Posted by Deneb on November 2, 2009, at 14:41:05
In reply to Re: private forums to encourage lurkers to delurk, posted by Dr. Bob on November 2, 2009, at 2:52:26
Yay, thanks for responding to my idea. I was brainstorming ways to make people feel safe here.
I think maybe 100 posts is too many. I now think something like 25 posts is better. 100 can seem like an eternity to a lurker who never posts. I think it might encourage lurkers to post to gain access. I don't want anyone to feel excluded and they won't be for long if they post.
At other sites I've been to, the busiest board is not the private board. This is because while it is nice to have a private place, people still tend to use the public boards because they get more responses.
Hmmmm...is there any way that we can have a condition for gaining access to the private board? Like maybe it is required that the poster post at least 1 post a week on the public boards? This is if we are worried that people may just post on the private boards only.
Hmmm...maybe we can scrap the 25 posts thing and make it 1 post a week on the public boards?
I dunnno. LOL Just more brainstorming. This is fun. :-)
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