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John_Caius

6:39 pm on May 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Surely there are conversations of value in the public forums of the great unwashed, as well as the exalted heights of the supporters forum? Not all of us run a) commercial and b) profitable sites, so can't afford to pay the premium membership. Of course, there's plenty of very valuable information given out in many of the 49 different free forums.

I've been introduced to new subjects on many occasions from following a link from the highlighted posts - it's a shame to see them overrun as at present (1,2,3,5,6,7,9,11,12,14) by supporters forum threads. It rather gives the impression that the other forums contain no discussion of any significance.

I appreciate that this is part of Brett's advertising to generate revenue, but sometimes it detracts from the usefulness of the WW experience IMHO.

Just my twopence... :)

Brett_Tabke

6:44 pm on May 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Any time you see something posted that appears:

a) news worthy.
b) of unique value.
c) hot topic.
d) non-biased

Feel free to drop me a line and suggest it for the homepage.

Yes, I am biased towards using the supporters forum threads because those are most often the highest quality threads on the site. Time and time again we have had duel topics in each forum and the supporters forum thread was twice as valuable and twice as easy to read and follow.

John_Caius

8:29 pm on May 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Ok, thanks. :)

Brett_Tabke

6:26 pm on May 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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It is also a happen-stance bias because we (myself and the admins & moderators) follow the supporters forum pretty closely.

jcoronella

1:45 am on May 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

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It is also a happen-stance bias because we (myself and the admins & moderators) follow the supporters forum pretty closely.
...as does almost everyone who subscribes. It is well worth the 50 cents a day.

Brett_Tabke

3:38 am on May 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

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>50cents a day

I object - it is only:

$0.41853932584269662921348314606742 per day (except in leap years)...

Teknorat

5:10 am on May 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Wow when you put it like that...
...I still can't afford it.