Matt,
Yesterday I received a post on iHUB from a fellow posters but I was unable to reply because my reply hit the 10 post limit on iHub. So knowing that the poster was one of the fellows that I invited over from RB I jumped over to RB to reply to that person’s post. At that time I also suggested that that poster place a request with iHUB to increase that 10 post limit if he desired to do so. I made the suggestion because last week I remember reading information on iHUB that either you or Twister had a marketing plan in place to increase the post limit based on the number new posts on the board over a specified time frame. So I assumed that it was a done deal that you were going to eventually increase the limit. However….. since yesterday I have a new perspective on everything.
Since yesterday I have now like the post limit. Why? What happened to me? Because after I hit your 10 post limit I eventually decided to drill down on the services offered to ‘paid’ iHUB subscribers. Until I hit that limit I didn’t take the time to read through your marketing material. To my surprise for just $50/year iHUB offers:
- Unlimited posting on all boards
- Ability to send Private Messages
- Searching messages based on content
- Spell checking
- Viewing more than 10 messages at a time
- Public Message Archiving
- Ad-free viewing throughout the site
I know that you have not solicited opinions from iHUB posters, however I would like to propose the following:
1) Maintain the post limit at 10 or, even better, reduce it to 5 posts per day
2) Reduce your annual feel from $50/yr to $25/yr (or less)
Why? My reasoning is that I agree with Samuel that a low limit will help contain the board monopolizers, but I don't believe that it will keep out the riff raff. Dropping the limit to 5 might help. I also believe that most of the riff raff that go by many aliases are not inclined to send you a check or provide their VISA card to purchase a membership for fear that you or the law could easily audit and identify them. At the same time by lowering the annual fee from $50 to $25 (or less) it will make membership more attractive to a broader audience. 3 weeks ago before I started inviting the good guys/gals from RB I wouldn’t have spent the $50 because there just wasn’t enough activity on this board. Now that we have a head of steam it would be nice to keep it going. Possibly you could offer the proposal for a limited 90 days just to keep things moving. Just my 2 cents.
My only issue at the moment is apparently if I were to spend the $50 that I wouldn’t be able to utilize the ‘Private Messaging” unless the recipient had also spent $ to become a member. Is that true?
I apologize for the long post.
Thanks
Pennyworld
