Chet Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 The few forums I have been involved in all require registration and I think it would be good to keep this one that way also. It's a simple process and if they're so busy as to not want to take the time then maybe they wouldn't be around much anyway. Just my thoughts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 I think this is a mods vote issue. The hassle to deal is theirs alone. The only way it challenges the rest of us is to ardently avoid the no jerks policy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post drzaius Posted February 6, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 There are many cases of newly registered members who's first post is a question about a project they are working on. Members make the effort to reply with suggestions, hints, or requests for more info, yet the OP just turns out to be another drive by. I'm pretty sure that would become an epidemic if guests were allowed to post. I can't see how allowing guest posts would bring in new forum members. If someone wants to become part of something, the registration process is not a hindrance. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wtnhighlander Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I can't say that continuing to allow guest posting won'be a hassle, it probably will. But to be honest, I've had good interaction with at least 3 guests this week. They may never come back to discuss another project, but they still engaged more than the dozens of one-post wonders who registered last year and never even returned to see if their question was answered. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 It’s hard to say they never returned. If they lurked to read, logged in to ask, then returned to lurking...you are just left in the open loop because they only logged in once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 The advantage would, in theory, be that it encourages more activity since there's nothing stopping them from posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spanky Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 I think it could be the Houston Boy posting as a guest. He like’s to rock the boat just alittle, but I could be wrong on that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnG Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 We already got spam posts before guest posting was allowed. Mods here are pretty quick to remove them. And based on the first posts by some new registered users, I don’t think allowing guest posting would significantly reduce the quality of questions asked, reduce the lack of searching before posting, or the lack of checking thread dates before replying. Not that those things are really that bad anyway. I do agree with @Mark J that it seems to be counterproductive for the posts to disappear, if that truly happens even if there are replies. I think that would lead to more short or aggressive replies to guest posts, especially if it is a frequent question or one of the cases mentioned above. We already occasionally get some responses like that when a new user brings back a zombie post, even when they do add some useful info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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