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Re: New feature: Article rating
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Sun, 26 Mar 2000 19:47:31 GMT
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The main thrust of this whole conversaion has gotten very far away from my
original point, which I feel I made just fine, but:

In lugnet.admin.general, Mike Stanley writes:

I
think you _should_ have to sign in to post via the web interface.

My vote would be to keep Lugnet a place where you can post from any interface
without paying for a membership.  There are a lot of people (myself included)
who won't pay for a membership without trying a place out first.

eric



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  Re: New feature: Article rating
 
(...) I agree. But if Mike's suggestion is taken a little differently, i.e., "I think _I_ should have to sign in to post via the web interface." ...then that's probably a good thing. Once you do decide to beomce a member, you should (it would be (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  
  Re: New feature: Article rating
 
(...) Then implement a username/password system that doesn't require a membership but can accomodate one. Pretty simple, just have a membership field in the record. People who are just trying it out can read and post, but not access member-only (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) ! 

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  Re: New feature: Article rating
 
(...) ^^^^^^^ That's actually a bad thing, imo. I don't know when this changed (and sometimes I am glad it did) but I don't really like the fact that I can post AS ME from any machine simply by typing in my name and e-mail address. I _think_ this is (...) (25 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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