Poll: Should we be invitation only?

Pirate · 10-30-2015, 02:00 PM

No. The site should not be invite only. It will kill Activity.

Linuxephus™ · 10-30-2015, 02:13 PM

(10-30-2015, 02:00 PM)Pirate Wrote: No. The site should not be invite only. It will kill Activity.

It will kill the wrong type of activity in my experience were it to remain in effect, the disposition would improve in time (infer a process, not an event).

Pirate · 11-05-2015, 04:21 AM

(10-30-2015, 02:13 PM)Linuxephus™ Wrote: It will kill the wrong type of activity in my experience were it to remain in effect, the disposition would improve in time (infer a process, not an event).

Not really, now there is like 0 activity on Sinisterly.

Oni · 11-05-2015, 04:46 AM

(11-05-2015, 04:21 AM)Pirate Wrote: Not really, now there is like 0 activity on Sinisterly.

I never really intended to keep us invite-only very long. With the recent amount of spam and whatnot, being invite-only was a good option.

Earth · 11-05-2015, 05:14 AM

(11-05-2015, 04:46 AM)Oni Wrote: I never really intended to keep us invite-only very long. With the recent amount of spam and whatnot, being invite-only was a good option.

If you made the forum open-registration again I suggest you change the announcement which still states it's invite-only.

m0dem · 11-05-2015, 05:48 AM

I think it should be invite-only, BUT: there should be a submission form for users who want to join.
A simple message, that will easily determine the quality of the user.
And then a simple disablement put on them: they can only post (no negative repping) for the first ~5 posts which are then reviewed (all at once) and chosen whether they stay or go.
So basically, the reviewing of newbie's post's could be spread out among the more trusted, established (HQ) users.
I don't know about anyone else, but I would be happy to do atleast one review a day (if I qualify as a "trusted, established (HQ) user" Wink2

).

Maybe I'm just dillusional.. but I think it's a fair compromise.

Earth · 11-05-2015, 08:29 AM

(11-05-2015, 05:48 AM)m0dem Wrote: I think it should be invite-only, BUT: there should be a submission form for users who want to join.
A simple message, that will easily determine the quality of the user.
And then a simple disablement put on them: they can only post (no negative repping) for the first ~5 posts which are then reviewed (all at once) and chosen whether they stay or go.
So basically, the reviewing of newbie's post's could be spread out among the more trusted, established (HQ) users.
I don't know about anyone else, but I would be happy to do atleast one review a day (if I qualify as a "trusted, established (HQ) user" ).

Maybe I'm just dillusional.. but I think it's a fair compromise.

I think it would be more simple to just manually approve them members, make it so all new members go into awaiting activation but cannot post or anything, and only allow them to be manually activated after the account is looked over and cleared of being a possible multi-accounter then go ahead and activate it.

Simple but could be effective.

Your method is still good but it would require some sort of plugin or constant monitoring of emails to approve them which could become a hassle.

Oni · 11-05-2015, 11:32 AM

(11-05-2015, 05:14 AM)Fire Wrote: If you made the forum open-registration again I suggest you change the announcement which still states it's invite-only.

I have forgotten twice.

Sikom · 11-05-2015, 05:39 PM

What about we do it soo the userers have to be approved before they can post anything, that way we might have less spammers but more activity then invite only

Blunt · 11-05-2015, 06:21 PM

Keep this bitch invite only...

Poll: Should we be invitation only? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
Yes, things are perfect.	43.75%	14	43.75%
Yes, but not right now - maybe later.	28.13%	9	28.13%
No, never.	28.13%	9	28.13%
Total		32 vote(s)	100%

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