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Post by Blighted Ovum Board Admin on Apr 22, 2005 22:38:50 GMT -5
It's up to you guys how we proceed. We have been getting lots of sign ups so maybe it is time to require people to sign up to post? There are three options we can do: 1. Leave as is. Anyone can post, member or guest. Currently we haven't gotten any spam or anything and everyone has been very respectful and wonderful so it isn't a bad thing (IMO) to leave as is. 2. Require people to be members to post, but allow anyone to be able to browse and read this forum. 3. Members only to post, members only to read the forum. What is here is incredibly personal, but I don't want people to not get the help that they need and some people to that by "lurking" (reading and not posting). For that reason requiring people to be a member concerns me. On the other hand, if people aren't posting because anyone can read it, then we should do it. People could of course still sign up and lurk...(which is a bad sounding word but not a bad thing to do). Definately we will need to require membership to post if we get start getting spammy drive-by postings or negative posts that are hurtful to others. That isn't an issue now of course. I'm not sure what benefit option #2 would be, but there may be something I'm not seeing. Currently there is a memorial wall that requires membership to post and to read. All else is open. Should we leave it that way? I can change settings however, I want people to feel comfortable, at ease and to get the most benefit. What do you all think? (no need to be a member to reply )
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Post by justinsmomma on Apr 23, 2005 6:14:29 GMT -5
Well, I can't get into the TTC/pregnancy forum without signing in FYI. But I do think that for privacy reasons everyone should have to sign up before reading. However if new members could tell us whether or not they would be discouraged from joining if they can't read the content first, that would be a good gauge.
HUGS all!
Kris
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Lauren
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Post by Lauren on Apr 23, 2005 9:03:22 GMT -5
I definetely "lurked" for a while before I wrote anything, but I did sign up the first time I found the site. I do not think it will turn people off who are looking for information to just have to sign up, but if others feel differently, please let us know.
Thanks, Lauren
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Post by Blighted Ovum Board Admin on Apr 23, 2005 16:25:22 GMT -5
One postive about signing up is that there is more control if any problems arise. This is such a vulnerable time for people that I want to protect them as much as possible. I agree with the points here (maybe I have the ttc section set up for members only, if I did I hadn't meant to). Originally I had it set up that people had to sign up but we were just doing the switch and there were complaints so I thought we'd try it this way. The more I think about it the more I like the idea. I'll leave it through the weekend though, and I'm open to being talked out of it if anyone is reading this as a guest and isn't likely to sign up please post here. If there is anyone who feels that way, then there are probably more people just like you and we need to think it over.
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Post by Blighted Ovum Board Admin on Apr 24, 2005 16:15:48 GMT -5
Ok, this is now member only. If any problems arise, please let me know and we'll revist the issue. Thanks
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