Should we let guests post (limited), to increase traffic?

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Nairu said:
Hrm, i dont know, i think if you make a passing comment your more likely just to have your say and head off, wheras if you are forced to become a member, then at the very least you are going to remember that you are a member of that forum. Ive made posts on forums before where i havent been a member and i couldnt tell you which forums they were but forums in which ive had to join to become a member, well i can list them off in order hehe.

I'm not so sure. I think for a lot of people, it becomes like a type of ownership. Once they start posting, and can go back and reread their posts - they would spend more time there - see what people respond to them, etc.

Just like any other sort of community site - its the relationships you form with other people on the site that really matter - and draw you back time, and time again.

I personally would definitely spend more time on forums where I could post as a non-member, than ones where I couldn't post at all (same witrh voting, etc...). Sure once you become a member its different...