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Hey i have searched to see if this has been discussed and i have not found any previous discussions.
Lately i have been seeing alot of guest activity...
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I think it should be made harder for guests to use ragezone but how could MentaL do this?
I mean just register its not hard... :/
I hope you agree with me
Lately? It's being going on forever. I don't think we can exactly 'force' guests into registering accounts because if they're forced to, they going to instantly leave again and if they even do decide to join they'd only probably be 'lurkers' going around the categories they want. Also, if you're not a registered user or not logged in then you'll see whenever you click one of the categories or a post you get an advertisement and there's no delay. Every click you make on a category, post, thread and even clicking back, you will get an advertisement. Forcing isn't an option, unfortunately.
MentaL could just restrict the forum from guest.Redirecting them to a page saying "Register to use RaGEZONE".
Lol damn :/ its so annoying though that their is more guests online than registered users...Quote:
Originally Posted by El Jamié
People who want to contribute to the community will register accounts to post. People who do not will not register.
Guests have to register to view links and attachments, unless that plugin was removed in the last upgrade.
Why make people register when they aren't going to post, and when Mental cleans the DB their account will be deleted anyways because of 0 posts?
You can't force people to contribute.
Thanks for clearing that up a great response. Thanks ron.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron
Also, lots of them are bots like the ones from Google. :)
I agree that they should not be 'forced', however they should have limited access; if they want to make use of all the forum features then they should register, just an opinion.
All they have access to is reading posts. They can't see links, can't download attachments, are flooded with ads, what else do they need to have? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by PixelPro123
So if they cant see link and are flooded with ads and such? The why are they still here? Why not just register then they can see links....Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron
Because most of them are bots. Like, the majority of them are bots and search engine crawlers. Forcing guests to register would make rz lower in search ranking because then search crawlers won't be able to access content.Quote:
Originally Posted by Space-Bar
Its best how it is right now tbh. Already explained why there's no reason to change.
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There is a single reason why registration is not forced for guests - Because unique guest page views generate more money from Google ads than registered members do. This has been covered multiple times, if you had searched it should have come up.
What I suggest is blocking all links in developments section, since this forum focuses in game developments. The rest should be allowed to see.
Log out and browse the development sections.Quote:
Originally Posted by iAkira
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Apologies, I wasn't aware of this... I'm always logged in on RZ :8: and yes it's fine that way, they don't need any more restrictions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron
this is a free mmorpg resource. nothing should be restricted. what good would blocking links or even entire forum access do? get the registered member count higher? useless garbage.
There has been many suggestions about this idea already, Mental said, that if RZ would do that, the database would fill pretty fast with useless accs who never posts and it would cause more lagg.
Yeah your right. Stupid me -_-# oh and rice shut the fuck up. You are not god.Quote:
Originally Posted by Z1ls
As everyone has said, we shouldn't force them to register this is unprofessional and will cause them to leave and possibly give RaGEZONE a bad name.
i am agree with rice
No point in making such a big deal of it, users have to Register to view screenies or snippets, and links. and sometimes you're in a hurry as a member, and don't really want to have the hassle of logging in. But i guess, if the majority wants to change the existing settings to No guests, then there we have it, but i find there is no point, but what ever opinions right?
what? i called it garbage and i gave it reasons why i think it's garbage. i'm not sure how you got that i said i was a god, but regardless, man up and learn to take some criticism.Quote:
Originally Posted by Space-Bar
I viewed the maplestory section as,a guest and was able to see a localhostr link o.o
Bots and crawlers are actually in a different forum group as regular guests, and therefor limiting guest access should not screw up the job they are doing right now. Using this as an argument is needless. Still, I must agree its unnecessary to limit guest access. Not just bots, but guests also contribute towards Ragezones hitrating on Google. The more people click links on Ragezone and stay there for a while instead of just going straight back to Google will have a positive effect on the search ranking. As said before, people who do not feel the need to contribute and only register to see one post or download 1 attachment would just clutter the user database. Limiting them has no use for Ragezone nor its staff, but it surely would be a pain in the ass for people who are looking for a quick fix that might be available here. If they want to contribute, they will register anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron
-1 and here is the reason;
if you will force guests to register there will be too many users without messages and it will not good for database.
Many accounts = many delay i think.