Hey guys... since SimHQ is a free site, we need to bring some exclusives to our registered members as an additional incentive to register, and that is why we went this route (along with managing the bandwidth). If you haven't already, become a registered member and support SimHQ. More exclusive downloads and features are coming. And the site will remain 100% free.
For those who don't see the info/download, and you have 100+ posts but haven't posted in a while, make a new post. It may be that downloaders group was created after you last posted, and making a new post in any forum will trigger it.
Ok, so this to help boost ad sales? (otherwise more members would just mean more bandwith usage and expense, from a pure business perspective). Makes sense to me:
More members=more reason for advertisers to want to buy our ad-space, as we have concrete proof that more ppl are clicking ads.
More posts per member= an even stronger sales proposition, as it speaks to A more vibrant and engaged community.
Plus, other metrics such as how many users sign in per day, average posts per user, average page view per user, etc. help "tell the story" of why our little slice of the web is a fertile place to drill into a very picky, very demanding, yet very hungry niche market.
If I might make a humble suggestion: CombatAce allows one to donate to the site, and depending on much you donate,they'll remove the download limit for a set amount of time. Perhaps take a similar approach, wherein a new member can donate to the site and "buy" their "100 posts" privileges. Perhaps also introduce donation tiers with other perks, say an increased file upload size for bigger screens, a "supporting member" badge, or even early access to exclusive content.
I'd fork over some cash for the aforementioned items
Thoughts anyone (might as well boost your posts ppl!
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