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[KulrMeStoopid]

But if you donate anonymously you'll be excluded from giveaways/competitions in the future if the proposal goes through. In my oppinion the forum is either free to everyone and everyone is equal or it's subscription only and everyone is treated equal. I've been on forums where donators status was visible before and it wasn't too popular.

Daz

Someone on the team can verify if you donated And I think if a vendor were to ask us to, we'd be more than happy to do so

The forum is free to everyone and it's also a choice to use it or not. We wouldn't give any special treatment to a "donator" over someone who hasn't.
Regardless, we haven't initiated a rank image or user group to identify those who have and no vendor has based a comp off of who's donated and who hasn't. BUT if a vendor wanted to do that, why would we stop them? it is their choice on how they run a comp within reason, not ours

 

[Mrdazjones]

Someone on the team can verify if you donated And I think if a vendor were to ask us to, we'd be more than happy to do so

The forum is free to everyone and it's also a choice to use it or not. We wouldn't give any special treatment to a "donator" over someone who hasn't.
Regardless, we haven't initiated a rank image or user group to identify those who have and no vendor has based a comp off of who's donated and who hasn't. BUT if a vendor wanted to do that, why would we stop them? it is their choice on how they run a comp within reason, not ours

Then the vendor is discriminating against people who haven't donated, or donated anonymously. Your forum though so up to you and the powers that be what happens, just offering my advice based on previous experience on other forums.

Daz

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

Then the vendor is discriminating against people who haven't donated, or donated anonymously. Your forum though so up to you and the powers that be what happens, just offering my advice based on previous experience on other forums.

Daz

You have to think about it though too, how many comps take place on Facebook and how many of our forum members dont have facebook? Or vendors offer a comp through a purchase from their site, but a some members wouldn't/can't buy something?

It's the same concept. We'd have to be fair across the board in that aspect and then prevent vendors from advertising any kind of comp that wasnt specific to our forum/site, which in turn would complicate things even further for us and for the vendors and probably lose the forum a good bit of traffic generated by those vendors and those competitions.

I appreciate your point of view, but we haven't made any decisions as for a userrank or identifying tag for donators and there aren't any comps for donators only...don't eat the chicken before its cooked and all that.


PS just to be cheeky I need to point out POTV isn't like other forums It hasn't been since the day it was made and I think through suggestions and compromise we continue to meet members needs pretty adequately There was never another like us and will never be another like us

yeah yeah im gloating, but you know POTV is awesome Dont lie... you knoooooooooooooooooow eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

 

[simonsays]

Happy to have been able to help a little.

 

[Reevo]

So how do you donate? Is it that bright green "Contribute" button at the top of the page, with the tabs? lol

 

[Mawsley]

At least the ads are relevant to the site and not for dating sites or weed vapourizers

Precisely, no good to me at all.

 

[KulrMeStoopid]

So how do you donate? Is it that bright green "Contribute" button at the top of the page, with the tabs? lol

That be the one!

 

[MinhDinh]

Good news.

 

[Miss Pepper]

Done