Insider or Outsider? To be or not to be,...?

Without calling them names I will not be talking to the people with yellow badges. Farewell.

Elizabeth, according to what you said you are already 'paying' Audiogon by theoretically making money for them without any compensation to you. But you are not leaving. If you want to be a person of conviction - leave now. You put yourself in a trap. Paying membership fees would change nothing in this respect. I am against differentiation and splitting of membership not against reasonable fees.

Also, yellow badges will steer clear of threads that I start. I will throw you out right away even if to do it I might have to cancel the entire thread. I hope I made it perfectly clear.

Not having a yellow badge is, for me, a badge of honor.

Like Elizabeth said only about a hundred active members here. Most won't subscribe me included. Someone puts a post on the insider. 2 hours. 12 hours. 2 days. 3 days. Then you might get a response similar to " Well I haven't personally  listened to the Acme 309 MK II but if it's anything like the Acme 206 from 01 it should be a winner"  All because there would be a few survivors on an island and would have to count on each other to survive. If audiogon wants more cash in their coffers I would rather them place ads between forum posts and increase ad fees. AKA Youtube. With the increased revenue place the moderator in a more aggressive role. Send out forum rules to all members with a check box to acknowledge. If they make me pay to play then I will just sign up to Audiokharma or Audioasylum and hang out there.