>>Instead of focusing on what is offered NOW...as a FREE user vs. a PREMIUM SUB...and then trying to dream up more ways to limit and deprive the FREE user of ALL the...ah hem "wonderful" priviledges the PREMIUM SUB now enjoys, you should be doing just the opposite. You should be ADDING NEW FEATURES/PROGRAMS to the site to both intice NEW SUBS...and...to RETAIN existing ones. Of course, that would require thinking outside the box. Maybe doing something different than the garden variety messageboard. Being inventive...being creative. Not saying that hasn't been done here. But, if you really want to excite people...and excite them enough to PAY a subscription to be a part of something. That "something" HAS to be more than just posting on a messageboard. imo
I don't disagree with you at all. It's that feature or making you aware of that feature [like I've said before, I bet easily 75% of my potential subscribers don't even have a CLUE what features the premium subscription DOES offer] -- so I need to get it in their face a little better. That's what Im' feeling for ideas on.