Destroyer thread deleted? Why?

[CrossBones]

I with ya, can't access https://www.icmag.com/threads/bodhi-seeds-strain-companion-guide.287708/

 

[Cvh]

Premium subscribers can also access the archives. So you don't have to wait for the Veteran badge.

 

[RobFromTX]

Premium? Like you have to pay a monthly fee or something?

 

[bigsur51]

Premium? Like you have to pay a monthly fee or something?

it ain’t much Rob when one considers what they are getting for their dollar

hell , I spend more on coffee and donuts than my monthly contribution to ICMAG , somebody has to pay the bills and it may as well be the members eh….its only money

 

[WHIPEDMEAT]

not to mention @bigsur51 already has the veteran badge as well. thank you for you support!

 

[dogzter]

not to mention @bigsur51 already has the veteran badge as well. thank you for you support!

You guys are gonna wreck this forum.

 

[bigsur51]

not to mention @bigsur51 already has the veteran badge as well. thank you for you support!

no problems Amigo , it takes money to run things and with as many members that ICMAG has , well , money should not be a problem but hell if I know how much money comes into ICMAG and how much goes out

dumb question , is there any financial transparency here , like a P & L statement or something like that that is available to the members?

sort of like how a non profit organization does or a co-op , they make the financial records available to all members to see where their dollars are going….

i am up in my 70’s now and I would really like to “ retire “ here , post my Last Grow Thread here , distribute all my genetics to other cannabis lovers here , and then ride off into the sunset….

 

[RobFromTX]

I understand theres money that has to be made. But some of us stoners be broke

 

[WHIPEDMEAT]

yes @RobFromTX that is very true

 

[bigsur51]

I understand theres money that has to be made. But some of us stoners be broke

yep yep , I get it Brother , I honestly don’t know how some people are making it financially with rent and housing sky high!..

a one bdrm apt in Denver?…..fuggitaboutit!…$2-3000 a month!…and then some!…

it is obvious that the cost of living has went up but wages have not kept pace with inflation….

 

[MrKushman247]

How much could it possibly cost to run this place? Grow some weed to pay for it all lol That's what I would do

 

[RobFromTX]

yep yep , I get it Brother , I honestly don’t know how some people are making it financially with rent and housing sky high!..

a one bdrm apt in Denver?…..fuggitaboutit!…$2-3000 a month!…and then some!…

it is obvious that the cost of living has went up but wages have not kept pace with inflation….

Raising two kids drained us for sure. I quit coffee to have a savings

 

[BC LONE WOLF]

Why must we pay for something created by us, for us ?

 

[bigsur51]

Why must we pay for something created by us, for us ?

I asked that question to all the utility companies and when I quit sending them money , they shut off all my utilities and evicted me from my home

i live under the bridge now

 

[BC LONE WOLF]

I asked that question to all the utility companies and when I quit sending them money , they shut off all my utilities and evicted me from my home

i live under the bridge now

I know what you mean, and I get it. It takes money to make money.

What happens when power comes back to the people ? The utility companies are gonna come knocking door by door so we the people use their services again?

The revolution will not be televised.

One love.
Hope everything can be figured out.
I’m broke as fuck so no destroyer thread for me.

 

[Tranquilidade]

Why must we pay for something created by us, for us ?

Exactly, that content wasn't produced by icmag.com staff, it was community effort. We do agree that forum needs money to keep alive, but whoever got the idea to monetize a single post, has no clue about monetization.

 

[bigsur51]

I know what you mean, and I get it. It takes money to make money.

What happens when power comes back to the people ? The utility companies are gonna come knocking door by door so we the people use their services again?

The revolution will not be televised.

One love.
Hope everything can be figured out.
I’m broke as fuck so no destroyer thread for me.

it appears there are and will be more questions than answers at this time..

in the meantime , it is a good thing that ICMAG is still available at all..

I have been a member at some other Forums when the owners decided to take their toys home and pulled the plug , that will take one’s breath away the first time they experience a Total Blackout

like Raccoon Ridge and the 77…….Skitty pulled the plug…poof….gone.

same with one of the biggest precious metals forums , owner got paper lid and poof , Gold Is Money is gone…..

much love Brother

 

[Ca++]

Why must we pay for something created by us, for us ?

Contribute for 10 years, and then you do get access, as if you built it. Newbies have no built the place though. So are expected to pay for certain access. They get the day to day forum, with massive picture uploads. What's reserved is really old stuff, and things like commercial pages, where the vendor stopped paying. Things that take up a lot of storage space, and so many forums would just delete it.

Placing our posts on the wall of a rented space, means we will loose them when the company move out. As a billboard owner, would you let someone pay for a day, then leave their poster up forever? No, you expect revenue from your billboard, and if you did that just once, then everybody would stop paying.
It's actually nice that these rented spaces are being kept open, by the people that pay there subs, or build the forum with their time and effort. I'm not sure why any of this should be free.

Many forums sell advertising space, based on traffic. Our problem is that other sites operate stronger policies towards backdoor trading. Tell people you are bean trading through PM on most sites, and you get a ban. Here, a mod may offer a youtube video, congratulating you.

It has been suggested that openly trading seeds and clones will increase seed sales for vendors. Bringing in more revenue

 

[BC LONE WOLF]

Contribute for 10 years, and then you do get access, as if you built it. Newbies have no built the place though. So are expected to pay for certain access. They get the day to day forum, with massive picture uploads. What's reserved is really old stuff, and things like commercial pages, where the vendor stopped paying. Things that take up a lot of storage space, and so many forums would just delete it.

Placing our posts on the wall of a rented space, means we will loose them when the company move out. As a billboard owner, would you let someone pay for a day, then leave their poster up forever? No, you expect revenue from your billboard, and if you did that just once, then everybody would stop paying.
It's actually nice that these rented spaces are being kept open, by the people that pay there subs, or build the forum with their time and effort. I'm not sure why any of this should be free.

Many forums sell advertising space, based on traffic. Our problem is that other sites operate stronger policies towards backdoor trading. Tell people you are bean trading through PM on most sites, and you get a ban. Here, a mod may offer a youtube video, congratulating you.

It has been suggested that openly trading seeds and clones will increase seed sales for vendors. Bringing in more revenue

You have a point mate, no one leaves the billboard with old merch, no one gets a free month of rent.

 

[Ca++]

You have a point mate, no one leaves the billboard with old merch, no one gets a free month of rent.

@Tranquilidade is certainly not the first person to suffer, due to an advertiser withdrawing their forum. For ultimately, it is the advertiser who pays for their own space, and then stops paying. Thus the space is gone.

Sometimes a good advertiser just goes missing. No payment, and no contact. The IC guys will do their best to make contact in these cases, and if the advertiser has good history, give free rent for a limitted time. Nobody is keen to loose good resources.


If people loose a thread in this manner, there is nothing to stop them opening another. With many of us able to see the archives, the answers are still available. This is a real bonus, for people willing to pick up the bill. Or the time served, amongst us.