Reply #25: I'm sorry that you are having hard times, but I don't understand your attitude about DU.

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It costs a lot of money to keep this site up and running, and the Admins deserve to get paid for what they do, since they have no time for other jobs. The moderators are all volunteers.

If you asked folks on DU to donate on your behalf to give you a star, I know that lots of people would volunteer because I've seen it before. I've also donated stars to people who can't afford them. But your approach seems to be to react with anger that you have to endure ads to visit a site for which you pay nothing. I don't really get that...

I think you can vote in polls, too. You just can't post on some of the single-interest forums here. You can read them, though.