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RAF Section => Suggestions / Feedback & Issues => Topic started by: A ghost you know on May 19, 2010, 09:45:23 PM

Title: Letting guests/non-logged in members read entire threads
Post by: A ghost you know on May 19, 2010, 09:45:23 PM
Currently, guests/non-logged in members can't read entire threads. They can only read the first post in each thread.

I'm sure there was a good reason for doing this, but it's pretty irritating. Any chance thread-reading could be enabled for guests?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Letting guests/non-logged in members read entire threads
Post by: esplin on May 19, 2010, 11:28:32 PM
Why not just... sign in lol.
Title: Re: Letting guests/non-logged in members read entire threads
Post by: goom on May 19, 2010, 11:49:28 PM
the incentive is:
a. to enforce members to join.
b. to not allow anonymous people to wander in and read out thoughts. with an account comes an email.

just sign up/in.
Title: Re: Letting guests/non-logged in members read entire threads
Post by: VisserZer0 on May 19, 2010, 11:54:43 PM
If guests can only see the OP in all threads, why even let them view the forum at all?
Title: Re: Letting guests/non-logged in members read entire threads
Post by: goom on May 20, 2010, 01:14:51 AM
richard's choice.
they can't view all the threads, anyways.

just a select few boards. :)
Title: Re: Letting guests/non-logged in members read entire threads
Post by: estrid on May 20, 2010, 01:34:59 AM
the reason there are threads/posts off limits to brand new members and guests is because those are boards that have members that have been around for a while sharing pictures, stories and such. Therefore in order to keep it relatively safe (as safe as the internet can be anyways), only members that have been/are relatively active, or have been/are relatively long members of RAF can go.

I hope this clarifies. This was decided a while ago, so I don't remember the exact details
Title: Re: Letting guests/non-logged in members read entire threads
Post by: A ghost you know on May 20, 2010, 10:21:24 AM
Quote from: Visser :3
Why not just... sign in lol.
Because I keep all my passwords in KeePass, and I frequently have to work on computers that don't let me run my own programs. End result: I can't sign in (at least not until I get back to my own system).
Not that big a deal, and it's certainly overridden by privacy concerns.

Quote from: Kit Kat
the reason there are threads/posts off limits to brand new members and guests is because those are boards that have members that have been around for a while sharing pictures, stories and such. Therefore in order to keep it relatively safe (as safe as the internet can be anyways), only members that have been/are relatively active, or have been/are relatively long members of RAF can go.

I hope this clarifies. This was decided a while ago, so I don't remember the exact details
Ah, that explains it. As a privacy lover, I can see exactly where you're coming from.

Sorry for the inconvenience; feel free to lock this thread.
Title: Re: Letting guests/non-logged in members read entire threads
Post by: estrid on May 20, 2010, 11:56:56 AM
No problem, glad to help clear up the confusion! :)


*locked*