well the thing is..and am sure of it...is the more contributors we have...the better...if we increase the number of members..i don't think we'll get more contribution..loool, like adding friends on social sites for the sake of numbers :P but its just like mentioned above...the information is already there...they register if they want their questions answered...else not..WE ALL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS :D why would anybody else bother to join the group just to view the info and run :P i had a forum back then called "Computerfreaks" http://computerfreaks.10.forumer.com/ a couple thousands posts and topics...but i had a huge number of members...and less number of topics and posts...i restricted the site to only members and it was a huge mistake...before i knew it..the forum started dieing little by little...and i was too busy to manage it :( old story..loooool
THEfog...about that expert-exchange thingy...sometimes if u scroll the page to the end, you'll find the answers there :P it works sometimes...and i would be great-full when that happens...loool On Apr 2, 11:12 pm, "THEfog ." <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with espionage, restricting a few of the most important articles to > members is a good ides, all people have to do to see then is register which > is free and takes to whole of 5 minutes max to do, however I don't agree > with places like Experts-Exchange (Shakes ones fist and curses that name) > where to view anything at all you have to sign up for a 15 day trial just to > see information! Also they pull crap were they will say once you have you 15 > day trial you can view everything, that's not the case because I signed up > for its trial to read certain info that only seemed to be on their forums > and nowhere else, anyway I finally log in after a marathon of account errors > and registration issues only to find that the info I was trying to read was > "Restricted to Members" which is them trying to tell me to pay money for > information which should be free, That's ridiculas and its no wonder they > have lost popularity on google searches. > > THEfog > > On 03/04/2010 12:46 AM, "Espionage724" <[email protected]> wrote: > > lol same here. > > One way I would promote people to register on my website was to block > important pages (like how to get on my game servers) to guests and > make the page only viewable to members. But updates and news, that was > open, so the server sounded good, but you needed to register. > > Also some places have like special things for X amounts of topics and > posts you make. Idk if google group supports such a reward though. > > On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Dalmation <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, sadly people see... > > -- > Espionage724 Has A Signature... > > -- > INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS -- INTEL 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
