gauging interest - forum attachments for a fee

hi all,

I'm gauging interest as to whether or not some folks would find this functionality useful. right now we have forum attachments turned off because they're kind of clunky and tend to take up a lot of disk space. I know some folks aren't crazy about using imgur, but it keeps the footprint of the forum software light.

I worked with a developer to develop a plugin to compress attachments and offload them to our CDN (content delivery network).

I'm thinking we could probably offer 20-30gb of attachment space for $25-30/yr (per user), since I'll have to pay to turn this functionality back on. if you don't pay after the 1st year, we'll give a short grace period to renew your attachment subscription before totally wiping them all out.

this is totally optional and we'll still continue to use imgur as well.

any thoughts? would you use it?

I don't think I would use it. I am generally satisfied, most of the time, with imgur.

I didn't know what you use and am satisfied with how it is at present, now that I'm acclimated to it. I probably would prefer well enough left alone.

Using Tapatalk which serves the purpose.

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I didn't know what you use and am satisfied with how it is at present, now that I'm acclimated to it. I probably would prefer well enough left alone.

I just use imgur too.

Honestly, imgur works for me most of the time and I'm happy to continue with it.

I use Tapatalk (cost is $1 per month for me).
Makes attaching photos and viewing most forums super easy (on my iphone)

I use Tapatalk (cost is $1 per month for me).
Makes attaching photos and viewing most forums super easy (on my iphone)

You pay monthly? Ouch.

I have the older version of Tapatalk (Android). It was a one time purchase and works well (enough).

I wonder if you have features I don't, or if it's just their new way of doing business (app purchase not sustainable?). Curious.

Imgur works very well for me.

I use Tapatalk (cost is $1 per month for me).
Makes attaching photos and viewing most forums super easy (on my iphone)

You pay monthly? Ouch.

I have the older version of Tapatalk (Android). It was a one time purchase and works well (enough).

I wonder if you have features I don't, or if it's just their new way of doing business (app purchase not sustainable?). Curious.

I used the old (free) ios version of Tapatalk for a long time... you can still sorta use it, but it limits how many pictures you upload to their server at once and also limits the image size too. I believe there are also ads on the free version, but not on the Pro version.

Its worth $1 per month to me, to not have to deal with the 3 items mentioned above... it probably has other features that I'm not aware of as well.