Introducing Premium Subscriptions!

submitted by CrazyJ on Sunday, July 29 2001 at 12:09 PM

Borrowing a page from our friends at Ars Technica, we have decided to implement a voluntary subscription plan for Premium Subscriptions. We have considered a voluntary donation plan but maintaining an impartial atmosphere with relation to user benefits would be very difficult. We feel that our subscription plan designed with explicity defined perks is most beneficial to everyone. The subscription includes :

- A custom status name of your choosing.
- HTML posting access in all message areas (message board, story comments, calendar comments, private mail). This means big fonts and COLORS!

We would like to emphasize that the motivation for subscribing should be centered around supporting The Wolf Web, not just the aquisition of the special benefits. We take pride in providing an open forum for students to talk without the influence of authority or special interest. If we can support ourselves then we can keep it that way! Sign up or find more info here!

posted by JAllen1127 on Sunday, July 29 2001 at 12:12 PM

yay

7/29/2001 12:21:38 PM

Allowing HTML in messages may not be the smartest idea...

7/29/2001 2:33:46 PM

I have to agree with xienze.

7/29/2001 2:41:17 PM

I was thinking the same thing, xienze.

7/29/2001 2:41:29 PM

Quote :

"Abuse of HTML is prohibited. Subscribed users are still obligated to abide by the Posting Guidelines. "

-from the signup page


We will not tolerate abuse...appropriate measures will be taken against subscribers who abuse HTML, or do not follow the posting guidelines for that matter. They will not receive any special consideration with regards to moderation.

[Edited on July 29, 2001 at 2:47 PM. Reason : ]

7/29/2001 2:46:59 PM

I just shrugged my head...

7/29/2001 2:49:49 PM

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT MIGHT NOT BE THE SMARTEST IDEA?


[Edited on July 29, 2001 at 3:04 PM. Reason : perfection ]

7/29/2001 3:03:07 PM

hahahah

7/29/2001 3:03:51 PM

lol, keep this thing up, i'll prolly sign up by the end of the week

7/29/2001 3:20:47 PM

oh, and how bout a normal link to signup on the main page?

7/29/2001 3:21:07 PM

I am trying to sign up guys but it takes like a week for the paypal account to register. Can't I just bring you some dough?

7/29/2001 3:38:42 PM

haha, somebody moderate the moderator!!

is it possible to get a special status name without paying $$? Between books and food and other crap i dont have any dough to spare...and on top of that i applied for a special status a MONTH AGO!!

7/29/2001 3:48:41 PM

hey how much would I have to pay you to be a moderator too?? justkidding

7/29/2001 3:52:56 PM

jsquared: i have to pay for books and food and other crap too. that is why I started the subscriptions! trust me, it costs a LOT more for me than it does you

7/29/2001 4:05:30 PM

I don't mind paying for this, Jake spends so much time and money on this site anyway, the least we can do is help out a little bit

7/29/2001 4:26:47 PM

hey question........can i pay this paypal thing with my debit card? or does it have to be a credit card??????

7/29/2001 6:09:50 PM

girlie, i sent them money from my checking account... just sign up and log in and add your checking accout

7/29/2001 6:15:31 PM

Wolfweb~collecting account numbers everywhere

7/29/2001 7:58:26 PM

uhhh we don't have access to the account numbers...paypal is a third party that manages the exchange of money.

7/29/2001 8:17:15 PM

and how much is this subscription?

7/29/2001 9:10:30 PM

nasteeerr

http://www.brentroad.com/help/premium_signup.aspx

7/29/2001 9:28:06 PM

crazyj, can i just give you $25 cash in person? i have always been leery of paying things online (I had my debit card number from my old bank stolen twice within a year...). i am in summer school here (NCSU) so i could give u the $ anytime really...

7/29/2001 10:59:37 PM

This shit could get expensive. At the cheapest rate, its $100 for the rest of college. Damn you seniors gettting out early.

7/30/2001 1:19:57 AM

ain't got the dough so no

7/30/2001 11:11:10 AM

yeah, can I just pay cash? I'm at the abbey enough...

7/30/2001 11:26:43 AM

it would be SOOO much easier for us to exclusively accept payments through PayPal. they are very reliable and they keep track of all of our records (for tax purposes ). all accounts are insured up to $100,000 against unauthorized transactions. these guys are good. they won't fuck up. they have over a million CC numbers in their database. if they WOULD fuck up, it would be major news. go here for more info on their security policies.

7/30/2001 11:54:23 AM

can the status name be changed if we decide we don't like it anymore?

7/31/2001 10:05:07 AM

????

7/31/2001 10:09:10 AM

Guys, it's really worth $2.50 a month to have this much fun!!!

and besides...

Dave Raggett says HTML IS FUN!

[Edited on July 31, 2001 at 3:49 PM. Reason : hehe]

7/31/2001 3:48:24 PM

yay, now people can write "fuck" in really big colored flashing letters...

7/31/2001 9:07:32 PM

not flashing, because the blink tag has been depricated

but i can write FUCK!

hehe.. sorry but you guys asked for it consider it an advertisement

8/1/2001 10:38:18 AM

someone would have to teach me HTML first

8/1/2001 11:12:38 PM

see you dont really have to learn html in full, just know some of the tags. see that dave ragget site above, it's pretty detailed for the stuff you'd need

8/3/2001 12:42:26 PM

aCquisition.

you guys really need an editor

8/16/2001 2:50:24 PM