Seems to me you can only see your own IP address, this doesn't seem to me to be too oppressive.

No matter which website, every website will receive information regarding your IP address as well as the version of the web browser, its mostly done for statistical reasons as well as to give the website the option to provide browser specific code for the web site you'retrying to view.... This is how when you browse to a site with a mobile phone at times you are automatically directed to the "mobile version" of the site.

...anyway I wouldn't be worried about anything.

This is a tough one ... since the majority of the newbie's respond well to feedback, I for one would rather see them make a post and then work up to making meaningfulposts, than have them be scared of making their first post.  Certainly I cut people more slack if their posts is fewer than 10.  A rank newb like that won't have a clue about karma or reading access and I believe are just being inconsiderate rather than trying to get points up.  

For the others who really ought to know better, well, it's like a game of hitting gophers!  Part of the fun    Having a few show up and get slapped with -ve karma is a good way to keep the message out there for all the other newbs and lurkers.  Sometimes a message needs to be sent a few times - progressively more forcefully - before it gets into a guy's skull.  

The reality is people are lazy, and the bigger the forum gets, the more likely it is for newbs to take shortcuts instead of reading up.  No big deal - we've got the tools to handle it, and should be glad we're attracting new posters.

You see the situation very clearly, bro. Yes, I agree, we need to slap idiots, but also we (mods and seniors) should not be lazy ourselves, that is, we should be handing out -ve karma with full disclosure about what we are doing and why the person deserves it... This way we will show example and help newbies understand faster.

Yeah, I know. Even blog owners can view the different nationalities of those surfing their blog, with tools which likely use their ip address to know the location.

Back to the main topic, its funny why the english forum has a problem with lurkers. Theres littleproblem over at the chinese forum. There are so many "Good Post!"  messages. Too many lurkers for the moderators to handle it seems.

How many moderators are there here to handle 22329 registered members? (at last count)

Here's the mod list....and you can even see the mod's "moderation" activity in the last month...

http://forum.sex141.com/eforum/stats.php?type=modworks

There are no problems with lurkers and mods don't need to "handle" them as they can't post here ...

My question was, why don't lurkers join as members so they can read the 5 reports sections.

Reply #45 Stonecold's post
still a newbie... can't access the link you provided

Reply #45 twiceAweek's post
I mentioned in my previous post that the lurkers are likely not in HK and thus have little incentive to register.  It could also be that they are all just horny guys and are looking at the various pictures in the WG database.

Maybe one could post a couple of teasers from the Reports section to entice the lurkers to register?

The reason I started this thread is to alert these lurkers that the 5 reports forums
are a lot more interesting then just reading the other forums that are available to them !

To all lurkers :  there's no cost in joining, just go to 'Join 4 free' (top of any page)
do a simple registration there, then you can immediately read the report forums !

Certainly a point that lurkers might be thinking there's little of interest if they're not able to visit HK.

The reality is the topics discussed are widely relevant, and hotly discussed by people who really do have the experience to know what they're talking about

LOTS of useful ideas are being freshly contributed, ongoing - it's quite what some bros get up to ... not to mention

The reports are excellent reading, wherever you happen to be.  Not mentioning my own reports of course ... ... modesty prevents me ...

There really isn't one solution to this. I agree with you and CL on most of this, not all of the short replies are inappropriate. I guess it's just wishful thinking on my part to have automated tools to weed out the irritating ones ;-)

And really, who am I to judge? Two weeks ago I was a completely raw newbie!

-G