Ya... when I try to share something of that nature, it says my membership does not allow that?

That may be cause of the module una has here that you need to participate on the site to accumulate points so that you can perform more actions or purchase to upgrade. 

Just to let u know, many of old users here never paid to perform certain functions, we just been here for a while.

Maybe LeonidS Alexey or Andrew Boon can help you clear this up