I was kind of waiting for this to happen. I knew my days of lurking were numbered. I wonder if this will dramatically affect traffic to the site in general?

No the above poster is right. Your wild guess is a wild guess and not based on the science which you could have googled.

I support the Center for Investigative Reporting. A lot of their work ends up on the podcast Reveal which I love for its deep dives into areas of abuse and corruption that don't make it to mainstream news.