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Guest Board - Yes or No?

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Question: Should we have a board that guests can make topics/posts in?
Yes - 12 (66.7%)
No - 3 (16.7%)
Yes, but... (explain) - 3 (16.7%)
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« on: July 11, 2012, 03:30:46 pm »

Should we have a board that guests can access?  They will be able to post topics and replies in this hypothetical board.

I'm considering this for two reasons.  The first is that more than once a member has forgotten his or her login information and has had to contact staff members via alternate routes, which takes some time.  It wouldn't be hard to imagine that this has happened to someone who couldn't contact anyone on the staff and has not been able to access their account.  Obviously, if they could post on the forum, they would be able to notify the staff of the problem immediately.  So, very useful in that regard.

The other reason is a bit compound.  First, we have a lot of guest traffic, but not a terribly large amount of guests registering.  This could be from laziness or uncertainty about the community.  If people are given the opportunity to participate without having to make a commitment of any sort, it's possible we would see more activity as a result.  We would need to police the board fairly strictly, however, as the possibility of someone posting inappropriate or illegal content isn't nonexistent.  This shouldn't be difficult, and if it turns out that I'm incorrect in that assumption, we can always appoint more staff members.



Please make sure to vote in the poll, whether or not you post in this topic.  If you vote for the third option, state what your concerns or suggestions are or your vote will be discounted (I'll look at the number of people who voted for that option and the number of people who voiced their opinion after voting for that choice and note the difference).

As always, any and all feedback is appreciated.
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« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2012, 03:42:09 pm »

Yes
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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2012, 03:53:43 pm »

Yes, more activity is always better.
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« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2012, 04:44:54 pm »

Yes, but....

make sure it is being policed very well.
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« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2012, 05:34:27 pm »

Yes, but....

make sure it is being policed very well.

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Not a bad idea if "[ Nds ][ /Nds ]" made your text selection into caps.
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2012, 05:37:57 pm »

Yes, but...

Is there any way you could implement some sort of required captcha for the guests that they have to fill out before posting? It would be a minor inconvenience and could really protect you guys from a bunch of bot-posts.

Maybe.  We have a captcha enabled for registering, but I'm doubtful it would work for posting.  I'll see what I can do, though.
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« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2012, 05:48:12 pm »

Yes, but....

make sure it is being policed very well.
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« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2012, 05:59:27 pm »

So it seems the biggest concern is that it be policed thoroughly.  That shouldn't be much of a problem, as I'm on most of the day and we have night owls like K, Turd, and Pillow on until the wee hours.

As for requiring a captcha code to post, I only have the ability to enable that for all members.  Thoughts?
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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2012, 06:00:31 pm »

As long as it's for only guest board. And is the captcha for every post or just the session?
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2012, 06:07:58 pm »

It would affect all boards, I think.  Granted, I'm not sure since I've never played with it before.  I'll put the forum into maintenance mode late tonight, test it out, and report back.  But my gut tells me it would be on every board, unfortunately.
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« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2012, 08:57:38 pm »

Yeah, **** a captcha code. The way I see it is that it's disrespect to members of our community that they have to enter a code in to make sure they aren't spamming just because we have an idea that MIGHT bring us activity.

Personally, I voted no. I think we aren't going to see any fruits of our labor here while still risking the various downsides mentioned.
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« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2012, 09:11:17 pm »

We certainly don't have to have a captcha, and I'm confident no one would want one if my suspicions about its implementation are correct.

And really, the worst case scenario with this is that our staff has something to do other than simply check the ASE once every few hours.
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« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2012, 09:16:29 pm »

I wasn't voting no because of the captcha.

See, what I get worried about is I feel like a Guest Board is the first place a new user would check, and if we don't beat them to the random dude posting **** or crap like that because he thinks he's funny, and inevitably a potential user will beat us no matter how hard we try, they end up being like "wtf", closing out the tab, and never coming back.
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« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2012, 09:30:19 pm »

So we actually put our staff to work.  And the guest board doesn't need to be the first thing people see (guests can see all general boards anyway).  If it turns out that we can't handle it with our current sized staff, we can bring more people on.
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« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2012, 09:38:35 pm »

Yes
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