Do you also have a poll thread in here? 
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Should make it the same colour as WaniKani since I bet most of the users will be using both resources anyway.
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I don’t understand the appeal of having differently colored badges for lifetime subscribers. What exactly is the motivation here? Congratulating ourselves that we paid for something? That’s not exactly an achievement (compared to the badge with the user’s level, which I very much like).
I am not against differently colored badges, but having a binary separation between lifetime and non-lifetime just seems completely unnecessary. I can see this only resulting into two things:
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Putting pressure on everybody who is non-lifetime because their badge is just not as dope. I’ll understand if that makes sense for the devs from a financial perspective, although I have my doubts that they actually make more money with lifetimers.
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Introducing some hierarchy, some two-class system that’s solely based on who paid more money (at least in one chunk). Do you really want that here?
If there’s really a strong wish for differently colored badges, why not just give everyone the choice to select a color from a list. Or maybe something at least a bit more merit-based, like say a different color depending on how long you’ve been a member.
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I agree that it’s not a necessity, but:
I think the Wanikani community proved already as a test audience how these don’t happen 
The hierarchy definitely comes from the level, which is fair.
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I have no idea if the different colors actually makes WaniKani more money, but it certainly does create buzz and conversation around it.
Personally, I just like it because I’m a curious person.
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I don’t see how the wanikani community is prove against any of my points. Just have a look at the most recent lifetime sale thread over at the WK forum and the pride and exceptionalism that people emanate when they feel they have to announce that now they are purple! I understand it’s all in a joking manner, but I stand by my statement that this puts non-lifetime members under at least mild pressure (obiously not everybody as I wrote earlier, but at least some). This might be not so easy to see for those of us who are already lifetime members.
And besides, the only argument that I heard so far in support of introducing differently colored badges is that @seanblue is a curious person, which is fair.
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No more $90 sale? =/
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@MissDagger Woohoo! You rock! Thank you for becoming a Lifetime Member. Cheers!
@seanblue, @lopicake, @Luffy, @nantoka, and @jprspereira Thank you all for your discussion and feedback on badge colors. We will continue to give it some thought and get back to you all. Cheers!
@Juppy Sorry, no more $90 sale. 
However, your account will be prorated for the amount of time you have not used, so it will kind of be like an extra little sale? 
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Just purchased the lifetime subscription. (my first one actually; I did not purchase WK or others).
Hope you guys keep up the good work on the site for years to come!
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Thank you lots for becoming a Lifetime Member! 
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Hello! I hope this is an ok thread to post this in: I tried to become a lifetime member for this wonderful price, but my Discover card was not accepted 
Do you normally accept that payment method? I wonder if my bank is acting up because I’m in Japan…
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Yep, it looks like I’ll be sticking around for a while, a lifetime in fact. Good looking out with the discount. Thanks for all the work. It’s a great program.
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Might be that your bank has blocked the charge. We have had users in the past experience this and they just needed to call their bank and okay the transaction. If that doesn’t solve it, let me know!
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I’m still not sure whether I’ll be around here for 40 months, let alone 50 (what normal price would be) but I may think about it eventually!
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I wasn’t able to figure out a solution with my card, but was able to get someone else’s to work. Same result either way: I’m now an excited lifetime member! Thanks for your reply!
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@thaKingRocka and @povner Thank you so much for becoming Lifetime Members! Let us know if there is anything that we can do to improve your experience. Cheers!
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I have sent multiple emails and even a private message to @Pushindawood, but have yet to receive a response about paying for a Lifetime membership through PayPal.
Please check your private message system or the site’s admin or support emails.
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Thank you for the sale! I have gladly ponied up and paid for lifetime.
Really like the fact that grammar points are separated by JLPT level. This will really help as my goal is to take N5 on December.
Also appreciate that there is a Genki track as I am going through the book right now.
These two reasons are the main ones why I decide to buy lifetime.
Okay I said too much now.
hops back on the BunPro train and starts doing reviews 
choo-choo
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I’m happy to pay for a solid product. I’ve had to slow down my studies lately because life … is life, but I hope to get back to my studies with some gusto in the next month or so.
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