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On 02/04/19 08:45, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 8:38 PM Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn |
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> <chithanh@g.o> wrote: |
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>> |
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>> A compromise / an alternative to removing OTW (if deemed a bad thing) would |
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>> be to limit its public reach by allowing only registered forum users to |
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>> access it. |
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> If it isn't a bad thing, then why would we want to hide it? If it is |
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> a bad thing, why would we want to stop merely at hiding our shame? |
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As noted, I do not believe Off the Wall to be a "shame", but we have |
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considered limiting it to registered users for purely practical reasons, |
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primarily as a means of limiting the appeal of the forums to spammers. |
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Making it accessible only to those who have logged in does not remove |
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its value as a social area while it would keep crawlers, for spam bots |
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and search engines alike, out. |
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