Do You Think War Room Membership Should Be Increased?

I do.

Want reasons? Of course you do.

I'll give you two.

Increased Value

Now, I'm not saying the information in the War Room is without value. But the easy entrance to this forum will certainly dissuade many individuals from sharing information of the highest value. If you look around Warrior Forum, almost everyone carries the War Room title. Some information is sensitive to saturation and, therefore, the dissemination of it in the War Room is virtually no different than releasing it here, in public, where the public at large can erode its effectiveness to nil. A higher price tag for War Room membership would, in theory, lower the population of the forum and, again in theory, increase information quality.

Increased Trust

Yet again, we return to the issue of easy entrance. There are sharks swimming within the waters of our industry. Sharks, these kind, prey on the baby fish, the newcomers. The War Room moderation system is quite effective - you have a waiting period before your item is published - but the volume of submissions, due to the low price tag, must be cumbersome, and not only this, but surely some threads slip through the net. I must make it clear: I'm not saying any have slipped through the net. I haven't examined every thread. But logic dictates: if our industry is replete with finned predators, and if barriers to entry for the War Room are low, then could not the odd shark slip through the net? Perhaps more than one? Maybe more. A shiver of sharks? It's possible.

Cruelty to Newcomers

Ah, but GRM, how could you be so cruel to the newcomer (is it obvious that I hate the expression newbie?). Not at all. In fact, just the opposite is true. Have you noticed how most newcomers arrive with their credit cards in tow? Have you noticed how almost every last one knows that he or she must spend money to make money? Have you noticed how the WSO room usually has 5,000-plus viewers? Fact is: increasing the price would help the newcomer. Even if it meant saving up and waiting longer to enter. When the price could be afforded, he would have better information, safer information, and maybe not receive even a nip from an errant shark. Furthermore, it may actually increase the value of information in the public areas. Until the War Room price tag could be afforded, genuine people, honest folks, and intelligent folks, might be sharing their ideas in public, instead of behind closed doors.

And lastly...

I hesitate to post this thread. I truly would not wish anyone - particularly the owners of WF - to believe I think ill of the War Room. I like it. I think it has value. I do, however, think it can be improved. Can't everything? Speaking as someone who owns their own membership site, I understand how the best ideas cannot be made public. It sounds cruel, but it's just common sense. Saturation for some ideas does exist and, even despite it, I often share many ideas here and elsewhere that I know will be saturated. I do so because I know how some people need that information. The pity is that all information cannot be shared. But it just doesn't work that way. Sometimes the best information must be whispered, not shouted from the rooftops.

So those are my thoughts. What are yours?

(Prepares to dodge the rotten tomatos ... although, more likely, this thread will be deleted and I'll have wasted 5 minutes.)

GRM