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bobafett:
Great work as always :coolsmiley: :daumenhoch:
MartyC:
--- Quote from: bobafett on October 22, 2010, 01:08 PM ---
Great work as always :coolsmiley: :daumenhoch:
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+1 Really appreciate the work you put in to get these posted up :4_17_5:
Johnnyringo:
An open letter from Johnny Ringo
Oldschoolmags .com was built on the simple notion that ‘When everyone contributes, then everyone benefits’. The idea being that people share whatever resources that have in order to build a huge online BMX library. Unfortunately the reality has turned out to be quite different. While a lot of work has been done in building the library (and I am quite proud of what has been achieved so far), most of the contributing has been done by a small minority while the vast majority of users seem content to sit back and do all the benefiting.
It staggers me to think that so few people seem to believe that the site is worth supporting and that there are so many people out there who are happy to keep taking without any thought of giving anything back.
THE SITE DOES NOT RUN ITSELF NOR DOES IT PAY FOR ITSELF. The site was not set up to make money but to keep these magazines and books freely available to all members of the oldschool community. Up to this point, some of the costs have been covered by a small group of 12 or so financial supporters and the rest has come out of my own pocket. This is neither fair nor exceptable.
The simple reality is that if everyone who uses the site on a regular basis just kicked in $5 each then the site running costs would be covered for the next couple of years. Is this an unfair expectation? Is it not worth putting in a couple of dollars in order to have these documents available? The fact that so few people have been willing to give up to this point would suggest that the answer is no, it’s not worth it. And if that is the case then what’s the point of continuing?
I have tried in the past to subtly encourage users to make a small contribution but these have yielded little support. Perhaps I was being too subtle. More likely though, it’s just that people don’t care.
Now I understand that some people simply cannot afford to give. And that’s fine. I have no problem with that. But what does bother me is that there are a lot of site users who are happy to spend hundreds of dollars on some old bike part to finish of their ‘latest build’ and yet they won’t put in $5 or $10 to support a resource from which they benefit so greatly. It’s this short-sighted and selfish attitude that is the hardest thing for me to swallow. And if this attitude continues then the site cannot.
So the point is this: site users need to take more responsibility in helping the site to continue to grow. If more people do not start contributing financially then the site will either have to become a paid membership site or it will close. Both of these are very real options at this point.
You’ve been warned. Either support the site or lose it. It’s your choice.
End rant.
Johnny Ringo.
bobafett:
At $5 a shout I reckon paid membership would be the way forward - I for one would be happy to pay a few dollars to continue using this great site :daumenhoch:
MartyC:
--- Quote from: bobafett on November 08, 2010, 11:48 AM ---
At $5 a shout I reckon paid membership would be the way forward - I for one would be happy to pay a few dollars to continue using this great site :daumenhoch:
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+1 It's such a valuable resource for all of us and $5 is about the price of a large flat white ;)
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