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shLong



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What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? 1
#21978684 - 07/22/15 01:56 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I posted this to the WAF forum, but that doesn't get a lot of traffic, so I'll copy it here and see how y'all feel. Link to orignal thread titled "A Shroomery version of Reddit Gold"
Copy and pasting the OP:
"Just a brainstorm I had... On reddit you can buy credits and gift them to people for posts of theirs you enjoyed. It unlocks certain features for that member for a month or something. I've never gotten it because reddit seems to hate me, but perhaps an admin could implement something here that's similar to get more revenue. I was thinking little shrooms instead of gold. Depending on the value/cost of each credit, you could make it so 4 (or however many) shrooms you get equals a month or whatever of supporter status. In essence, it'd be like a mega +1. Those who have extra cash could choose to spend it here, those that don't can just continue along like always.
Also, you could assign a value to them and they could be used as credits towards a purchase at the store, if the person would rather do that instead of get a supporter account.
Not sure if it'd work here or not, but perhaps couldn't hurt to try. (I'm unsure whether this site turns a profit or not)"
and a reply by me later in the thread:
"It's a way to get nice things to people here without spending $10 on them at a pop. Sure some people are nice enough to buy supporter accounts for folks, but that's fairly seldom. This would be like 1/4 the cost of that and people who would more willing to "shroom" a post and then that user when they've been shroomed enough, could either get their own supporter account with their shrooms or put it towards that Shroomery hoodie they've been eyeing up."
"It may give people incentive to post quality shit and improve the community (given, I'm not one to talk)."
"I'd imagine the coding or whatever required would be a bitch and may not be worth the effort, but figured I'd throw it out there. "
and another
"It'd just be cheaper than directly buying them a supporter account... For instance. Each shroom would cost $2.50 and you could buy 10 to have on hand for when you see a post you like. ($25)... When the member gets 4 shrooms, they're able to use their shrooms for a $10 account for a month or a store discount or whatever.
I just think if it was possible to implement, the pros would be fairly big and the cons would be minimal. "
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The idea isn't to be more like reddit or anything, but I thought perhaps we could benefit from this. If you're broke and can't spend any extra cash, then nothing at all will change for you...except maybe you'll get free shit from time to time... If you have money and wanna spend it, it'd be another way to support the site.
If you vote no, could you please give your dissenting opinion?
Edited by shLong (07/22/15 02:07 AM)
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: shLong]
#21978755 - 07/22/15 02:35 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Honestly I see it as creating more drama we don't really need. I've been a long standing member of a lot of forums, and anytime a new feature like that (not necessarily where points = monetary value but just in general, +1's, shroom ratings etc) is introduced, it inevitably leads to a lot of unnecessary drama.
One way I can already see it going bad is that within a month or two you'll have members calling out other members for being "shroom whores" and posting BS just to get the shrooms. You'll also be driving a wedge further into the sense of community here, This will only increase the circle jerking between the cliques. Overall I think it would have a negative impact.
What makes this site so special to me is the diversity and the willingness of everyone to speak their mind on any given subject. Many heated debates occur because of those differing opinions. The site would be pretty damn boring if it was just a bunch of people circle jerking each other and trying to please the masses in hopes that one would cough up the magical golden shroom.
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: Shroomslip]
#21978776 - 07/22/15 02:47 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Shroomslip said: One way I can already see it going bad is that within a month or two you'll have members calling out other members for being "shroom whores" and posting BS just to get the shrooms. You'll also be driving a wedge further into the sense of community here, This will only increase the circle jerking between the cliques. Overall I think it would have a negative impact.
I'm not sure about this. No matter what you post, there still has to be somebody out there who liked it enough to spend $x.xx on it...and if it's good enough for someone to award you on it, then more power to ya (is my way of thinking about it)
I really don't see it much different than people +1ing a post, just now people will actually benefit from it
but I do understand your point and appreciate your 2 cents on the matter
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: Shroomslip]
#21978780 - 07/22/15 02:49 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
Shroomslip said:
What makes this site so special to me is the diversity and the willingness of everyone to speak their mind on any given subject. Many heated debates occur because of those differing opinions. The site would be pretty damn boring if it was just a bunch of people circle jerking each other and trying to please the masses in hopes that one would cough up the magical golden shroom.
This right here is why I wouldn't be in favor of downvoting posts...(a reddit feature that was discussed being implemented here briefly)
THAT would drive a wedge and make people not wanna speak their mind.. The shrooms I don't feel would do that since if you speak your mind with an unpopular opinion, it'd just be business as usual
Edited by shLong (07/22/15 09:30 AM)
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: shLong]
#21979285 - 07/22/15 07:54 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Does anyone have an idea about how much money this site currently makes? I'm just curious. I don't know anything about how sites operate and how much (if any) a site like this would bring home. $500 a year? $5,000?
Edited by shLong (07/22/15 08:07 AM)
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: shLong]
#21979367 - 07/22/15 08:25 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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I've only been on reddit for a couple months now and I was gifted a month of reddit gold for helping someone out the other day. Aside from being able to customize the appearance thoroughly and having access to a few gold only subs, I haven't really figured out what having a gold membership is really good for.
If you don't mind, could you expand on what appeals to you about having a reddit gold membership?
As just a general idea, and how you described it in the OP here, I think it's great and anything that can bring added revenue to the site is a plus. 
There is one thing that I think really needs to be implemented on the site, regardless of supporter or not membership status. A floating "back to top" button would make me so happy. Maybe it's just because I have my settings at max. for posts per page but I find it really annoying having to scroll up manually every time I'm going through a thread.
For those of you that don't know what I'm talking about, just check any random article on Buzzfeed.com. It'll have a button on the top right of the page at all times.
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: shLong]
#21979394 - 07/22/15 08:31 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: Zombi3]
#21979566 - 07/22/15 09:21 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Kron.. I have no clue what reddit gold does. I've never gotten it... But that's not the point here. It's just using their idea of gifting things to other members, but using what we have available here. Which I'm sure you know what we have here. (supporter status/merchandise, etc)
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: Zombi3]
#21979572 - 07/22/15 09:22 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Zombi3 said: Money causes cancer
Cures it, too. Ironic, eh?
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: shLong]
#21979649 - 07/22/15 09:50 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yea, I understood what you meant in the OP. I was just curious about the reddit gold...
Like I said though, I think what you posted is a great idea and I would certainly be more motivated to spend money here if it was a $2.50 minimum instead of $10. Be it for supporter accounts or merchandise.
The one thing I have no clue about is how difficult the coding would be for such an undertaking and if we even have an admin/mod here capable of such coding.
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: kr0nik0]
#21979663 - 07/22/15 09:54 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah, I have no idea. Andy seemed to always be down for weird shit like this, but alas, no dice there.
Ythan isn't around much, and Asante is pretty much only good for global stickies about MXE in his butthole.
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: shLong]
#21979735 - 07/22/15 10:13 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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11$ for 10 mega plus ones.
1$ goes to the shroomery.
10$ goes towards 10 comments of your choice.
User can use their bankroll to buy item in the store (which the shroomery also profits from)
The only problem I can foresee:
- Refunds instead of of giving the +1s away, therefore a strict no refund policy has to be enforced
- Users wanting to withdraw the funds they recieve from their comments in order to buy drugs of some shit. Therefore a strict spend in store only policy. has to be enforced. Otherwise Ythan will be flooded with sob stories as to why he's got to give the cash value instead of selling an item in his store.
- Oops, I accidentely given a +1 to a comment I didn't mean to, can you reset itplease : ( Theanswer is a strict NO! Several confirmations are gonna be needed before donating.
I can see this idea working and be profitable.
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Re: What do you guys think of this idea for the site...? [Re: Patlal]
#21979747 - 07/22/15 10:16 AM (8 years, 6 months ago) |
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They're not mega +1s... They're golden shrooms
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