Topic: I've had an idea for a forum!

[jalfreziT]

It goes like this:

Members will develop their own curry recipes and go to the trouble of documenting these recipes on the forum.

Members will also freely give unconditional advice and support to others, driven purely by a shared love of curry.

At some point the forum owner decides that everyone should pay a tenner a year to access the forum content.

Members who gave freely wonder why they should pay a tenner, simply to view content they have freely given to the community. Few (if any) of the knowledgeable curry experts pay the tenner.

The only question is, what happens next,.....

[Argie Bhaji]

I think the forum will die.

Andy

[JonG]

Have I missed something? Is this forum switching to a subscription model?

[mickyp]

No, JT is referring to another forum that has done that and which no doubt will die, through the action of making his forum a pay site the owner has truly bitten the hands of those that feed it.

[JonG]

Ok I see. I

[mickyp]

Ok I see. I

[Peripatetic Phil]

Might one ask, without a full URL appearing in the answer, where this forum might be found ?

[pap rika]

Phil I believe they may be referring to this forum. Full URL included intentionally, most members know the elephant in the room http://www.bircurries.co.uk.

Regards pap rika

[mickyp]

Phil I believe they may be referring to this forum http://www.bircurries.co.uk.

No complete URL there

[livo]

Down the bottom right corner of that Page (just above the picture of the onion bhajis) it still says "Registration is free!"