by Big Bene » January 2nd, 2012, 7:06 pm
Well, I am a man of many interests and I often stumble into a "foreign" forum when I search the net for something. Sometimes such a forum seems quite the right place to ask my question, and sometimes I even can leave one or two helpful posts (being aready researching in the subject given). I'm always glad when the folks are nice and helpful to a stranger and do not require me to sign up just to contribute once to a single thread. Of course I then try to be as nice and helpful as possible in return.
Most forums, however, don't let me ask my question / give my contribute this way. When the question is really important to me, and I can find no answer somewhere else, I sign in, but with a bad feeling. It may cost me only a few minutes, but I still feel this an unneccecaary waste of time. I also often have to give personal information. And, above all other reasons, I feel like a betrayer, pretending to want to join a group of friends, when I really just want to get one information and go away again. I much prefer to honestly stay a "guest".
So, my advise would be: Make a sub-section of the market which is open to guests. All Wandering Monster droppings can be collected there, be it spam or valuable information. Heroes who dare to brave the spam may find some gems in between, and people who really can't stand reading the garbage of strangers can just stay out and only check the member's market.
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Well, I am a man of many interests and I often stumble into a "foreign" forum when I search the net for something. Sometimes such a forum seems quite the right place to ask my question, and sometimes I even can leave one or two helpful posts (being aready researching in the subject given). I'm always glad when the folks are nice and helpful to a stranger and do not require me to sign up just to contribute once to a single thread. Of course I then try to be as nice and helpful as possible in return.
Most forums, however, don't let me ask my question / give my contribute this way. When the question is really important to me, and I can find no answer somewhere else, I sign in, but with a bad feeling. It may cost me only a few minutes, but I still feel this an unneccecaary waste of time. I also often have to give personal information. And, above all other reasons, I feel like a betrayer, pretending to want to join a group of friends, when I really just want to get one information and go away again. I much prefer to honestly stay a "guest".
So, my advise would be: Make a sub-section of the market which is open to guests. All Wandering Monster droppings can be collected there, be it spam or valuable information. Heroes who dare to brave the spam may find some gems in between, and people who really can't stand reading the garbage of strangers can just stay out and only check the member's market.
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