And would I pay to have a bagde/status to say im a WJ official hosting company..Yes of coarse I would, and as has been pointed out, if they dont want to pay a few ££$$ to gain new clients then they prob wont be around long anyway.
To be really honest, the money is solely not for the fact that they can pay and are good, but also, this can be used to give back SOMETHING, when a host scams, but that is another possibility.
Another point of view is, is it not upto the end user to make sure they are dealing with someone that is honest and can provide the service being offered, I dont think WJ staff can be found responsable for the clowns...
It is this reason, why I have been shouting so much in this thread. The Daily Hosts, they don't put up proper info for the client. A new user of WJunction, will always look for cheap hosting, hence, he will obviously go for the OVER SELLING ones. I know how much a server hardware costs, and I know for how cheap it can be leased out.
WJ staff will not be held for anything, instead, they will hold up the money, as an insurance. If the host wants to shut down or gets sold out, the owner will inform the staff, and the staff will look into it, maybe contact some users or make a thread, if no one claims that they still have a service with the host, the host gets the money back and stays happy with his life, if he scams, divide it within the victims.
It seems by doing what is suggested in this thread ie badges, special forums etc etc will cause a YOU and US type of situation, it would also be virtually impossible to break into the so called "elite" hoster's section as everyone looking for a new host would go directly to "elite" forum and not the peasants one.
Do you realize the fact, that a user with low budget will always look for the cheap ones, no matter how many good reviews another Trusted Host has. After all the 80+ posts here in this thread, it is the end user who will decide, but I am just saying, that why not make the path of choosing a bit easier for him.
Occul for sure we can ask official reps from hosts to join the forum, thats np at all.
Devilz ofcourse, i`m not talking about raping them with prices, its something basic like just to make sure its not some kid who made a shared server and trying to bank on our backs and scam our members.
It's 0ccul7 -_-
You can do that and make them a rank or some thing, its very easy work. Every host has one or more reps here, they can get it, only when they get verified.
If Filesonic can have 6 reps, then we deserve to have some too >.>
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