How does this prevent paying lurkers from stealing photographs?
erplexed
There are far more paying lurkers than regular posters.
I lurked for a few months before I joined, but eventually got tired of just hoping someone would ask the question I wanted an answer to. I also go tired of seeing fotkis I wanted to visit but the password was in the profile. So I joined to be able to join in the conversations with everyone and get full member benefits. But I don't begrudge someone who doesn't want to pay but still wants free hair info.
But sometimes I forget that there are a ton of paying members that
still only lurk. I can understand lurking and not posting when you can't, because you're not a paid member, but it makes less sense to me why someone would pay to join the site but not want to post. Even if they are shy, or don't like to put themselves all out on the internet, at
some point I would think they would have something to contribute or say (even if it's in the non-hair forums).
I honestly find it weirder to having paying lurkers than non-paying lurkers.