Why is it the Last DU Fund Drive??

[Revolution]

LaydeeBug  (1000+ posts)       Sun Nov-13-11 08:19 PM
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Why is it the last DU fund drive ever?
 just wondering...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2300748

 

The stooooooooopid is just beyond reproach. I figured you all could use a laugh. It tickled my funny bone pretty good.

[franksolich]

The primitives are actually moaning about that my fellow alum has "no more plans" to milk them?

[Revolution]

I guess...? I took it as she is just stupider than the rest. I mean, Skimmer's thread is still top of the page.

[franksolich]

I guess...? I took it as she is just stupider than the rest. I mean, Skimmer's thread is still top of the page.

I suspect the primitive's just an attention whore.

She could very well have asked the question in my fellow alum's campfire, but no, she wants to show off by having her own exclusive campfire burning.

[Revolution]

She knows about next month.  One measly thread ain't gonna get you there, Ladybug. If anything, there'll be a stray comment or two about looking for one's self to find information.

Is this brainiac still an Unterprimitiven, Frank, or has she done anything of merit besides look really dumb?

[franksolich]

She knows about next month.  One measly thread ain't gonna get you there, Ladybug. If anything, there'll be a stray comment or two about looking for one's self to find information.

Is this brainiac still an Unterprimitiven, Frank, or has she done anything of merit besides look really dumb?

No, she's still a lumpenunterprimitiven, part of the faceless lynch mob on Skins's island.  It's too hard to distinguish between her and all the other primitives.

[GOBUCKS]

The primitives are actually moaning about that my fellow alum has "no more plans" to milk them?

Surely no one believes that's truly his plan.

Skimmer spends all day, every day, dreaming of ways to wring more cash out of the DUmbasses crawling around his ant farm.

[miskie]

The primitives are actually moaning about that my fellow alum has "no more plans" to milk them?

Oh no - he plans to milk the hell out of the remaining primitives with excess money. A star was good for a year, now it isn't.

Estimations indicate the average primitive donated $20 a year ($5 per drive) - now the price has more than doubled if one elects a regular yearly donation ($42), or triples if one pays monthly ($60)

-It looks like Skins & Co. are planning on joining the 1% - how does that make you feel, primitives ?

[NHSparky]

Face it, DUmmies--$kammer can't afford as many Hawaiian vacations as he used to since you cheap ****ers won't pony up.

[ScubaGuy]

sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Nov-14-11 08:59 AM
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I see the new DU membership rates as a Flat Tax
   
Talk me down?

Dummies

Oh noes he's going to charge a fixed fee to join. 

Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Nov-14-11 08:31 AM
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How about a thread for POSITIVE ideas to help Skinner make an equitable fee structure?
   
I see a lot of people who are just complaining, or are upset that Skinner's new $42 annual fee will be a burden for many. I agree, it will be. My biggest fear is that the structure will discourage the donation of donor stars to others, at least for periods beyond one month. There are a lot of DUers, and I'm sure there are a lot of different ideas out there. I've posted a few in other threads, such as tiered memberships -- a cheaper membership which includes SOME advertising, but not as bad as a free membership. I've seen this work on other sites. Or a quarterly rate, or a rate that doesn't include access to PMs and custom avatars and minor stuff.

The point is, Skinner, love it or hate it, is trying to run a business. I know that causes many on DU recoil in horror, like garlic to a vampire, but it's reality. This kinda stuff is expensive to run. $1 donations, as I've seen some suggest, don't make economic sense once the $1 PayPal fees and/or VISA/MasterCard merchant fees are factored in. I don't have the answers, but I'd rather see a thread devoted to helping find some answers instead of just another thread where everyone just hates on the proposed new system and calls out other DUers as elitist because they say $42 won't hurt them. That doesn't help anyone.

So...anyone have some brilliant idea to help Skinner monetize the site that won't alienate many of the regular small-donors. Remember, a LOT of people are perfectly happy to deal with DU's ads, judging by the number of posters I see with no stars. Maybe you can start by simply installing a browser with an ad blocker?

More Dummies

Just think we get the entertainment for free.

 

[USA4ME]

Atman

How about a thread for POSITIVE ideas to help Skinner make an equitable fee structure?

Skinner's got it made.  Even his little mindless monkeys are fighting over different approachs they can take to give him more of their money.

.

[GOBUCKS]

Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts)Mon Nov-14-11 08:31 AM
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How about a thread for POSITIVE ideas to help Skinner make an equitable fee structure?

That is hilarious! Pedro Picasso thinks Skimmer cares what the DUmbasses think!

We already knew Pedro was among the DUmbest of all the DUmpmonkeys, in a class with Beth and Larry L. Burks, but this takes the cake.

I think it's time for the braintrust at Mission Control to shut off his internet access again, and get him back to drawing blank speech bubbles for the number two cartoon boy to complete.

[67 Rover]

Face it, DUmmies--$kammer can't afford as many Hawaiian vacations as he used to since you cheap ****ers won't pony up.

Actually it's because he now has to purchase an additional seat for the spawn.

[Revolution]

Note to self: $kimmer should be one of my nominees purely for stirring up the hive so much with his ***MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT***.

[franksolich]

That is hilarious! Pedro Picasso thinks Skimmer cares what the DUmbasses think!

We already knew Pedro was among the DUmbest of all the DUmpmonkeys, in a class with Beth and Larry L. Burks, but this takes the cake.

I think it's time for the braintrust at Mission Control to shut off his internet access again, and get him back to drawing blank speech bubbles for the number two cartoon boy to complete.

It's typical of my evil twin.

What I got out of that by Pedro Picasso, the Atman primitive, is: "I've already got mine, so I don't know what everybody else is complaining about."

His usual attitude.

[miskie]

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