ApolytonPLUS: Launched!

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by JohnT


Oh, no! Whatsoever shall you do now????

Gotta tell you, I'm not too sure what you are referring to when you reference "this" in relation to "what I was afraid of". So what pissed you off about my off-handed statement?

"Pissed you off" is certainly a bit too strong...

As far as I am concerned I will never make any difference between an ApolytonPLUS subscriber and one that has not subscribed to it. One has chosen to have an ad-free Apolyton or to support the ACS (this is my case) and the other has decided not to pay for the service and support Apolyton through the ads displayed by his browser.

The danger of the subscription is that it classes the members into two categories, those that have paid and those that have not without making any difference between those that don't care or those that don't have any money to spend for this service. Though I don't mean here that it is what you think, some posters could start considering those that have not subscribed to ApolytonPLUS as second class members. And I think this is bad.

[JohnT]

Two "angry" smilies bracketing your comments indicates pissed-offedness, you know?

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by JohnT
Two "angry" smilies bracketing your comments indicates pissed-offedness, you know?

Well, sometimes I hate to be right...

[MarkG]

Originally posted by JohnT
I wonder how much the SDMB going to pay to play affected the decision here?

the smdb thing became known just a few days ago. dan and i have been considering subscriptions for a really really long time now....

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
Just signed up. So how long before the technical side is kicked in? I suppose Quick and Giannopoulos have to click the check box in the DB?

it's done automatically if you pay by credit card

thanks for the support!

[alva]

/me wonders if this site isn't going disappear suddenly.....along with all the money......hmmmmmm.

[Wittlich]

Originally posted by MarkG
it's done automatically if you pay by credit card

thanks for the support!

And it can take up to 4 days if you transfer funds directly from your bank account (through PayPal). Oh well, hopefully it won't take the full 4 days to complete the transfer.

EDIT: Checked my PayPal account. PayPal states that the funds transfer will be complete by Monday, 5 April...though my bank account already shows the funds paid out. Oh well, modern technology!

[Bloody Monk]

Originally posted by Tamerlin

As far as I am concerned I will never make any difference between an ApolytonPLUS subscriber and one that has not subscribed to it.

...some posters could start considering those that have not subscribed to ApolytonPLUS as second class members. And I think this is bad.

Tamerlin,

Since you would NEVER think any such thing yourself, why impute those thoughts to the group?? Lighten up; it will be okay. And if someone should think they have a 'special' status, so what?? It won't make their lame +1's any funnier will it.

This is a good thing!! Let's be happy for a few days....

Monk

[DrSpike]

Not that I agree there is a problem here, but to be fair to Tamerlin he was responding to a specific post by JohnT not just randomly attributing opinions to people.

[Bloody Monk]

I read his post differently, as he says he does NOT attribute those thoughts to JohnT, but to "some posters."

It made me think of folk who say all students should wear uniforms, to make everyone equal. Well, everyone isn't equal, AND,that doesn't have to matter. Success in life comes from state of mind. Thus, my call to be happy about our new thing.

Monk

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Drat - I signed up for the $1 option as requested by Markos - but now cannot pay my lifetime subscription as I have always intended because the re-subscribe option is not yet implemented.

i cleared your subscription. you should be able to register for lifetime now

thank you!

[Krill]

Quick question: How many people have signed up, then?

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Bloody Monk
I read his post differently, as he says he does NOT attribute those thoughts to JohnT, but to "some posters."

I did not want to accuse JohnT of anything in my post as it would not have been fair, I have thus carefully chosen my words. Then I used the conditional tense to insist on the fact that what I was writing was a possibility.

Sincerely, I hope to be wrong.

It made me think of folk who say all students should wear uniforms, to make everyone equal.

Well, everyone isn't equal, AND,that doesn't have to matter. Success in life comes from state of mind. Thus, my call to be happy about our new thing.

Monk

Don't worry, I am.

BTW, thanks Doc.

[Skanky Burns]

One other question. What happens when our subscription runs out? Do we get a warning or reminder?

[Rhothaerill]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
One other question. What happens when our subscription runs out? Do we get a warning or reminder?

I asked that at the beginning of the thread. Mark's response was that a renewal system would be in place before the end of the month.