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I believe that if you spend money on is it normal Gold, you're wasting money and there's really no point to it. You don't really get anything grand out of is it normal Gold either so it's kind of worthless. Is it normal?
I think IIN Gold is actually pretty cheap. If you don't see any value in the extra features, then of course you'll think Gold is worthless. I prefer having Gold and I find the features fairly useful. I think the PM system is the most obvious advantage. I've said it before, but I do think that one should be available for everyone (although I understand why it isn't). At least that way users won't have to post *completely* irrelevant stuff on people's posts and can have their conversations in private. Plus, some of the posts that don't pass moderation are really funny. Mainly, it helps pay to keep the site running. Aren't the owners running at a loss?:S
I like Gold, but if you don't, then I get that. It's just a matter of how much importance you place on the individual features. If the more valuable features to you on IIN are the free ones, then I agree that it'd be pointless for you to spend money to get extra features that you don't even want.
It's a nice thing to have when the mods slack off and don't put any fresh stories through for several days at a time. You can view and comment on *all* of the submitted posts while they're waiting for approval.
It really screws you over when you attempt to submit a post, though, as it pushes all Gold posts to the last page of Newest posts that are moderated.
Sometimes they only get a few minutes of time, though. It's been a problem for about half a year now. I've sent a few complaints about it through feedback over the past few months. And I use a second account to submit any posts---an account that doesn't have a Gold membership. :L
OP have you not noticed how IIN remains one of a few sites not flooded with advertising? How would you feel if IIN forced you to watch an advert before you were able to post/comment on the site?
The site needs money to run and I'm all for gold. It isn't compulsory to have Gold so why complain?
Touching on something bananaface mentioned: the number one most important thing you get out of Gold is that IIN continues to exist. It's not that you're paying for a few cool features like PMs and The Unmoderated Section, you're paying to keep the site alive; the extra features are just little perks. Isn't that alone worth paying for? I was gifted my current period of Gold, and once that runs out I'll buy my own. I might even buy it back for the person who got it for me, as a thank you.
Well ok OP you obviously do not realize that gold members can pm. So maybe you should look into this before you say IT DOES NOTHING. If we all had the freedom to pm each other without the gold than it would be pointless. Though really I think everyone should be able to PM and its not like it can be said that they simply cant pm since they will abuse someone. Since people can harass another person through a PM too.
Yes it's normal because 99% of those who have Gold are bitches (males can also be bitches) who act like they own the freaking site! Some of them regularly change their ID, falsely believing people don't realize they're the same person, but they aren't fooling anyone. As long as these type people have "Gold," it discourages others because most people don't want to be in the "bitch" category.