09-22-2021, 11:59 PM
(09-22-2021, 07:58 PM)taylortbb Wrote: There's been discussions of this before in various threads, but I wanted to revive the discussion in a dedicated thread.
I'd like to suggest we eliminate the total attachment size limit for all users. The per-attachment limit is reasonable, so people don't upload videos.
Right now unlimited attachments is a perk of being a paid user, but as a paid user I don't think it's good for the forum overall. New users may not upload photos that would otherwise be valuable contributions to the forum.
Making free users dependent on external image hosting also results in old threads full of dead photos.
I'd honestly be okay with the only perk of membership being no ads, that's what I'm really paying for, but for now attachment limits are my main issue.
It might be a combination of things: paid premium users + ads for none none premium members + limit attachments for some = a working business model.
Now, I have no clue how much it costs to run this site, especially in terms of data storage. I'm guessing it's not cheap -- nor the time needed to keep it running properly. Maybe we can extend it to non premium members, but obviously not my call.