Bhassler wrote:As per Kelley Graham on fb, NSFW content and COPPA require age restrictive login.
Mystery solved.
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KelleyGraham wrote:yeah, no more lurking. the registration link works. with spam bots gumming up the process. it might take several days to approve new accounts.
Think it’s a bit weird that there’s no official announcement over this change. Also, now it says “this board has no forums.” which is confusing and makes people believe that the boards are all gone. There are always ways to show the boards on the main page but keep them locked. The simplest way is to just list them and link them manually to the sub boards while keeping it locked.
And I know that there are many forums that have open main boards and sub boards that are closed for members. So there must be better ways to solve this. I am not complaining now, I am happy that this place still exists and I have great respect for Kelley that keeps it alive. I understand that he is very busy and this is maybe the simplest solution. One of the problems is that people with think it’s gone. Another is that the discussions won’t show up in search engines and Google searches. So if we don’t solve this problem and divide the board into open and locked areas, people won’t find the RSF, there will be no new members and it will soon be gone.
I have no idea if Kelley or any admin will see this or reflect over these things. As there’s no official thread or announcement, there’s no official place to discuss or ask questions, so I can only assume that there’s no interest to change or improve anything regarding these matters.