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"Subscription"

Sat Jul 11, 2009, 3:20 PM
  • Mood: Neutral
I just noticed that in a box that tells whether we are a subscribed member or not, it has changed from "Not subscribed" to "Needs Premium Membership", and for those who are given subscription will have their name on it ("Given by _________").

At first I thought "Premium Membership" was a bit too long for the bar to sustain, then I realized it's has better definition than "subscription" itself...these are what I've found:

subscribe
verb [I or T]
1 to pay money to an organization in order to receive a product, use a service regularly or support the organization.

2 SPECIALIZED to offer to buy something or pay an amount for something as part of your business activities:

subscription /səbˈskrɪ p.ʃən/
noun [C] (INFORMAL sub)
an amount of money that you pay regularly to receive a product or service or to be a member of an organization. (Cambridge Advance Learner Dictionary)

a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc. (Dictionary.com)

At least it's better to change "subscription" to premium membership somehow...but there are two things I don't think it's good to be there, which is the word "needs" next to it and the name of the membership donor:

Seriously, what is dA to say everyone here "need" subscription? I am not trying to say that getting a premium membership is a bad thing or a waste of money, but saying someone "needs" something is like as if you understand him so well that you have the power to decide their need and such? What's wrong with a "member" written on there? Besides for the reason it looks 'bland' and that's it. Most people know that it's your gallery that matters, not how colourful or shiny you decorate your page (I don't know if there are exceptions), so even though with "___ of Premium Membership" and "Member" won't look strange at all...

About the name of the donor, I don't know if people would like to have their name on it as if they should be thanked and grateful for donating PM(premium membership)...there are people who'd like to keep their name anonymous, but in the end, this one is not a really bad problem compared to the "need" PM thingy mentioned above.

Well in the end, saying someone "needs" something is pretty rude (Unless under some circumstances, it's needed for your studies or whatever, like textbook which your teacher might as you to purchase), especially on business (Try imagining going to a bazaar and all those sellers rushed to you with their goods saying "Hey, you need these!" while you never think of buying anything. I don't know if there are such tactic that saying someone needs something would arouse their curiosity and get a PM, but for those who are sure they don't need one, "need" used in that place is indeed rude...unless we could remove it.) and *coughcoughcoughpreacherscoughcoughcough*...uhm...excuse me. Anyway, that's all I'd have to say about something I notice. I could be wrong in some facts but all of these are my personal thoughts.

Also, exam was ended, so I could finally rest for about two weeks, if I am indeed resting than working on something else. ^^;

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:iconkittywhiskas:
I saw that they changed it too. I don't know about the "need" part there. I don't about the "given by" either, I think you're able to stay anonymous if you want, maybe? I haven't given one yet so I wouldn't know ^^;

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:iconphillus:
It's optional for having the choice to stay anonymous when you donate subscription, but then again, this is pretty small compared to the redundancy they put "need" for people who aren't/no longer subscribed.
:iconzanoma:
Hmm... I dunno. It sounded like another one of deviantART's psychological tactics again. They're trying to make more people subscribe, by constantly making it look as if being a non-subscriber is an undesirable state everyone doesn't want to be in.

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:icondragonlegna:
我个人觉得他们新放上去 premium membership的有点怪怪,而且我觉得没有必要放上是谁subscribe的,像画蛇添足。

他们要淘金嘛~所以小动作多多~

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:iconphillus:
虽然是有点长,但若要比较起来,在字义上 premium membership的确是比 subscription 还要好。我觉得放上subscribe可以避免非subscribe的人一直问“为什么他可以用邮票、把记事本弄美美”等问题。所以不能说是画蛇添足。

我觉得淘金是没问题的,但是最起码别贬低我们的智慧嘛,你以为放个need就会让我们心痒吗?=.= 对那些文字敏感的人,这可是一种耻辱哦~
:iconphillus:
I dislike they use such a tactic to make us look stupid...also, such a tactic (if true) just make us look stupid and somehow messed up the community as a whole.

If they want to make us in an undesirable state, then it's better for us non-subscribers to leave this place and go somewhere else, or, the least harmful, block the ads in dA. This is almost pretty much the same of using their resource for free.

Seriously...do they need money so badly to come up with this? I don't think such a tactic is useful and humane...
:icongraydragon02:
u know... i really like the "old" DA than now DA....

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:iconphillus:
The new dA has much benefits, but somehow the bad things here are getting more which complicated the whole site...=.= Man, I wonder what strange thing would come next...
:icondragonlegna:
说的也是,我之前也不明白什么是 subsriber。

那个need 真的是多余的 =__=

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