Registered and logged in to view?

[Bozza]

Having, like most of you I'm sure, spent some time getting the damned "We're busy, piss off for a bit and try again" message this lunchtime, I wonder if we should go 'registered and logged in' to view NSC to see if it improves things.

Means only those who have bothered to join etc are using most of the bandwidth rather than 'lurkers'.

Might not make any difference, but might be worth a go.

Views?

 

[Tom Bombadil]

I voted no cos I think it will discourage new posters, though if they're new Kaney's that may be a good thing.

 

[Braders]

sounds a great idea to me

 

[Silent Bob]

If it saves bandwitdh I'm all for it.

People are more likely to register as well, and then they'll be more likely to post

 

[London Irish]

No, season ticket holders should get priority.

 

[Braders]

No, season ticket holders should get priority.

but they hardly ever post , no AMS get priority

 

[Albion Dan]

Give it a go. As you are incurring costs the least you can ask for is a registration to use the pages.

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

Can't see why not

 

[Race]

i dont like lurkers!

 

[Spiros]

Is there any way you can restrict the number of guests that can view at any time? Then you only need to have a maximum of, say, 10 lurkers at a time. That said, my guess is that a lot of the lurkers are actually registered users who haven't signed on for whatever reason

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

If your in invisible mode, does that count as a guest or does it just come up in the members on-line but your name does not appear

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Absolutely NOT !!!

Apart from the fact that many lurkers eventually become members, it is really one of the most frustrating of internet experiences to discover other football message boards that apply this rule.

Football is a community of fans, first and foremost. Let's keep it that way and not turn it into two communities - those who are welcome and those who are not.

I feel VERY strongly about this.

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

We can give it a trial basis of a couple of weeks then have another poll asking weather it should stay in tact

How about keeping certain parts of the board open to the lurkers like an all things BHAFC and away fans forum for banterand stuff about upcoming and after games and keep the main board closed and only open for registered users.

 

[sully]

I'm with LB on this one.

I often visit other clubs message boards just for a read and have been frustrated to find several that you need to register for before you can access them.

I've ended up registering on several in order to post, but those that I needed to register to read never get any input from me as I just ignore them and move on.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

What about the people who can read NSC at work, but cannot register or log in from work, because that is contrary to their employer's policies on internet use?

That was certainly the case at my former employer. I was a day-time lurker and an evening registered user.

What is now proposed would have prevented me reading stuff except in the evenings and at the weekends.

I guess we'll have to wait until this evening before this group of people can vote or join the discussion.

 

[Biscuit]

Getting the "We're busy, piss off for a bit and try again" message is part of NSC and something we just have to take on the chin.

It should be an open forum, I can only see this causing more problems. People will just sign up and not post so I don't think it would really improve the situation that much.

Maybe Spiros' ideas about limiting the number of guests is the best way forward?

*Logs in on other accounts to fix the poll*

 

[Lord Bracknell]

*Logs in on other accounts to fix the poll*

Smart thinking, lad.

 

[Robot Chicken]

The other point is that when you register aren't you sent a link you have to click on to activate your account?

That link doesn't reach many email addresses due to the spam filters in place, and some servers never let the email actually reach the recipient's email box so looking in the spam folder doesn't help.

I have experience of this on several sites, sometimes I just give up as my favoured username is no longer accessible as I've just registered it with an email address that won't accept the activation message.

I vote to keep things as they are.

 

[Titanic]

i think it would be a pity to make it 'members only'. Unless we have got a real problem with bandwidth, either cost or availability, I don't think it would be good to restrict access.

I've been online most of this morning, and haven't had any 'go aways' yet.

 

[Juan Albion]

i dont like lurkers!

"Shadow" is a classic.