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Knobber, not hating, but here are the facts.

The magazine subscribers, along with advertisers that get product purchasing customers, supports the magazine subscription. PB magazine has to be looked at as a technical journal, and having subscribed to several database magazines $50-$60 a year magazines over the years, I know the benefit. One article that could save me a week of head scratching is worth far more than the annual magazine price. Book store magazines like Guns & Ammo have subscriptions over 400,000, and general interest magazines like Reader's Digest have almost 3,000,000 subscriptions. Tech magazines are aimed at a smaller targeted groups that get answers that can't be "easily" found anywhere else. Because of that, their subscription numbers are far less and have lower income.

Without getting into exact numbers, I can assure you that the donations don't cover one month of the PB forum. They do help, and members who donate are really appreciated, but hosting websites on dedicated boxes along with tech support ain't cheap. As far as perks, getting free answers from some of the most knowledgeable people in the pond world should cover the perks. Having biologists come to your pond, do water tests, weed identification, stocking recommendations, etc. would not be financially feasible for many of our PB forum members. As a group we, meaning mods and knowledgeable members, help provide that information for free.