Why You Should Never Force Someone To Register To See Your Online Community’s Forums

April 15, 2010Comments Off on Why You Should Never Force Someone To Register To See Your Online Community’s Forums

If you force people to register to read your forums, you’re going to lose a lot of potential members.

You’re going to scupper your search engine results. You’re going to deter potential members from joining. You’re going to hide the biggest selling point of your community (the conversations) behind a registration wall that the majority wont cross.

Registering to read isn’t the same as registering to participate. You want members to register to participate. If they’re registering and reading, they’re useless. It’s the participation that you need. Let members see the conversations first, before they join.

Bigger point, what is the purpose of registrations at all? Is it a counting procedure? Couldn’t you replace your registration page entirely with Facebook Connect, OpenID or a similar platform?

Comments Off
©2023 FeverBee Limited, Apartment 2410, 251 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 6FN England FEVERBEE
GO TO THE CUTTING EDGE OF COMMUNITY BUILDING

We’d like you to join us.

We’re a group of community professionals who push each other to the cutting edge of our work. Every day we share our experiences, highlight new expertise, and push one another to become the best community builders we can be.

The day you join, you’ll get access to 1000+ practical tips, dozens of resources, and unlimited access to the top experts in our space. You’ll also get to see how we go about building a community amongst our own audience.

It takes just 30 seconds and doesn’t cost a thing.

CLICK HERE AND JOIN FEVERBEE
Please Select Membership Level to access more posts.

Level Price  
ALL COURSES $750.00 per Month.
Select
Community Development Program $1,100.00 per Month.
Select
Director of Community $8,770.00 per Month.
Select
Free Trial - Accelerator Program Free.
Select
Community Accelerator (founding members) [annually] $250.00 per Year.
Select
Community Accelerator and FeverBee Intelligence [monthly] $45.00 per Month.
Select
Community Accelerator and FeverBee Intelligence [annually] $450.00 per Year.
Select
Full Community Upgrade (Large Enterprise Only) [monthly] $750.00 per Month.
Select
Full Community Upgrade (Large Enterprise Only) [annually] $7,600.00 per Year.
Select