Limiting Board Viewing/Participation to Members

[pumpkin]

Aug 11, 2016 10:41:19 GMT -5 anotherfed said:

I'VE GOT IT!!!!

New registrants cannot become full members until they fulfill the following requirements:

1) Use the search function 5 times,
2) Review all the threads posted in the first two panes of the General Board,
3) Change avatar hair color at least 3 times, and

4) Come up with a catchy avatar name ("Aplcnt436" does not count as catchy; see e.g., "pumpkin ," "judgymcjudgypants ," "funkyodar ").

'Cause Pixie and ALJD have nothing better to do with their spare time than to monitor this progression.

P.S. -- If the above proposal is implemented, I recommend giving Pixie and ALJD a 50% raise (this is, of course, in addition to all the advertising revenue they cart off on a weekly basis)

Oooohhhh....you almost have a 5 Step Sequential Evaluation Process for full members, anotherfed!

[Mjǿlner]

Aug 8, 2016 20:33:53 GMT -5 ALJD said:

This same proposal came up several years ago and we had a full thread devoted to its Pros and Cons. Ultimately we decided to leave this forum open for public viewing for the following reasons:

1. Recruiting - new members are probably loathe to join blind. By giving them a chance to view the forum first, it gives them the information needed to decide whether they want to actively participate.

2. Self-Selection in participation - by allowing lurkers to just lurk, this saves me and Pixie a lot of needless work in registering members who then just go back to lurking.

3. Awareness - a closed board gives people a false sense of security and they are more likely to post information that shouldn't be disclosed. (Yes, TPTB, I know you guys are watching!) By keeping this section visible for public viewing, it reminds members not to post information that can't be shared with the public.

4. Convenience - more than one member mentioned they do browse the forum from their offices and would prefer not to login to view from their office computer.

In light of these above reasons, we ultimately decided to keep things the way it is now. Based on the inputs on this thread so far, I believe the reasons above are still valid and we should continue to leave this forum open for viewing.

ALJD

P.S. It's actually quite amusing to see this issue showing up again. Talk about things going in circles...



This is the link to the 2007 thread on this very topic started by ALJD:



aljdiscussion.proboards.com/thread/9/limit-viewing-registered-users

[acttwo]

Aug 11, 2016 10:41:19 GMT -5 anotherfed said:

I'VE GOT IT!!!!

New registrants cannot become full members until they fulfill the following requirements:

1) Use the search function 5 times,
2) Review all the threads posted in the first two panes of the General Board,
3) Change avatar hair color at least 3 times, and

4) Come up with a catchy avatar name ("Aplcnt436" does not count as catchy; see e.g., "pumpkin ," "judgymcjudgypants ," "funkyodar ").

'Cause Pixie and ALJD have nothing better to do with their spare time than to monitor this progression.

P.S. -- If the above proposal is implemented, I recommend giving Pixie and ALJD a 50% raise (this is, of course, in addition to all the advertising revenue they cart off on a weekly basis)

anotherfed, didn't I see you in Evanston on Saturday for NU homecoming? Seriously, LOVE the purple hair...but I just can't pull it off. Ok if I just change the color of my background 3 times?

[Ace Midnight]

Aug 8, 2016 11:49:26 GMT -5 bayou said:

What is the difference between a lurker that doesn't sign up and a lurker that signs up to view the board but doesn't participate?

Stunningly elegant analysis. I adopt this question in response to the op.

[jonsnow]

Go 'Cats!