Henk
A Fixture
- Joined
- Jun 14, 2018
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I got a private message from the 'Forum Administrator', implying that he had send many messages (To Me? To everybody? To the interweb??) , but had no reply. Basicaly, it was a begging letter asking me to become a donating member, and offering a ready clickable link to become a donating member for $9.99.
A few issues....
I am well aware of the cost of running a site like this. This is not my first rodeo. I am also aware that that is why sites have adverts.
If you want to ask me to contribute, ask me, and let me decide how much I can or want to contribute. Don't 'suggest' an amount, and certainly don't do so with a clickable link. I don't trust 'clickable' links (and I urge others not to either), and when I start getting messages like that from the 'forum administrator', when I never had a message from him before, I get suspicious...
And if you ask me to contribute, and urge me to be part of, and sustain this comunity, at least try to make me feel included, and use my name...
A few issues....
I am well aware of the cost of running a site like this. This is not my first rodeo. I am also aware that that is why sites have adverts.
If you want to ask me to contribute, ask me, and let me decide how much I can or want to contribute. Don't 'suggest' an amount, and certainly don't do so with a clickable link. I don't trust 'clickable' links (and I urge others not to either), and when I start getting messages like that from the 'forum administrator', when I never had a message from him before, I get suspicious...
And if you ask me to contribute, and urge me to be part of, and sustain this comunity, at least try to make me feel included, and use my name...
