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Nagisa
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 Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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I wouldn't trust it enough to have it be mod-free. Plus, again I bring up the actual aim of such a forum. What sort of subject matter would be discussed? If there's already an Anime forum, and the mods are reluctant to make a General forum, what's gonna go on in a Payers-Only forum? |
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Jadress
 Posts: 807 Location: Seattle. It purdy and nerdy! |
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I'm not opposed to this idea.. however it seems like most people don't mind the ads or load time, but simply want to help out a service they love.
 Perhaps you should include one of those Paypal donation thingies or some other way of receiving donations. Other non-profit sites like Gaia Online do this. It seems like many people want some merchandise as well, so if you were to make a small profit with happy goods, that could help out as well. ...I wouldn't mind bein' on a couple shirts.. 
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king_micah
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The one problem with paypal for a non-profit is that ANN is for profit. Such a donation box would be dishonest. As for merchandise, what sort of stuff could ANN do? T-shirts or hats, perhaps some bumper stickers?
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Keiichi
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I think sending physical things is too much, espeically if to deliver to many people. Packaging and delivering takes money too in addition to the merchandise.
I usually just drop by the index page for a few seconds and check the latest news and leave. The ad doesn't bother me at all, espeically on broadband internet. If I were to give money to ANN, it would mostly be for donation, so I would say no to this. |
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BakaNekoDain
 Posts: 118 Location: Yokosuka |
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Well I voted yes. I use ANN before I purchase any new anime titles, so it only seems right that I would give something back. Then of course there is the fact that a seperate server would allow me to still browse the site even if the free server got bogged down.
I really don't think asking for a t-shirt is fair, especially given the paltry sum they're asking for membership. At any rate I'm on board. |
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Zeiram
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Hmm, how to make money without offering anything new.
Interesting problem here. I'll think about it a bit. Ooh hey I know, how about a newsletter service? We could pay for that. That can also be ad free ^^ Talk bout it ^^ hehe |
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10425 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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ANN is not "fot for profit" we don't bill ourselves as such, any any such "donation box" would be very clear in stating that it isn't an NFP cause. |
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phoelixian
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Something I just thought of and figured I'd throw out there.
What about having a sort of Grand Give-Away contest(s) that people would send in a donation (or call it whatever you want) along with their contact info for? Examples could be a complete Trigun Box Set with all the manga up to that point or all three Kenshin sets when they are available. So, whomever is interested could send in $5-$10 with their info for a chance to win a bulk of great stuff. And why not? Small cost for a chance at some fantastic products! |
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Bishop
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So...what is ANN, for a profit site or a non-profit site? Well, I can see both points in going either way. Really, considering that the ads aren't that big an issue and whatever message board that will be exclusive to paying members will contain the hardcore "otaku's" anyway, it would be pretty much a nice flow of easy money for almost no product in return. I'm not being a troll, it's just the nature of it. ANN's could have quite the racket going here. |
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king_micah
Posts: 994 Location: OSU |
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ANN is a buisness. When I mentioned a donation box, I was infering that it is dishonest for any for-profit enterprise to seek donations, no matter how the "donation box" was marked. I also know ANN would never deceive people like that. Rather I think there should be some sort of trade of goods/services, be it a t-shirt, be it access to the old server and lighting fast speed.
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animaniac
 Posts: 246 Location: Idaho |
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well yearly I'd pay 5-10$ I like the idea of faster service and no adds but if its gonna cost much there are other services that are more needed at least for me.
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Louie-kun
 Posts: 420 Location: I'm back. |
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I voted no on add-free ANN because:
1: There's only a couple adds on the site anyway and it's not worth paying 10 bucks a month to get rid of one or two adds. 2: I don't want ANN to turn into IGN and Gamespy, where every other click takes you to a forced ad or creates 30 pop-ups at once. ANN's fine the way it is. 
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bluechibi
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I wouldnt be able to pay a yearly fee but I can contribute by clicking on the ads that I find interesting (which pretty much is all of them)
Perhaps this special version can have a chat area that is open when a special guest has been arranged for a 30 minute Q&A. english voice actors, webmanga artists like Piro, industry insiders. Wouldnt have to be very frequent maybe 1 every month. That would encourage people to sign up. |
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Cerberus
 Posts: 120 Location: In front of a monitor |
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It's per year, not month. |
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Louie-kun
Posts: 420 Location: I'm back. |
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Months, years, whatever. It's still not worth paying ten bucks to only get rid of a few ads.
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