Noobs.

The discussion about guests not being able to view without registering is one that's been held many a time. If I wanted to read a post on a forum, I'd be instantly put off if I was required to register before I could read it, in all honesty.

That may be true in that reguard, but what is there to gain from a bunch of people that are on a read-only basis? Atleast put a blinking banner or something encouraging people to post, that FAQ button must not be working.

What i'm saying is just consider it, we've got so many guests that are browsing around, but they just aren't getting the message, we need to protrude it out towards them in a slightly more agressive manner, in my opinion atleast..

There's a PS3 forum I occasionally visit that has a nice take on the read-only guests - you can view something like ten, or fifteen threads a day, and then you've got to register to start reading more.

Ok, see. Something like that would be great if it could track by IP address and give them an alotted amount of views before they view, I guess that way your theory of turning them off immideately would be gone because now they could have a "free trial"..

I must admit, it annoys me whenever I get it on other forums I'm not registered on. So much so, that I close the page and do something else.

Hard man to please, I am.

Rather than using IPs, it would most probably be done with cookies. I know the PS3 forum is - should I get the message, and can't be bothered logging in, I'll clear my cookies and carry on.

I would have to agree with Lenny. I think closing off the forums to guests would shun more people away from us.

What about something gimmicky? Such as "Get paid TWICE or THRICE what the mods get if you join now! All you need to do is Register, post somewhere and introduce yourself! GET PAID TO POST ON THIS FORUM!" or something... although they may feel a little betrayed, we wouldn't be lying, and they may stick around and feel that our sense of humor is one that is rarely found in real world groups of people.

Just my .02