What is a Golden membership ?

[Maths Lover]

There is a notice on my page here which tells me that I can get a golden membership by making a link to Physics Forums on my Website or Blog. But What is a golden membership?! What is the difference between it and my membership now?!

 

[mfb]

The differences are listed https://www.physicsforums.com/payments.php . And you support our forums, of course :).

 

[lisab]

You can earn Gold for free here.

 

[Maths Lover]

The differences are listed https://www.physicsforums.com/payments.php . And you support our forums, of course :).

I read so much to reach the point about golden members :D I understood that those members have some control about the contents on the the forum , is that all the story ?

 

[Evo]

I read so much to reach the point about golden members :D I understood that those members have some control about the contents on the the forum , is that all the story ?

The perks are the one listed in the link above, any member is welcome to make suggestions, of course.

 

[Crake]

I read so much to reach the point about golden members :D I understood that those members have some control about the contents on the the forum , is that all the story ?

No, those members have no control about the contents on the forum. Also, the "advantages" of gold are outdated. I'm not gold an I can see who's online.

 

[Borek]

Every member has a control over a content of a forum - as long as what they post is within our rules

 

[Crake]

Every member has a control over a content of a forum - as long as what they post is within our rules

Well,, gold members have no more control than "normal" members.. I believe that's what he asked. Gold members should be allowed to vote when choosing new mentors, HH, and all that. To make it more of a community decision, but not opened to everyone.

 

[Chronos]

PF content is controlled by admins and mentors. They do a fabulous job.

 

[Borek]

Gold members should be allowed to vote when choosing new mentors, HH, and all that. To make it more of a community decision, but not opened to everyone.

As long as gold members are those paying for their title, this is asking for troubles - any idiot with lots of money could skew the results of any vote.

Gold members have their perks, and that's enough.

 

[Crake]

As long as gold members are those paying for their title, this is asking for troubles - any idiot with lots of money could skew the results of any vote.

Gold members have their perks, and that's enough.

Hum.. That does make sense. However, I think there are ways to avoid that. In order to vote, one would need to be gold AND have more than X posts. Obviously mentors vote would count more than gold members vote.. Perhaps have the mentors decide on a list of candidates beforehand..

Anyway, on the advantages of PF membership one can read "who's online". I'm not gold and I can see who's online.

 

[Borek]

Obviously mentors vote would count more than gold members vote.

That's the system we have now. Weight of Mentors votes is 1, weight of gold members is 0. And as it works quite good for many years there is no reason to change it.

I'm not gold and I can see who's online.

Things were modified in the Summer, apparently not everything is synchronized/back to normal. Thank you for letting us know.

 

[Crake]

That's the system we have now. Weight of Mentors votes is 1, weight of gold members is 0. And as it works quite good for many years there is no reason to change it.

loled. I get your point.. It would give you a lot more money though!

Things were modified in the Summer, apparently not everything is synchronized/back to normal. Thank you for letting us know.

No problemo