Oh dear gods no.
I joined on a lark, and I'm actually glad of the "paywall" as Tipsy put it. A free trial of any sort,... Yeah, just NO.
I mean seriously, if you think the slackers are bad now, imagine the number slackers there would be without a required minimum investment.
RLC has that exact problem, and non-paying accounts there are treated like beggers, bums, and thieves unless they are already well known to the community.