johnmacdonald Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Under the membership section, Don said today "The Forums were "re-opened" to non-members back in early December 2013." I am unable to reply in the appropriate area as it now shows as "This topic is locked". Just need to say that unless I log in as a fully paid member, the only forums to view are Known Issues and FAQs and Parts Sales. Is it just me or is this the reason that all is so quiet of late? Personally though, I don't understand why so many obvious Subaru enthusiasts are not prepared to pay 5.5 pence per day to join up! For me just saving on parts from my local Subaru dealer more than covers the membership fee and the wealth of knowledge available is invaluable. John Link to comment
The Don Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 To clarify this - "Registered non-members" have full access to most of the forum. If you are not signed in then viewing is limited as would be expected. There are currently 21,980 Members and registered non-members able to view/post on the forums Link to comment
johnmacdonald Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks Don. Therefore, remain confused as to how quiet most registerd non-members now appear to be... Link to comment
thebigfelly Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Any idea out of those 21,980 are active ? Or is there away to see how of those Have signed in the past year or 2 ? Link to comment
The Don Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 In the past year approx 740 have signed up to the Forums Link to comment
spawnmonkey Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 To clarify this - "Registered non-members" have full access to most of the forum. If you are not signed in then viewing is limited as would be expected. There are currently 21,980 Members and registered non-members able to view/post on the forums Why would viewing be "limited as would be expected"? Surely to generate more activity from possible new members you should allow anyone to at least browse the forum. They say first impressions are the most important. So if a newbie was just looking for help and info rather than to join up, at least to start with, they'd be turned away cos you have to be registered or a fully paid up member. Ok, it's not hard to register and doesn't cost alot to join, and the discounts pay for themselves, but to alienate newbies by forcing them to register, otherwise they're access is restricted from the off is abit strange!? Or is that just me? Link to comment
davey l wrx Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 If a newby was looking for help they'd have to register anyway to ask.... And info is free in Scoobypedia. Can't remember how was when I first joined, but I was registered and asking questions before I bought my first scoob. Link to comment
spawnmonkey Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Yeah, realise to ask a question, you should register. And Scoobypedia is a great source of info. I do remember when I first started looking for help, I was able to browse through the forum at other peoples threads that answered my questions without having to post a silly question that may have been asked a lot already and not fear the wrath of the forum in being a newbie. :-) Link to comment
r32 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Scoobypedia does not load for me has not for weeks now or a few other people I know,says this page cant be displayed. Link to comment
thebigfelly Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yeah been like that for a while now Link to comment
crispyduck Posted February 6, 2014 Share Posted February 6, 2014 Sorry about Scoobypedia. I'm hoping it will be back up again at some point soon. It stopped working when SIDC moved ISP's. I've been trying to contact the SIDC admin but I expect they have been too busy. I'll chase up them again. -Steve. Link to comment
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