Menhir said:
Let's take this for example:
http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showpost.php?p=158582&postcount=28
That are exactly the postings I mean - doesn't say, "just contributing members can edit" and I would still go with "as a Contributor you can buy special privileges such as...." no - it's always under the point "giving something back" and that means money in that case and thats the point according to my previous postings that I don't go with.
When someone gets to hear that, that joined in June05 with 42 Postings - how much do I have to give back then? :shrugs:
I don't want to talk again that this feeling was there before "privileges" where cut and therefore it now got me to write these things cause I did several times already...
I sooooooooo knew that something I wrote was going to be used here for this discussion.
Again, this is the problem with reading things online. You read them as how you want, and not always how the writer intended it to be read (heard). It was just a light-hearted joke about contributing, not a snooty comment at all.
I still do not understand why this is such an issue. I however, have noticed that since this discussion started the signatures of many people have gotten much more sarcastic due to the complaining about the whole 'contributing' thing. I personally find it hilarious, because this whole discussion is ridiculous.
This is the thing. Cornsnakes.com is a private website, owned by Rich. Therefore, Rich is the dictator of said website, and anything he says, goes. Nothing on here is a right, but everything in fact is a privilege.
priv·i·lege Audio pronunciation of "privilege" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prv-lj, prvlj)
n.
1.
1. A special advantage, immunity, permission, right, or benefit granted to or enjoyed by an individual, class, or caste. See Synonyms at right.
The point is that Rich can ban whomever he wants, whenever he wants, and nobody can do anything about it. He can make anybody he wants a moderator if he wishes, and there's no second vote. He takes the time out of his busy schedule to create this website, tend to it when it's down, and spends money out of his own pocket to add things to it (hello spell check) and keep it running. None of that is cheap, especially when you consider that his time is better spent in the snake rooms or just relaxing than sitting online.
So, it's a privilege to post here since it's a private website. Rich feels that people who go out of their way to help him financially with the website deserve a kick-back, and he's given us those special privilges.
I still don't know what the big deal is about that, or why there are any complaints.
