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Hello, Dakka. In your opinion, is the Dakka club membership worth the money? I have heard good things about it. So, what is your opinion?

What are you expecting?

If you want to support Dakka to some degree financially then do it, if you're expecting a door to a magical land of fay delights to open then you probably should spend the $25 on something else.

I figured that a one year membership works out to about $2 per year since I started posting on Dakka, which is a pretty good deal.

I have no regrets with my DCM membership and aside from the custom title I had no expectations about what that money was going to provide me other than maintaining this site.

Is it worth the money? Practically speaking, no. But If you like DakkaDakka then by all means join, but don't do it if you hope to get something out of the donation. Do it to ensure that the lights stay on here and the ethics of bringing an unpainted army to a game can be rehashed time and again.

There are two questions you need to ask yourself about becoming a DCM.

1) Do you use the site alot and think it needs to be supported?
If yes: make the leap, provided you have the $25 to spare.
Becoming a DCM isn't an obligation. It's a choice.

In my case, I've been here for a long time. I decided it's time to give back.

2) Are you thinking you'll get preferential treatment from the community and/or mods if you become a DCM?

I'll say this right now. There's accusations that Mods "protect" the DCMs.
They most certainly do not.
I got a warning for doing something stupid and that I should have known better not to do which, because of the way the system works, resulted in an automatic three or so week long ban.

Fair warning. DCM != bulletproof.

It all comes down to this:

"Does the entertainment from this website and joy within my life justify me pulling out $25 and getting a few extra perks and behind the scene looks of what Dakka has?"

I've done the DCM thing and I say it was a worthwhile investment to the site.

I also leveled up two other DCMs because I felt their contributions to the site were worth giving them DCM-ship.

As a non-DCM, I've been considering joining up myself. I'd like to give back, cause this is a great site, I just haven't gotten to it yet. But I say go for it!

@plastictrees: Yes, I would like to support Dakka. And, how do you have a 2 dollar per year DCM?

@Kanluwen: Thank you for the warning. Now to answer the questions:

1. I generally go on Dakka each night, and go on every time I feel that I must.

2. No, I do not think that. I have always thought that DCM are a little more favored, though. Sorry to but into personal stuff, but what would be so bad that resulted in a 3 week long ban?


Anyways, thank you all.

If you have a spare couple of months you can even trawl through the >1000 page thread of super awesome pictures.

It is always the first thing the new DCMs are directed to in the Mosh Pit.

If I wasn't a MOD I'd be a DCM as, like Kanluwen I've been on dakka for ages and believe it is worth the investment.

I would love to be a DCM, but cash is a problem.

...Someday, I will see Kilrazy's collection of Asian women...

Ogryn wrote:
@Kanluwen: Thank you for the warning. Now to answer the questions:

1. I generally go on Dakka each night, and go on every time I feel that I must.

But do you think that usage is something you really need to pay for?

Think of it like a gratuity at a place where you're getting food from. You don't necessarily have to tip, but if you feel it's worth it--you do.

2. No, I do not think that. I have always thought that DCM are a little more favored, though.

Not really.

Sorry to butt into personal stuff, but what would be so bad that resulted in a 3 week long ban?

Basically, the way the "System" works is that it goes incrementally. If you have a history of doing the thing you were doing and should know better--the punishment is worse.

I was dumb enough to let myself get involved in a situation I should have known better than to get involved in, and rather than let it drop I continued swinging.

Alright, thank you for the advice, Kanluwen. I really like Dakka, and feel that contributing is good for the site.

I, too, am thinking of becoming a DCM, but I think I'm going to wait until I hit 1000 posts to prove to myself I'll be here for the long haul. Already spent a year here so far, so once I hit 1000, DCM here I come!

Hey, that sounds like a good idea.

As you can tell by my post count, I'm not extremely talkative, yet I'm on Dakka a lot and have been for years... To me being a DCM is all about giving back to a place that's brought me a lot of time wasting at work and many discussions with friends...

My DCM membership ran out and I'm surviving just fine.

It’s not really about the extra perks you get, but about supporting the site which relies heavily on user donations.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:It’s not really about the extra perks you get, but about supporting the site which relies heavily on user donations.

This is it in a nutshell. If you're looking at your DCM contribution as payment for some sort of club membership with added perks, you're probably going to be disappointed. Because that's neither what it is, nor what it is intended to be. DCM status, and the perks that come with it, are the Administration's way of saying 'Thank you' for contributing financially to the site. It's something you do because you want to support the site, not something you do for reward. Aside, obviously, from the reward of Dakka still being here for you to visit...

I really enjoy Dakka. I've met some really cool people, I've found motivation to finish projects I started 15 years ago and start projects I'd been thinking about for longer. Dakka has given me a place where I can connect with my contemporaries, learn techniques from masters in real time, and (metaphorically) walk amongst gods. It's given me a place to upload almost 800 pictures (so far) and has provided countless hours of entertainment and distraction.

Had planned on going DCM on my Dakka birthday, but I was offline for a while and missed it. So now I'm waiting for post #1000. Not so many left to go. This just got me 1 closer...

I love supporting the site amd I love I don't have to deal with the banner ads as they made my computer at work have kittens everytime I logged on before I was a DCM. Also I find the threads much more civil. Totally worth it imho.

I support the Site hence why I am a DCM. I also like the more of a civil approach that happens when becoming a DCM. Some of the same people that I would be yelling at in a regular forum, I would be civil at the DCM forum and would get the same in return. To me that is way cool thing to happen.

Civil....?

Ogryn wrote:Civil....?

Go to the off topic section of this site. Gets pretty hairy over there. The DCM forum is much more relaxed, more mature over there.

I told myself I would become a DCM when I reached 1000 posts...1000 posts came quicker than I thought and I realized I didn't have the money...I would do it just so I can find more forum sections to trol...err....positively contribute

I would do it just to help dakka, don't expect to get some kind of special treatment or hope for some little "gifts" after you donate 25$

You get discounts at certain stores online which for $25 for one year is nkt bad if you buy from the warstore and such plus there are the prize drawings.

Is it some kind of bargain or something? No. But that's not the point. I enjoyed it while I had it, but I just don't participate in the community enough recently to merit.

I've been considering becoming a DCM for a while now, but still need to make the jump.

I started out, as I suspect most peolple do, as a lurker for quite a while before joining, and even now I consider myself more of a lurker than contributor - as my post count shows.

This site has given me a great deal of pleasure. There are some real characters on here, some great debates and some wacky & weird stuff that just cracks me up, and I think it would be good to put something back in for all the enjoyment I've had, and hope to carry on having.

My DCM status ran out on Sunday and I felt very strongly about renewing it, not for the benefits but because I realize I'm on Dakkadakka more than ANY other website. It's quality entertainment for me that I feel merits a $25 annual donation.

Gavin Thorne wrote:My DCM status ran out on Sunday and I felt very strongly about renewing it, not for the benefits but because I realize I'm on Dakkadakka more than ANY other website. It's quality entertainment for me that I feel merits a $25 annual donation.

Yea me too. Thinking of throwing more money to increase my time in the DCM as well. $25 a year is nothing on what money people will spend on their hobby.

And to me it goes to a good cause as well.

You don't become a DCM to get rewards from DakkaDakka.

You become a DCM to reward DakkaDakka.

Ask yourself this;
Do you like using Dakka?

It's here because DCM pony up the cash to keep it going.

Do you want to keep using Dakka?
Then chip in to help cover the costs.

We get custom titles.