[thesite] comment searches

[Warden, Matt]

On Nov 16, .jeff had something to say about RE: [thesite] comment searches

>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.

I guess we could require registration for the ability to view any part of
the site.

Really, i think it goes to user experience. they can search for articles,
so no user would assume that they woudl be able to suddenly be able to
search comments IF they register. I think we'd have a better chance of
them being impressed by the totally-public tools on the site that they'd
want to join our community.

i mean, even if they DO somehow know that they can search comments if they
register, who would register just to search comments?

I think people register for community reasons, not tool reasons. If that
makes sense.

i think we should restrict registration-required stuff to things that
absolutely must be registration-required -- like comments, articles,
etc. which need that information in order to work.

you don't need a username in order to search articles.

just my two cents.

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mattwarden
mattwarden.com