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Originally Posted by cbrrmike
do you leave your trash can in the middle of your living room?
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Nope. I keep it in the basement......
(That was too easy.)
Seriously, there are lots of boards that force you to log into to see all/most of the content. No big deal.
I don't think it has anything to do with protecting against bots and such, especially if leave the rest of the site wide open. It probably has more to do with basement-like threads being out in the open. Can't have that if your striving to raise the bar. Think of it like an over 18 to enter/21 to drink rock club. The lounge is 18 to enter, the basement is 21 to drink......
If you really want to cut the nonsense start charging a yearly fee
Membership might drop, but quality content could very well rise. TDR (Turbo Diesel Registry charges $35 a year) and its worth every single penny. I get quarterly issues full of great info and the website is better than any warranty program the manufacturer could ever offer. Its like having a dodge tech and cummins tech on-call 24/7 without being banged for the labor rates.
Just saying.......