Thank you for your answers, Myplanet2, that give info regarding the developpement of the Projects, and the overall intention. Which is good ;-)
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I personally think subscription is the way to go, for many reasons.
If I was them, I'd not like to have to depend on whether any felt like paying me something this month so I can pay my rent, or stock my refridgerator. Subscriptions will be predictable. Donations are not. What if your employer, or clients got to pay you "at their discretion"? How would that make you feel?
Me too.
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I might be not the best person to ask this question to. Being self-employed I always depend upon how good my products are, be it in music, real estate or personal consulting. It's up to me to get myself more known and perfect my skills so public and customers "feel like paying me". It's actually my "thermometer" of how good at what I'm doing I am. Sometimes that induces stress, sometimes it's abundance - but I wouldn't change that basic operation (nor would I advocate you should do as I do, lol)
So I go by subscription AND/OR donations, whichever shoe fits, so long as it doesn't exclude potential customers. (I don't worry about the "bad guys", sooner or later those leave on their own)
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There is going to be a great deal of added value to being a member here. It's never just been a place where people can go to yak. You can do that anywhere.
This place has always been purposefully created as a meeting/networking place for ground crew. Many hundreds who never understood that, or simply didn't care, have turned the forum into a majorly "off topic" forum. Much is on topic, but much is off topic.
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Well... it's difficult or sometimes nearly impossible to keep a forum on one topic anyway. The important thing is the overall intention of a group isn't swamped in endless digressions.
Anyway - thanks for the clarifications answering my questions and putting the projects in perspective.
Pierrot