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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Richie Dulin wrote:
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Dave Schuler wrote:
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At the risk of seeming snarky, how many new members have joined LUGNET in
the past month? Three months? Six months?
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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.
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Wow, I didn’t know you could still actually join Lugnet. Somehow I’d gotten the
impression that process had fallen into neglect before I started posting here.
So I’ve been putting up with those authentication e-mails needlessly all these
years? Whoops!
That said, the signup form is 7 pages long (!), wants personal details like my
home mailing address, and lastly, wants actual money at the end. Whatever the
virtues of collecting that information, it is atypical in this era and it’s hard
to imagine a new user wading through it.
It’s too bad, because I like Lugnet. The web browsing interface is clean and
easy to read, and it was really convenient back when everything happened here. I
like seeing people’s real names, I like threaded conversations, and I like not
being barraged with “signature” lines so long and loud I can’t find the actual
conversation.
But despite my feelings of nostalgia, it’s hard to imagine Lugnet being to a new
user in 2010 what it was to me in 2000.
Allen
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| (...) No Allen, you can't become a member anymore. You can do the posting setup and "join" but unless you're a member you still have to put up with the authentication emails. -Orion (14 years ago, 1-Nov-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| (...) 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 (...) (14 years ago, 28-Oct-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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