ljk...first of all..18 posts per day is sufficient for someone to make their point. You are trying to negotiate a premium service for which you are simply too cheap to pay for. You just don't get it. 18 posts per day is what people who don't want to pay for premium features get. 18 posts per day for free. get it?
Supposing they did double it to 36 free per day as you suggest? Then LINDA2 would come along & say 36 is not enough, we need 50. Then 75. Then 100. Blah blah blah
Having said that, if iHub truly wanted to take a run @ RB, they would allow unlimited posting on stock boards only for freebie members. Still have the premium features available only on a yealy subscription basis. Yeah, it would be an ADMIN nightmare but that is the purpose of board MODERATORS. But that, IMHO, is the only way to kill off RB. Open the floodgates & ADMIN the hell out of the influx.