[cratylus]

Fine, your mud accepts money or it doesn't.
I don't think that this makes it irrelevant whether the donor
receives a reward in return for the donation.


I think that this is not what we're talking about. The
ethics of the admins of a given mud and how they treat
people is not in question. I think this point is a
good one and worth discussing, but is not relevant to this
discussion of a payment policy description in a mud listing,
which is focused on clarity and informativeness, rather
than admin ethics. If you were to drag us into an admin ethics
debate, then yes, we'd probably be here forever and
forget the point of the thread.


That's just it. We're *not* arguing what's free
any more. AFAICT, we're in agreement that
we're going to disagree on that.


Unless I'm mistaken, this site is intended to err on the side
of newcomer-friendly. I can attest to the post deletions
that support this policy. I believe your "it's their problem"
position is in conflict with the site's stated goals.


Fine. That is part of what I'm supporting, so you should be
ok with that part of it. In addition, I support a clear
statement of whether the mud rewards the donation. I don't
think that's ambiguous, misleading, or inappropriate to include.


-Crat