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

A lot of good suggestions here.

Took me a while to read all of the posts; I haven't kept up with this one because I knew it would be long.

As far as I can tell, the idea is to give Brett some time back so that he can get back to making a living. And maybe a small part is the load and expense for throughput on WebmasterWorld.

This is a balanced approach. Here are my ideas:

1) Get some more moderators if there is a problem in this area. The fact that you are expanding so rapidly also means you have a lot more qualifieds to be mods.

2) Do some MINIMAL advertising. I wouldn't mind the ads. Now you say that is out, but sponsors with small text links?

3) I don't really understand the membership deal. Basically we all are members if we want to post. That's not going to solve anything, I don't think.

4) A subscription to CERTAIN forums would not be a problem with me. Then let everything else be free. I think the free areas would induce a lot of people to subscribe, because most of the good posters around here will post to just about all of the forums.