Report, edit, etc...Posted by Syphon on 2005-09-07 at 21:02:36
QUOTE(Yoshi da Sniper @ Sep 7 2005, 03:35 PM)
I don't delete accounts because some people end up returning after a while. I frankly don't care if they just sit there and thats not what this topic is about.
The question is then, why do you do it? It isn't some "secert thing" which motivates people to register, it actually demotivates people because "register first sites" are usually hiding that they have nothing of interest to offer people.
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The question is then, why do you do it? It isn't some "secert thing" which motivates people to register, it actually demotivates people because "register first sites" are usually hiding that they have nothing of interest to offer people.
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Sorry, I was just wondering but I still agree with you.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by PwnPirate on 2005-09-07 at 21:32:09
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I do report things, there's no immidiate (immidiate as in, when the MOD see's it they do more than up warn) punishment.
Increasing warn IS a punishment. Hello?
This isn't some jail made by Yoshi just so that when he's angry he can ban random people. If you want someone to get banned for flaming once then go to Nazi land.
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I wasn't aware there was a formal definition, no. As far as I'm concerned, it's keeping unneccessary members (probably with the goal of looking more popular than you actually are).
If Yoshi wanted popularity chances are he would be doing exactly what he is ranting about.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Demaris on 2005-09-07 at 22:18:51
As to the german site i was complaining about, the main reason i was annoyed at it was it wanted my email address to send me tons of porn.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Forsaken on 2005-09-07 at 23:03:11
I'll just keep my rant/response simple.
I don't like wasting time for me to sign up for anything. Unless, it has a decent return factor. There is noting more annoying than a site that is boring...
Plain and simple.
I don't like wasting time for me to sign up for anything. Unless, it has a decent return factor. There is noting more annoying than a site that is boring...
Plain and simple.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Yoshi da Sniper on 2005-09-07 at 23:08:19
QUOTE(Mp)MinigameEast @ Sep 7 2005, 07:22 PM)
can yall actually seperate the member list to the active and inactives?
OR....
you know when a person is unregistered and it says it around the box or where ever it is. can you make a sign that says InAcTiVe or something like that.
would it be to complicated?
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Its possible. Not on my priority list though. You don't really need to see whos inactive anyway. You can see their last login in their profile too.OR....
you know when a person is unregistered and it says it around the box or where ever it is. can you make a sign that says InAcTiVe or something like that.
would it be to complicated?
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QUOTE(PsychoTemplar @ Sep 7 2005, 07:43 PM)
That depends if the person offering the service is intending to improve upon it, possibly for his or her own benifits.
Lets say I post a tune of me playing acoustic guitar on a forum. Further suppose I don't have much interest in just letting people enjoy it (because I'll have no idea if they really are). Now everyone who just downloads it and doesn't say anything (they could possibly claim they made it elsewhere, post/reproduce it without my permission etc.) I've now gained nothing. However, by encouraging comments and suggestions (which for reasons of forum security that you've mentioned, can only be accessed by signing up) I can improve on the tune, and better myself (the reason I probably posted it).
To me, it's not important to let people who don't intend to comment at all download the tune. Obviously this could apply to many services. The visitor gets the benifit of the service, I hope for the benifit of criticism.
I'm a fairly cynical person when it comes to taking risks (asuming people aren't going to bother getting an account and telling me what they think if they've already heard the song), I think most of society is (hence forcing user sign in to avoid abuse). Hell, 15+ people won't even bother to tell a blind man a hurricane is coming. Why should I risk it?
On the other hand, when a site already has many frequent visitors, it's less important to be so carful (unless of course it's important to you not to allow you service to spread too much).
That's where I stand =/
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I don't think you get this, but when I'm forced to sign up, I'm not "encouraged" in anyway to start posting, leave comments, or anything. If anything, I'll leave a comment about how I hated signing up. Bottom line, people will download it anyway and just make an account real fast that they'll never use if they really want it (assuming that they think that your music is worth the time to go through the registration process). You could force them to post like 5 comments a week to download music, but oh whoops wait, its not really a signup thing anymore. Signup is just an extra step people have to take to download your files, and all it does is make them hate your site more. No one likes forced registrations.Lets say I post a tune of me playing acoustic guitar on a forum. Further suppose I don't have much interest in just letting people enjoy it (because I'll have no idea if they really are). Now everyone who just downloads it and doesn't say anything (they could possibly claim they made it elsewhere, post/reproduce it without my permission etc.) I've now gained nothing. However, by encouraging comments and suggestions (which for reasons of forum security that you've mentioned, can only be accessed by signing up) I can improve on the tune, and better myself (the reason I probably posted it).
To me, it's not important to let people who don't intend to comment at all download the tune. Obviously this could apply to many services. The visitor gets the benifit of the service, I hope for the benifit of criticism.
I'm a fairly cynical person when it comes to taking risks (asuming people aren't going to bother getting an account and telling me what they think if they've already heard the song), I think most of society is (hence forcing user sign in to avoid abuse). Hell, 15+ people won't even bother to tell a blind man a hurricane is coming. Why should I risk it?
On the other hand, when a site already has many frequent visitors, it's less important to be so carful (unless of course it's important to you not to allow you service to spread too much).
That's where I stand =/
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QUOTE(syphon8 @ Sep 7 2005, 09:02 PM)
Sorry, I was just wondering but I still agree with you.
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Don't be sorry. This is the serious forum and intended to be for debating. You brought up a good point and I rebuttled. This is what forums are all about
