Announcing WCF PRO - sneak preview

Brian, sometimes I really feel sorry for you having to deal with all the idiots on this board who hide behind the internet to say stupid things that they would never say to someone's face. Kudos to you for all your hard work. Fishes, Narco.

Yes, of course it's hard to take comments that are way off base without taking it personally because we work really hard to make WCF as good as we can. But that's part of the job so we roll with the punches and get back to work. However, for every poor comment, there are ten productive ones that actually make a difference. We are very appreciative of that. I appreciate the support Narco! :D

noworkday, you said "what are you talking about? you could do the same with all the banner ads today. no difference technologically. " The difference is that banner ads are currently shown with every photo or page view. The flash gallery allows photos to be shown without a page view, therefore, the ad revenue generated from these photo page views would disappear. You said, "there is no way I am going to pay to read news. " Once again, I must emphasize, news and photos will remain free and openly accessible for all to read. Lastly, we have the opportunity to license/create spy materials exclusively, particularly videos. They will not appear anywhere else but WCF. If they do appear on other sites, measures will be taken towards the offending sites. We also have the possibility to bring back an old colleague of ours, Nick Hall, who can provide supercar test drives once again. And this time with exclusive videos. But it all depends on how well WCF PRO is initially received.

It's definitely possible.

noworkday, just to clarify, users will not have to pay to read news. News and photos will stay freely accessible for all visitors. If we proceed with supercar test drives and videos, they will be our own proprietary materials exclusive to WCF. Otherwise we wouldn't be offering them to Pro members. Yes, you will be able to read different stories about the same cars elsewhere, but again, it won't be the same as WCFs. Noworkday, I appreciate your ambivalence, but clearly WCF Pro will not be for everyone nor is it intended to take over WCF. Is is merely an alternative viewing option for those who would like to help support WCF (thanks zoolander), and place value on what we are offering. Adsense is only one part of our revenue and it is not solely CPC but CPM as well.

Thanks for the great feedback everyone. @joshg: "Thats a very important thing for me, even though i will subscribe - given reasonable pricing." Thanks joshg, the last thing we want to do is alienate our most loyal hardcore readers. Certain death would be inevitable if we were to try and take any content away. If anything we would hope WCF Pro will give us the leverage to improve the quality and quantity of news articles. And not just develop WCF Pro solely.