nothing to do with the original suggestion.
The suggestion was to setup a way so that users could donate to the forum IF they wanted to. They would receive no special treatment or anything. No automatic payments (unless the user set that up themselves). This would obviously have to be done through some type of third party service of which there are many 'good' ones available. If this comes up being equal to the amount gained by banners, maybe CycloCide can drop the banners (on this site).
It couldn't hurt to try it at least. What would be lost... you keep the banners up until you see if it works. If it does great you drop the banners until contributions don't cover the costs anymore. If it doesn't work, nothing lost just keep the banners in place.
Ursula, would you contribute ?