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[.jeff]

dan,

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> From: Daniel J. Cody
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> > so take the 5 seconds it takes to login
>
> regardless, if what i'm looking for only takes me 10
> seconds to find..
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and if logging in only takes you 5 seconds, you're still at a meager 15
seconds.

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> i know its hard to believe, but people dont' always(want
> to) log in.  public places, at work, whatever.
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you're missing the point though.  non-logged-in users or non-registered
users get to access and search our content with no hitches.  what do we
offer them as a hook to register or login?  they can submit articles?  they
can comment on articles?  they can search for users?  is that enough?  i
don't think so.  i think they should get the ability to refine their search
to just comments.

what does being at work or public terminal have to do with not wanting to
login?

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> > and they can continue to search for articles.  they
> > just can't search comments.  why don't they register
> > on the site?
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> *shrug* they don't plan on submitting articles or
> comments. they just want to read articles.. why would
> they register?
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<drum roll>
  to search comments
</drum roll>

you bring up a good question though -- why would they register?  if the
hooks to register aren't enough now, then what's it going to take?  what do
we need to do to get them involved being just reading articles?  i think
you'll find that the answer is not giving more to non-logged-in/registered
users.

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> lets not forget that the majority of people visiting our
> website are just here to read content.
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i think that's an assumption without the details to back it up.

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> we have enough stale accounts in teh DB as is me
> thinks..
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which goes back to the hooks to register.  apparently we're not offering
enough to the registered users to want to return on a regular basis and
log-in.

thanks,

.jeff

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jeff at members.evolt.org
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