How will this impact on this forum??

For some people, that's true for everything they say.

One suggestion Sim mentioned was to have sponsored advertising for any incoming visitors via search engines. If people come in from Google, they'll see banner advertising. Those who come in via the front page don't get the advertising. I think this is a good compromise as regular users won't be bothered by advertising, it's unlikely to conflict with business members interests (casual users probably won't stay around long enough read about how awesome Jess is) and there's still some opportunity to raise revenue.

 

Haha - if it happens when I'm typing a response, I'll start to take it personally

 

NO! This will just encourage rubbish posts that have little value. I'd rather see quality content from posters rather than using no. of posts as a reward for less advertising.

 

I would have thought it would make people use their 100 free posts more wisely? It's more a way to ensure that regular users support the site, I would have thought?