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So, I was looking through the moderation to see who does what now that the Pink Fluffy Unicorns have invaded the bottom. But no one is in it, nor is there an assigned duty, besides being cute. 

How can we be in the Pink Fluffy Unicorn cult--or is it exclusive to only the fluffiest and the pinkest of single corns?

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Pink Fluffy Unicorn is not a staff position.

It is actually a subscriber rank given to users who contribute $100.00 or more to this website.

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I'll remember that--I truly have liked your forum for a while y'all do a good job. Do you guys have a yearly budget where one person could pay a chunk and not have to worry about it--or is it just a straight up monthly payment.

 

Didn't know if you guys had a year pack of each so for those who do donate could just do it at once if they choose to, for those who are fortunate.

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I'll remember that--I truly have liked your forum for a while y'all do a good job. Do you guys have a yearly budget where one person could pay a chunk and not have to worry about it--or is it just a straight up monthly payment.

 

Didn't know if you guys had a year pack of each so for those who do donate could just do it at once if they choose to, for those who are fortunate.

That is something that may be possible. I'll check with the site owner and confirm. :)

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If I may offer a suggestion: I think the group should just be a one time donation of like $200+ or anyone who achieves over $200 (or whatever amount) over a period of time. Mostly because $100 a month is a rather steep requirement to keep a title. I mean up to this point we've only had one and that lasted all of a month. You're more or less asking people to pay $1,200 a year to keep the user title. That's a bit steep.

 

I think it would be more sensible to award it permanently to people who have donated over a certain amount because they have contributed so much to the site. Otherwise it's more or less a useless usergroup because few people could afford to hold onto it for very long.

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$1,200 a year to keep the user title. That's a bit steep.

I think that is a bit of the point, it is just a silly thing. I mean it even has a silly name "pink fluffy unicorns". i am not sure they really expect someone to pay it.

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I think that is a bit of the point, it is just a silly thing. I mean it even has a silly name "pink fluffy unicorns". i am not sure they really expect someone to pay it.

Well someone actually did apparently.

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Well someone actually did apparently.

What happened was that someone offered a $100 a month subscription to us, and out of shock and surprise we came up with the Pink Fluffy Unicorns group to cover them and anyone else who wanted to be that generous. It was about the same time as the rest of the subscription model was being changed in order to cover the increased cost of the new server farm, so it got folded into that.

 

If you go to the subscription page I linked to earlier, you can see there's a tiered model where each level gets progressively more 'stuff', ending in the Pink Fluffy Unicorns. There's no requirement for anyone to do that level of subscription, but if anybody wants to it's there for them.

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Honestly, I don't think it's too much to ask for for that at most.

 

I considered it when I saw the rainbow status. Honestly even if it's for mane waving I don't think it's a bad deal.

 

This community does a lot of good and honestly the support is what you're showing, the money is just something that's temporary.

 

It shouldn't be a one time payment, because that defeats the purpose of the subscriber status. That's like me saying "I payed Playstation Plus last year--but not this year, I'm still a subscriber!" Doesn't work that way--even if it's out of generosity, I'd rather just sit in a group and even if I don't log in, just like knowing I'll be in colors. Not to mention I'm sure others feel the same way with just making a one time payment and not having to worry about bills coming out every month.

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I'll remember that--I truly have liked your forum for a while y'all do a good job. Do you guys have a yearly budget where one person could pay a chunk and not have to worry about it--or is it just a straight up monthly payment.

 

Didn't know if you guys had a year pack of each so for those who do donate could just do it at once if they choose to, for those who are fortunate.

 

This is possible - you can prepay for 6 or 12 months at a time from the subscription's page (this is possible for all subscription tiers, not just the Pink Fluffy Unicorn). I can set up other billing terms for a subscription if you want, too. :)

 

If I may offer a suggestion: I think the group should just be a one time donation of like $200+ or anyone who achieves over $200 (or whatever amount) over a period of time. Mostly because $100 a month is a rather steep requirement to keep a title. I mean up to this point we've only had one and that lasted all of a month. You're more or less asking people to pay $1,200 a year to keep the user title. That's a bit steep.

 

I think it would be more sensible to award it permanently to people who have donated over a certain amount because they have contributed so much to the site. Otherwise it's more or less a useless usergroup because few people could afford to hold onto it for very long.

 

Unfortunately, permanent perks would be disingenuous to offer, as they're out of step with our financial reality. Permanent perks might encourage a few large donations in the short term, but someone who receives them will then have zero incentive to ever donate again, while possibly even being under the false impression that their contribution will continue benefiting the community forever.

 

Most of Poniverse's expenses are recurring (server bills, domain renewals, mailbox rental, software licenses, etc.), which is why all donor and subscriber perks come with expiry dates (donor perks expire based on how much you pay; subscriptions recur and expire by definition). Knowing that twenty people donate $10 every month allows for much saner financial planning than getting the occasional $200 and having no idea how long it needs to last.

 

There's a hypothetical exception to this: a contribution so large that it allows us to employ someone for a nontrivial length of time. Think hiring a software engineer for a year to build out a bunch of new features that we'll all use for years to come. It would be on the order of five or more figures - at that point, I doubt your motivation to donate is based on getting perks that never expire, but there'd be a conversation about recognizing your contribution in an unusual way.

 

Where getting a title is concerned... you can have the Subscriber title for about 2.5 coffees/month. ;) The "Pink Fluffy Unicorn" tier is ridiculous by design.

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