Originally posted by Thai-delight at 5-6-2016 07:22
RA should reflect this when reports are created, right?
In the future it will. The problem is that all the past posts were made with the understanding that the member-wall (RA10 basically) prevented google searches of the posts. We set our comments expecting that level of protection. Now those posts are exposed without the expected RA10. I don't believe the owners intended to harm his members but they have certainly put us at risk and made many of us unhappy and very nervous.
Originally posted by jetsetting2much at 5-6-2016 04:00
So, if you prefer NO forum, you may just get your wish...if we don't start getting more traffic and people patronize the banner advertisers.
I think most of us agree we would like to see more traffic and more posts. Tuning up the category list was an improvement. Opening up the content to the public to drive traffic is understandable and it might help. There are many ways to boost membership and traffic. For example, Give Ks for signing up members. Asking members for ideas on how to increase traffic might reveal a host of good ideas so give Ks for good ideas to boost traffic. There are some very savvy tech and web people here.
Putting your most valued members at risk however will likely do nothing to increase traffic. Aliening the core participants that create the content that attracts traffic appears to be counter-productive. It may drive senior members away who provide good content.
Suggestion: For the next 6 months allowing members to retroactively put RA10 on their critical past posts would solve the problem and I would guess 98% of the posts would remain open to the public. No burden on the moderators either. Problem solved, members happy, more content to boost traffic, owners happy. |
