Gentle Friends, when one comes through the RightOnly Portal one sees the words 100% Member Supported. Now, in truth, the number of those who chose to be supporters is improving. Also, in truth, there... View MoreGentle Friends, when one comes through the RightOnly Portal one sees the words 100% Member Supported. Now, in truth, the number of those who chose to be supporters is improving. Also, in truth, there are those among our Gentle Friends who's circumstance will never allow them to support RightOnly except in Spirit and with their Prayers. I also feel it is good that our new Friends be given a chance to take RO for a test spin before stepping up (A special shout out to our Friends who make the jump right out of the gate)
I am reminded of a Meme which crosses the feed from time to time. In the top frame, titled Capitalism, there are a bunch of folk pulling a wagon with just a few (perhaps the elderly, halt and lame) riding in it. The middle Frame, titled Socialism, shows folks leaving off pulling and going to climb in the wagon. The final frame titled Communism, shows many folk in the wagon with just a few pulling it. (doesn't sound quite right, outta be Most pulling it, driven by a few with whips)
The point being "Free Speech" isn't free. RightOnly is at a critical juncture, we have suffered our first real attack. As we get better known, we can expect these to become more common. The best solution is to get better prepared to meet these attacks and that will require a lot more of those who have been riding in the wagon to step it up and start helping to pull it. Please, if it is within your means, consider doing so.
21 November, 2021Gentle Friends,
I was long into the night Saturday talking with Dev about the direction RightOnly was taking. You are part of a great experiment, can a Social Media site exist funded ... View More21 November, 2021Gentle Friends,
I was long into the night Saturday talking with Dev about the direction RightOnly was taking. You are part of a great experiment, can a Social Media site exist funded solely by members of the community, free from all outside interference and influence which comes attached with outside funding and eventually leads to all the censorship, and other BS seen on other "FreeSpeech" sites.
Now, many of you cannot afford to get verified, that is fine, you are welcome. Others have been able to get verified so that they can PM and have the Friend's only feed but are unable to do more. This is also fine, the Verified User was never meant to be a source of funding, it was to help protect members of the community from scammers, creeps and skanks (does a pretty good job too, although not perfectly)
The revenue from the verified members was also crucial at a bad time when the first upgrade was needed but to depend on it as a business plan is problematic as it requires an ever increasing enrollment with an ever increasing percentage of enrollees opting to get verified to support operations. As soon as either drops off, the whole program crashes.
Gentle Friends, success or failure of RightOnly, whether it continues according to the original ideals of Free Speech, free from outside interference will depend on how many members of the Community, those who can, electing to become Verified Supporters or Pro Supporters. With enough support in the form of a reliable source of recurring funds the site will be able to continue even if enrollment fall off.
If a sufficient number of Community Members elect to move to one of the Supporting levels, there might even be adequate funding to offer additional features, One of which under discussion, which has been asked for by many, would require an additional server and associated costs.
Anyway, for our older members who have come to love what RightOnly represents, I would ask that you consider upgrading your membership to a supporter level, if able, according to your individual means and circumstance.
To those just joining us, it would be my hope that you would share our feelings for, and commitment to, RightOnly and the efforts made on our behalf by the Admin6 and decide to put your shoulder to the wheel and help us grow.
Thank you Gentle Friends, and a special shout out and thanks to the Admin6
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