No disagreement, Shelby...just looking for answers. There's no crime in that. And that the staff work hard? Not a single doubt in my mind. They're also good people.

Ye gawdz...I had no idea.

I agree with you.

Subscription, value and worth aren't being questioned. Not by me, at least. I'm a subscriber, and I think being kept in the loop is good customer relations, and that's good business. I, and others have been given to feel that we aren't important nor profitable. I suppose that's true...and my feelings about things haven't proven really that far off base in the past.

I care a great deal about the people here. That won't change.

As long as the big companies calls a 5 billion dollar profit when 8 billion was expected a crisis and start to fire people because of it we're going nowhere...

Correct its excellent. There are some problems everywhere but actually I don't see any problems. In fact I don't feel the site is too slow but its a bit heavy. A normal page is around 500-800 kb while some pages are upto 2-3 mb due to large amount of pix uploaded.

Nothing in the world is problem-free except for pizza.

I got food poisoning because of a pizza once, there was definetely a problem with that one.

     As long as the big companies calls a 5 billion dollar profit when 8 billion was expected a crisis and start to fire people because of it we're going nowhere...
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     Unfortunately you hit the proverbial nail on the head. If only the high muck-a-mucks would consider people above profit...but we all know that won't happen. The almighty dollar has to tight a grip on this reality.

Black money in black banks will kill worlds economy. Just imagine from where that black money came... the process through which this black money was made is responsible a great deal for the failure of economy. For example mine is a poor country but if we get our black money back from those black banks every village(10-30 families) will get US $ 20 billion and that is enough to make everyone's needs(food, health, higher education etc) satisfied.

Black is darkness.

There has always been the problem with this site that visitors far outweigh subscribers. There have been calls for ways to get more people to subscribe, but as of yet, no-one has come up with a solution.

Without an influx of cash the site will continue to decay. It's like everything else - you get what you pay for.

Black money...Black banks Am I missing something here 

I think second language problems

There was no problem...the germs found the pizza perfect.

She meant "Secretive" or "Illicit/Illegal". I'd just leave it at that and forget the rest. Fuzzy's right...language thing.

Yep, we have been in this conversation for many years haven't we Fuzzy. Oh well, to everything there is a season.

I learned long ago its " just a website " I just accept things as they are....its not like you really get a choice eh ?

[quote who="Fairyy~" reply="8" id="2183145"]Yep, we have been in this conversation for many years haven't we Fuzzy. Oh well, to everything there is a season.

 

I learned long ago its " just a website " I just accept things as they are....its not like you really get a choice eh ?
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Exactly.

lol, I suppose there's always a way for someone/something to benefit from any problem making the issue relative...

There's always a choice, you may not always like the alternatives though. "Just a website" empowers you with the choice to visit or not visit. I avoid visiting alot of websites because I don't like how they are managed, even if there are things of interest to me there. It's my way of protesting. Every hit on a site is a form of encouragement. If the number of hits go down they either need to do something or will see their site slowly fade away. Everyone should do that imho.

Very insightful, Mickeko. 

Occasionally I get things right... Don't get TOO used to it though.

That was kinda my point. It is your own choice. I have belonged to WC a long time. I used to come here at least 4 times a day or more. Now I only visit sporadically. Its a shame that the WC I remember no longer exists. Times change. People move on...skinning is no longer as popular as it once was...so Stardock has to use their resources where its needed the most. Its a business.

Glad u missed it.

Hahaha hogo resa

I understand but I can't subscribe right now. But more than visitors>> its 'downloads' that matter. You can allow limit maximum MB or GB of downloads in one year from a particular ip address without subscription.

Images used in site could be optimized.

You can make a lo-fi version too.

That is already the case.Unless you are a current customer or subscriber there is a download limit. Your profile says you have downloaded 0mb so far. If you were to download to the allowed limit,you will not be able to download anymore.