john316 - 1:40 am on Aug 23, 2002 (gmt 0)

a) Pre-moderation. All threads would require moderator approval before public posting.
b) Voting and public moderation. There would be a system where posts could be voted on by users. You would be able to set your own "twit list" level where messages below that level would not be included.

a&b) Sounds like judgementalism and bickering would quickly make the board kinda icky. No thanks, who are the mods or anyone else on earth equipped to judge what is twitty?

c) Members only. All members would have to log in.

No problem with logging in, just wondering why? The true twits will stop at nothing anyway, they will register, login, whatever it takes(whoops, there I go getting judgemental :)).

d) Subscribers only. All members would pay a subscription fee.

Slight modify here-- d is for DONATE....if half the people that said they *would* pay for a subscription, would hit the DONATE button NOW..maybe the model would work, but I doubt it.

I still don't agree that you pay a subscription to provide content (post). The way most organizations sell content is by charging for access to the archives. The fresh stuff is usually free.

The threads may not always be what you want them to be, but apparently a whole lot of folks like it just the way it is (you did say traffic tripled).