The difference being that under Drew's proposals, ALL members would be required to take a paid subscription, to be able to join groups (beyond perhaps a few) whichever groups they are. As such it is

Christos, That's an interesting point. Clearly the slot should stay reserved to that (former) member's address for at least the 7-day duration that the "Resubscription" link is

Yes. Totally different. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. - Desmond Tutu

J, "I suggest, therefore, that you create two types of users, namely free users who pay nothing and paying users who pay $2.50 per year. Free users can only join groups that have free-user slots left

The reason Drew’s proposal (although possibly bad for business?) seems ok to me is that it is level. Member fees are not tied to any particular group, or “trying to get into” any pop articulate

Hi Sara, Actually, I think Mark's original Pricing Changes posting, without the addition of this topic's Proposal, would be far more onerous on GMF, or rather, on its members, in the hypothetical case

Drew makes some really good points here. This comes the closest to changing my hard stance out of anything I’ve read so far. However, I’m not sure the members themselves would go for it or how

The issue has been raised several times that if subscribers were charged directly by Groups.io they would demand extra customer support for their payment (however small that payment, I guess...). But

We all need something to take our minds off what is happening around us. That could be the explanation regarding Shal. 😀 -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy

Shal, I cannot believe you are advocating for this. If anyone is going to feel the pain of navigating this cuckoo idea, it would be you and the mods at GMF. Owners don't even know how to help their

Also, I’m not sure this fits exactly, but imagine that state x doesn’t have enough vaccine to go around, but people willing to pay can magically get their vaccine. (Apologies, it’s hard not

Shal, Because when members are offered paid accounts, in any scheme, to me that warps the space around *every* group and generally the whole system. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the

Joanie, In the proposal of the OP I think your only tools would be to buy more free user slots and/or implore those totally or partially "out" to convert to paid accounts to make more free slots

J, Ok, got it. I think. Earlier I misunderstood your objection as being a concern that Groups.io would require members to pay for their memberships. Hence my responses about it actually being

There’s another potential problem with groups.io charging members directly (in any proposal, Samuels or otherwise) and that is pet (or even human) health groups where medical issues are discussed.

We run a non-profit organization which provides socialization opportunities for people with a secret alternative lifestyle. You could think of this as a secret society for those who are not "out" yet

As I said, maybe it could be enhanced. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. - Desmond

And I am fine with Mark’s original plan, which I said as the first responder in his thread and have reaffirmed ever since. I have been responding in THIS thread to Mark’s *explicit request* for

But not on Basic groups. The method being discussed allows anyone to 'buy-in' to support GIO, owner or not, but IS NOT required. I maybe wrong, and Mark should correct me if I am, but the new pricing

No. Anything less than 1 minute before the event is ignored. Mark