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Originally Posted by Talisman

A few days ago, "The Geek" posted a message here that was directed at me, specifically by name. I've been away from the site since I read his post that morning, but I can reply to this now ... so I will.

To The Geek:

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All of the above was well written. I have seen some of these so called expertise and he wants money for a hack that is not even finished.

Part of what you are saying ties in to why some oppose allowing a paid section here at org in that it will create a split class. On the one side we will have coders who will get paid and on the other we will have the FOC coders. How long will it be before the former looks down the nose at the latter? How long will it be before pressure is applied to convert the FOC coder to a paid one? Another reason for opposition is the question of the free scripts starting to suffer from lack of substance and functioncality and the only real ones will cost you a mint?

Here at the org we are all a community of board owners for the most part. We also have a special faction of coders that have for the most part over the years provided the rest of the community with free hacks and all has been content. It has been said that money ruins everything and I think we have no clearer proof of this than with this debate.

Here's is some math for the elitist coders out there who would talk down to us board owners. First we out number you. You treat one of us with disrespect, we remove your hack and pretend it never existed. We tell all of our friends that have boards about how bad you suck and maybe they will do the same. If you keep offending other board owners then eventually your hack will be only a bunch of codes that no one wants.