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| Originally Posted by realitycheck You already encourage registration but do not require it. I still don't understand the push to have people register. |
There are benefits that flow to everyone else as more people register. I get complaints that it's too hard to hold a conversation with someone when they're one of hundreds of anonymous posters; you never know if you're talking with the same person.
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| Originally Posted by realitycheck I said this a while back...I honestly think making it a requirmement to register will hurt the amount of posts that you like to brag about. |
I agree this will happen. However, it might also increase the amount of posting by some other members as it will be much easier to get a sense of community by "knowing" whom you're dealing with.
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| Originally Posted by realitycheck Many current eracers are scared of posting in fear of Erac finding out and that fear is probably not going to go down. For me persoanlly, I really don't feel like spending addtional time typing in a login and password eash time I come to this board. |
But you won't have to! You'll log in once, and then your credentials will be cached in an encrypted form either in a cookie or by your web browser. You'll have to log in once every couple of weeks, at most. Every time you go back to the site, you'll already be logged in! And it will only require you to be logged in if you wish to post.
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| Originally Posted by realitycheck As it is, when I have a few minutes I jump on and jump off. It's simple. Not that typing in a username and passeord would take a helluva lot more time, but you would lose out on many of the people that come here to just check it out. Slap a requirment to register and they are less likely to add to the discussion. I've only been on a few discussion boards similar to this and most of them require registeration. Guess what? Those boards had few posters and it bored the shit out of me because of that reason real quick. They sucked. I wonder how many people registered on this board just to post maybe once or to check things out, and I wonder how many of those registered users you see post on a consistent basis. It sure doesn't seem like a helluva lot in my opinion. It's really not that difficult to simply type in a consistent username and not register. |
If you were a registered user, you'd never have to type in your username while posting again. You'd actually speed things up!
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| Originally Posted by realitycheck It's really not that big of a deal. If people want to do that, who cares? If people that post consistently under 'unregistered' want credit for what they post and actually would like to have consistent discussion, then it's not rocket science to simply delete the default 'unregistered' name and type in some new name. Why DO you want people to register so badly? You've been on this tangent practically since this site began. And save me this unregistered user name line. Ya never really had this unregistered username issue before on the original webapge and you still pushed for registeration. |
Yes, I push for it because I want to nurture and grow the community and people like it better when they can start to build up a consistent identity for whomever they're conversing with. Two-thirds of the people at this party are unnecessarily hiding in the shadows. Actually, from what I can tell, 90% of the users read and never post. 10% post, and of those, most do so anonymously.
I think the most important thing eBay ever did was require everyone to register and log in, and then ask for a thumbs up or thumbs down from both parties after every transaction. It allowed people to earn a reputation in the community which solved the problem of strangers not trusting each other. I want the same sense of community here.
By the way, you occupy a unique position here at Failing Enterprise. You're the only person who has an unregistered consistent identity. I wouldn't consider the public discussion complete until you had weighed in on it.
Think of the benefits: you sign in once, and then every time you come back, you're already logged in.
Here, do an experiment for me: Create a registered username (reality_check_kicking_and_screaming is available) and just try it out. See for yourself the extra privileges you get by being a registered user. If you don't like it, just click on "Log out" and you'll be back to where you started.
You have nothing to lose. Will you give it a try?