One of the things I am wondering is with the purchase of a subscription, will a user become exempt or protected more greatly from things like banning or issues such as that? $10.00 for a lifetime membership seems a fair amount and hopefully is enough to, in the long run, keep the site afloat. However, as I was banned for about a week for an invalid reason, if I had already been a subscriber, I would have been getting blocked from a service I have paid to use and that, in my opinion, would be absolutely out of the question.
I'm not saying the subscription is a bad idea, because I know what it's like to pay for upkeep, domain name rights, server costs, etc. What I am saying is that with the site becoming a paid subscription site essentially, does that warrant slightly increased leniency with some things? Does it mean you'll get flamed less for making a request? Does it mean you're not going to have to deal with seeing things like a silver platter when you ask a question?
These are the kinds of questions that pop into my head when I was thinking about the subscription. I'll probably subscribe after my next paycheck anyway but I figured I'd ask.
