Suggestion : New "Secret" Members Forum

[someonecompletelyrandom]

Originally Posted by oojay

The overall concept seems to have deviated somewhat. Should MB offer people a premium membership with perks or a members only club?

I say no to offering premium memberships. I say yes to opening a forum that requires a certain post count to view.

Hell, I'd actually like to see the Lounge restricted to members with a certain post count. That would at least encourage newbies to stick around and talk about music. I think we'd get a lot less lounge-whores.

[Necromancer]

You guys set it up, and I'll send MB my $20, ?. Lets stop talking and do it. I think a lot of members would be interested at the least. Especially long time members. I myself would contribute for improvement of the MB forum.

[Engine]

Ha!
People are willing to pay money for this shit? Have fun.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Conan

I say no to offering premium memberships. I say yes to opening a forum that requires a certain post count to view.

Hell, I'd actually like to see the Lounge restricted to members with a certain post count. That would at least encourage newbies to stick around and talk about music. I think we'd get a lot less lounge-whores.

I really don't think people join a site called Musicbanter specifically to chat about off-topic stuff. I think people just end up in the lounge, and because it's so active, invest in it. I don't think limiting the lounge for long-term users would do anything, as long-term users post in the lounge just as much as anyone else.

Ultimately, in regard to the whole "lounge whore" situation, I think everyone in general needs to just let it go. Let people post in the lounge 24/7 if they want. People who are here specifically for the purpose of posting about music will do so, regardless, and those that couldn't care less about posting in the music sections, won't. It's not harming anything. If anything, it's providing a nice segregation.
Unless we had a rule that lounge posts aren't allowed until a particular amount of music posts are made, then no one is breaking any rules, and I see absolutely no reason why any of the consistent music-related posters have anything against people who are, for all intents and purposes, staying out of their way.

I find it more hypocritical when regular music-related posters come into the lounge to post their complaints about people posting in the lounge, than lounge lizards occasionally going to the music section and expressing a musical opinion every now and then.

I really think the entire mindset about loungers is utterly illogical.

[[MERIT]]

I think we should add a type of "Members Only" section with certain criteria that must be met in order to be a part of it. Like it only unlocks with 1,000 posts, a 1 year tenure, and moderator approval.

[richie1]

First, I'm a newbie. With that being said, I think a forum for members with a certain post total and mod approval is a good idea. I realize that I would not have access for a long time but, the way I see it is, if I stick around and earn access then that's great, but if I don't stick around or, if I'm an **s, why would you want me to have personal information?

I'm in banking (something I don't usually share on a forum) and I see cases of identity theft way too often. It can (and usually does) have major impact on a person's life.

Now, how this would impact traffic on the MB site I do not know. Those of you that have been here awhile will certainly know better than me.

Anyway, I had noticed that most of the responses to this thread were from long time members so I thought I would throw in the 2 cents of a newbie.

[The Virgin]

Originally Posted by tore

This is something I managed to create on my own forum which I would also like to see on MB. It is basically a forum with restricted access. To get access to it, you would need a certain post count, for example 100. Without a high enough post count, you would simply not see the forum. It's posts and threads would not show up on the "new posts" feed or any other forum feed. It would basically be invisible until you reach that post count.


Reasoning

Why would we want such a forum?

It may be desirable to share personal information (ex. real name, occupation, pictures of you and your girlfriend) with the MB community. But currently, by doing so, you are also doing it with the rest of the world on a forum that has a relatively high google rating. That means it's generally speaking relatively easy for people to find the stuff you share through searches.

I see threads like members birthdays, members pics, the musicbanter cafè, recreational drug use (a thread which have made a few members ask to have their post history deleted) and so on and they would fit nicely in such a "secret" members forum, away from the prying eyes we never meant to share this stuff with anyways.


So .. whatcha think?

i love that idea. then we can share facebook page then become facebook friends. and also on twitter. love it.

[Urban Hat€monger ?]

What's with all the post count fellatio going on around here?

Everybodies solution to everything around here is install a post count to it.

You want to know how bad an idea it is to allow access to this thing via a post count as opposed to something such as moderator discretion i'll demonstrate it in one sentence....

Allowing access to this thing via having 1000 posts means that at current rate of posting someone like The Virgin will have access to this forum long before someone like Lisnaholic.

And that as far as I'm concerned is a travesty.

[Queen Boo]

I have to agree.
I always figured the post count only counted in the music section because this is a MUSIC forum. The lounge is fun and good but it isn't as big as a contribution. This actually encourages people to talk about music along with the usual mundane dicking around.

[Dr_Rez]

As said above, post count min just means spammers, trolls, and idiots spending more time churning out crap posts to get to the predetermined number.