"There is nothing to be paranoid about if you are not doing anything wrong."
The problem is not you its them..
Posting this here, cause i cannot comment on the "front Page"anymore ..
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Posted 6 months ago #
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Admin,
I know you're trying to please everyone, however allowing unregistered users to post again does nothing to change whats going on; you are still going to get trolls and junk comments as you were before; just in a different format.
I believe you should go back to having a disqus accounts. There are many large and popular websites that use disqus exclusively and without problem; I do not see what the issue is here. Yes, there's going to be people that do not want to share info, but that's fine, they do not need to register. This is a small minority, just like those who do not think they should give out a social security number to sign up for a credit card. However, having quality comments (over quantity) does help improve the image of the site, and it will make your job easier as a moderator too.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Very interesting topic this. I like DutchNikon also went to leave a comment on one of the conversations on the main page, but declined after being made to open a disqus account. I don't feel I'm paranoid about Internet security, and certainly have nothing to hide, but am concerned about who has access to my personal information, and will not give it away unnecessarily. (Posting on NR counts as unnecessary). After reading Admins comments about why he has changed the way the site works, I can now see a lot of sense for it. I also always thought it a shame that many of the contributors to NR seemed only interested in being antagonistic and disrespectful to other contributors. Interestingly though, without any different account status, we seem to avoid such time wasters in NRF. Why is that? I know the mods here are constantly removing spam threads, but the actual contributors to the discussions are I would suggest, nearly always genuine. Long may it continue! DutchNikon got further than I with the disqus account application, when the registration box came up, I just thought "what on earth is all this", and just decided not to post because it looked like too much hassle, I never got as far as reading the privacy policy!!
Admin, I can now see the reason for the change, and although I'm still not sure I want to open an account, if you have started using the services of disqus for the reasons you state, I would also recommend turning off the "guest user" option, otherwise as others have stated, there would seem to be little point in it. You'll just have to accept that there is always some collateral damage in such decisions.
Thank you for a great site, I really enjoy being a part of it.Posted 6 months ago #
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