Jay in DC
Master Donor
- Joined
- Jul 15, 2014
- Messages
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I am not going to throw shade around like a lot of others here but I will say my piece and then sh-t the **** up.
You see several people like myself on this thread w/ that 'Master Donor' or higher tag on our name? We got that because we found a guy who had integrity giving something away that required a f-ck of a lot of hard work and effort ---FOR FREE---. We realize this was unsustainable and so we paid him because it was the ethical thing to do? Why? Ethical treatment breeds the same. If you can say with a straight face you are going to provide the same content in a totally straightforward and ethical fashion then more power to you. MAF was saying he basically cannot continue so I expected this site to fold anyways. Maybe this will allow it to limp along a bit more or maybe something amazing will appear.
But my 'spidey sense' tells me this smell of monetization, going 'whaling', and loot boxes. All of which are garbage trends that need to die. I also echo what another commenter posted. If I am going to have to move into a subscription based model vs. here where I could just throw big chunks of cash around as I saw fit because I wanted to support a guy working his freakin' ass off why not CheatHappens? They are way ahead of the curve on all of this.
I am a grown up I realize the economics vs. time issue here was not favorable to MAF I just hope that the years of extreme loyalty and good 'feelz' that have been cultivated here are not pissed away because we are now dollar signs instead of users. Many businesses have been burned down due to this loss of goodwill when there is a buy out.
My unsolicited .02, peace,
--Jay
You see several people like myself on this thread w/ that 'Master Donor' or higher tag on our name? We got that because we found a guy who had integrity giving something away that required a f-ck of a lot of hard work and effort ---FOR FREE---. We realize this was unsustainable and so we paid him because it was the ethical thing to do? Why? Ethical treatment breeds the same. If you can say with a straight face you are going to provide the same content in a totally straightforward and ethical fashion then more power to you. MAF was saying he basically cannot continue so I expected this site to fold anyways. Maybe this will allow it to limp along a bit more or maybe something amazing will appear.
But my 'spidey sense' tells me this smell of monetization, going 'whaling', and loot boxes. All of which are garbage trends that need to die. I also echo what another commenter posted. If I am going to have to move into a subscription based model vs. here where I could just throw big chunks of cash around as I saw fit because I wanted to support a guy working his freakin' ass off why not CheatHappens? They are way ahead of the curve on all of this.
I am a grown up I realize the economics vs. time issue here was not favorable to MAF I just hope that the years of extreme loyalty and good 'feelz' that have been cultivated here are not pissed away because we are now dollar signs instead of users. Many businesses have been burned down due to this loss of goodwill when there is a buy out.
My unsolicited .02, peace,
--Jay