Do you understand what my signature is about?

Do you understand what my signature is about?

  • Yes, definitely.

    Votes: 53 30.8%
  • Yeah, I think so (= probably not).

    Votes: 48 27.9%
  • No.

    Votes: 71 41.3%

  • Total voters
    172
  • Poll closed .
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If you're thinking about joining a forum, read around, and decide if you'd want to be a part of that. That's the basic idea I'm trying to get across.

I'd agree if there was a membership fee or some other disadvantage of joining. How is not joining better than joining? I think joining does have at least the advantage of the system telling you what you've read already, which I find very helpful.
 
Also, you can't use the search if you're not logged in (wtf??)


I assume it's designed so that you're not wasting CPU cycles unless you contribute.

Maybe, but I find it easier to believe the goal is to get as many people as possible to join (for whatever reason), or maybe it's simply vBulletin's default that hasn't been changed. IIRC, viewing attachments also required logging in, and that's definitely not CPU intensive.

It was some months ago I last tried using this forum without logging in, though, things might've changed after that. But this site definitely discouraged lurking without registering.
 
If you're thinking about joining a forum, read around, and decide if you'd want to be a part of that. That's the basic idea I'm trying to get across.

I'd agree if there was a membership fee or some other disadvantage of joining. How is not joining better than joining? I think joining does have at least the advantage of the system telling you what you've read already, which I find very helpful.

I think he's saying check it out for a while before you join, because it would be pointless to join, not like it and then never come back to this site.
 
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