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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Scott Wardlaw wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Scott Wardlaw wrote:
> > > > > At the risk of seeming snarky, how many new members have joined LUGNET in
> > > > > the past month? Three months? Six months?
> > > >
> > > > 14, 39 and 137 have taken the trouble to {join} in those periods - so clearly
> > > > people are able to negotiate the sign up procedure (and are motivated to do
> > > > so). I think it's reasonable to assume that the are several more {readers},
> > > > but I could be wrong.
> > >
> > > There are two types of memberships here...which is also very confusing! As I
> > > remember it was fairly easy to become a regular member, but that did not allow
> > > posting. A membership that allowed you to post was a different and more
> > > difficult process.
> > >
> > > Those numbers are probably regular members, and I'd bet nearly all of them are
> > > wondering how or why they can't post.
> >
> > I think you may be confused - as far as I know there has only ever been 1
> > flavour of membership (see http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/options). And
> > you do not have to be a member to post, you just need to go through the posting
> > setup process (see http://news.lugnet.com/news/post/setup/).
> >
> > However, I do agree that is a little more complicated (and the instructions
> > harder to find) than more modern forums.
> >
> > ROSCO
>
> I think you just confirmed what I just said...after getting membership, you
> still can not post messages. You have to jump through another hoop (that is not
> obvious) with confirmation emails and the like. Call it two flavors of
> membership, or call it like it is..it is off-putting.
As I said, I agree. And you've re-highlighted something that is not obvious, and
not easy to figure out for newbies - you do not have to be a member[1] to post,
something which seems to be the norm on the vast majority of modern forum sites.
It might make the sign-up more intuitive if the membership process required the
entry of the information on the posting setup screen, and that screen was
removed altogether.
ROSCO
1. I use "member" here to describe what the site creators call a "member", not
the completion of the posting setup.
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