Posted by sar on November 19, 2001, at 17:24:17
In reply to Re: an idea?, posted by Dr. Bob on November 18, 2001, at 21:25:30
hello,
as a babbler now, i probably wouldn't mind paying a reasonable fee for use of the site...however, if i'd never used it before, i'd immediately be turned off. (in addition, i don't have a credit card--ahm, some of us have "impulsivity" problems...!)
i've been plenty of psych boards that're pretty lame...so if i had to pay to get into this one, what would i be expecting/risking? i wouldn't take that risk if i didn't know how cool this place is.
do you mean that ppl who asked questions to the professional of the week (or whatever) would be charged, or everyone would be charged? i've never asked the guest speakers any questions, so that's not a service i'd want to pay for. personally, i don't care if we have guests, but i'more of a psycho-social babbler, so maybe i'm different in that respect...
can you tell us again, Bob, how this site is being funded? i know it was brought up in another thread, but i think a refresher course would help put things in order.
and this may be controversial, but i think that most respected psychs earn enough $$$ to do a free bit of online-counselling...it's not a service that i expect, but what if you chose from a pool of professionals who were willing to do the service for no charge? or do you feel that would hurt the integrity of PB?
eek,
sar
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