What each level gets you, how donating works, and how to upgrade.
As you might imagine, due to the content on the site, companies that run credit card and payment processing have refused to work with us — which rules out most of the convenient means of payment. At this time the preferred way to pay is crypto; if you would like to know other options, please email me at chris@documentingreality.com.
Crypto is safe and easy, and does a lot to enable free expression on the internet — especially here. More coins coming in the future.
Bitcoin (BTC)Litecoin (LTC)USD Coin (USDC)Contact me at chris@documentingreality.com for details on any of these:
Supporting Members have donated the suggested amount of $20.00/year to help support the site — and everyone that joins the site joins at this level: all new accounts are Blue for one year. There are no ads and no restrictions placed on your account for a term of one year. Once that year passes, the account drops down to the Registered Users level; donate the suggested amount again and you're moved back up to Supporting Member for another year. This is the most common upgrade and really makes the site all-around better to use.
There is no way to join as a black name — everyone joins as a Blue name, and after one year, if you do not upgrade your account again, you are downgraded to a Registered User. Registered users can access the entire site with the exception of the Legacy Gold (green name) only forums, and the limitation on views is removed at this level. This level of membership could have ads displayed or other means that keep costs low, such as bandwidth limiting, and stuff like that.
This is the highest level you can be here without being an admin. Legacy Gold has no ads, no restrictions, and elevated permissions, and is reserved for people who continue to support the site — it's also where mods are plucked from. Email me if you're a member, would like to become Legacy Gold, and don't know how.
These are the people that run this place — and have the ability to ban you if you break one of the rules.