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Open the forums for reading please

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:30 pm
by malte
Hi,

I really would like to see the forums open for reading even for unregistred users. You could disable the ability to post as a guest, if spam is a concern. But it really should be open to read. It is a motivation to register, if you can see the useful information as a guest and I think it is no good idea to rule out all people who want to lurk before they post any questions or tricks.

All the best,

Malte

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:50 am
by BvG
See also this topic which contains the same plea.

Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:14 pm
by Bill Phelps
malte wrote:I really would like to see the forums open for reading even for unregistred users. You could disable the ability to post as a guest, if spam is a concern. But it really should be open to read. It is a motivation to register, if you can see the useful information as a guest and I think it is no good idea to rule out all people who want to lurk before they post any questions or tricks.
It's a "me too" for this one. Being able to lurk (a) builds up confidence for newbies and (b) allows us to decide whether the forum's likely to be worth signing up for.

Bill

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:40 pm
by Timshark
* Bump *

I agree - that's all

Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:19 pm
by Benedikt.Seidl
me too


SEIDL.

Why the cloak of secrecy?

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:57 am
by Richmond
Yes, let's open up the forum.