AlexKnight wrote:It's a bit like window shopping... you can see the big brands, and watch as much as you want, but if you want to see the more general information, you need to enter the store to find out about that.
And in the real world, that requires you to touch the door, open it, and enter... on the internet, it requires that you create an account and log in, and that process is not hindered in any way.
So, if a window shopper e.g. a lurker wants to read those forums, he or she simply needs to register and log in.
Excellent metaphor!
All the Doll Forums are viewable, which is most important to the manufacturers
and it was when I first came here, so to potential buyers as well. The Doll Matrix is also very important.
The rest is really just for us members to discuss that aren't essential either to manufacturers or potential buyers - for the
Open Forum has various topics that do not even have to do with dolls, the
Bat Cave is definately nonessential to manufacturers or potential buyers,
Dolls Alive which also is not essential for manufacturers/potential buyers of dolls or gaining knowledge and making that a members only section also has to do with the trolling issue.
Only issue people could possibly raise, in my eyes, is the one with
Dolls in General, but all the potential Doll Makers here that want a forum/Doll Maker account, must go through the necessary steps in order to obtain one, going through whatever screening process is in effect at the time of wanting to get a forum/Doll Maker account. If they do not want to comply to screening, for whatever reason, then that's their own
business.
What about the Eye Candy section? What about the Doll Matrix section? If you make those Members Only, it might curb trolling some more and other things.