Heh...speaking of boolprop.com...
They've recently started turning to their flock of mostly teenaged members for donations to cover their $200 per month hosting fees. Yes...I said per month. I'm thinking $200 a month would get me a decent car, not to mention I don't like the thought of exploiting the naivety of teenaged kids. Do I think they're being ripped off? Hell yes. Don't try to tell them that though, they'll defend their ways until they're blue in the face. Precious group, ain't they?
Well I already mentioned it on Boolprop but since Denimjo thinks its in bad taste I will say it here aswell =]
Boolprop is not exploiting niave teenage members, if you check the trophy list you will see that only one member that has donated was a teen(that person being NovaMiniMan)..of course you would have no way of knowing that without knowing the members of the site though :wink:
I apologize for making it sound as though I thought anyone was taking advantage of anyone else, as I don't think it intentional. But the fact remains, you guys are being ripped off, whether you want to admit it or not. I'm sure whatever plan you have works for you, and I don't fault people for wanting to donate to a site they like and appreciate. But at the same time, I think the site owners could be saving a lot of money, and not have the need to ask for donations, or charge for certain download sets, like they do now. But whatever, it's their life. If they want to spend that kind of money to upkeep an internet site, then that's their business, I suppose.