Post #183331 by aquarj on Wed, Aug 31, 2005 9:56 AM

I guess I've been around a pretty long time, including the yahoo days, but I don't understand the concept that now TC has transformed into something that's "owned" by the community. As far as I'm concerned, any change that Hanford (and Humuhumu?) want to make is fine with me, especially considering how it's always done with an ear to community feedback. But I also don't really understand the complaints that are apparently coming in about TC getting offtopic. As Velvet Ruby points out, people can easily customize their own experience here, by just choosing what topics to read.

Actually, it'd be fine with me if the whole thing required Grand membership. I know no one was even proposing that, and it wasn't Hanford's objective anyway, but it's just an example. It's reasonable for people to choose not to pay for Grand membership, but really it's a choice. It's pretty hard to seriously make the case that one can't budget $20 in a year, especially considering that we're talking about users who have access to computers, the internet, and the spare time to be interested in idle/idol pursuits.

Two more comments... Since I still mainly read TC by email though (what am I, completely nuts?), it sure would be nice if Beyond could still be sent by email. Also, I thought tikivixen's suggestion made a lot of sense - if Beyond and Bilge were read-only for everyone and Grand-only for posting, that seems to solve the problem.

-Randy