Now that I know the premiem accounts pay for chess.com, I'll cut them some slack. But to me it's getting anoying when they are asking to get one ALL THE TIME. Do you think so?

it is very worth it to get a premium membership. Just try it for a month and see! it only costs 5 dollars.

its a business!!

Firstly, it's worth every penny, like what BigOto said. Secondly, they advertise their memberships "ALL THE TIME" because they want you to get a lot of opportunities TO upgrade...

ADK

I used to be a Silver Member because erik gave me it for being good. And then I upgraded to gold because it lasts longer.

 Awesome, did you get it for free?

I got the silver for free, but the gold one I got myself.

I vote you get over it, if you do not wish to become a premium member because of messages, it is rather sad.

i find it very annoying that they keep asking me that