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Originally Posted by Greg Perkins
It also weeds out the leechers who just come on to post needless things, and those who show that they would much rather benifiet from free stuff than giving.
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I disagree with this statement. Leechers grow up. If you do not give them the chance to spend time on CD, read other people's posts, benefit from the advice, then you are not giving them the chance to grow up. I started on CD as a "leecher" posting only in chit-chat or wherever it was "safe".
Also, if you do have a "you must pay" system on CD, what about guests? Or people who start threads like
such where they are recruiting?
The problem with online donations, is not many students have a credit card they can use, and many don't feel safe sending their account information online.
My collective thoughts on donations:
I think donations are a great idea. I think there should be some sort of online account set up in addition to a way for others to donate with cash (besides mail). I disagree with the support bars, because like I said earlier, if someone cannot afford to donate as much as someone else, it does not necessary mean they love CD any less. I am completely against a mandatory fee because a) some people may not be able to afford it, and b) newer users don't always understand the impact of CD until they have been using it for a while so they will not want to pay