Is it worth it to upgrade to premium?

Feel free to give it a shot. A few bucks isn't much for a month, but frankly, the biggest thing it really needs is to give the supporters more exposure. Be featured on the front page more often and what not because frankly, even though I'm a supporter and that's supposedly one of the benefits, I rarely see my profile on there. The only real immediate benefits it gives you right now is accessing every search function, a cover photo on your profile like the ones on a facebook profile, and I believe less restrictions on uploading pics. My only real thing to mention to people who do sign up via paypal, after you do, be sure to go under your paypal settings and turn off the subscription to the site if you don't want to automatically be billed monthly/quarterly. It doesn't give you the option for a one time charge when you become a supporter. I did a 3 month subscription about a year ago and didn't realize it did that and my checking account got his with an NSF charge when paypal automatically hit my checking account for another three month subscription. It wasn't a huge deal given it was only $20, but it was kinda annoying when there was really no mention on the site about it when signing up.