I'm sorry, but I don't think this really works for me, nor do I think it's fair to the people who have helped built this community.

If I decided to make Universal Bear a paysite, I think I should be able to announce it right here where I've been making posts for three years. And likewise there are so many people who post in this forum and I want to read and hear about their news. I always prefer to do business with and throw traffic to people that I know.

Sorry, but the board just became a whole lot less useful for me because I never read the Announcement forum. I just don't have the time to sift through six forums on this board to see what interests me. This is my homepage, and if it doesn't catch my eye here, then I don't see it.

Why don't you deal with the offenders on an individual basis rather than penalizing members in good standing?

This is a bad idea, unless I've totally misunderstood the new rules and circumstances, which is highly possible since I'm not coffee'd yet.

Michael