Communities closed vs. open
According to the degree of its closeness (or openness) on the Internet, there are, I think, 4 types of communities:
1. Fully closed: reading and registering by invitation (for example, Leprozorium on Dyoti.ru)
2. Partially closed: registration by invitation (as it used to be in LJ)
3. Open with registration: everyone is registered (like most forums, social networks, etc.)
4. Fully open: you can write without registering (as on Weblanete)
Disadvantages || the merits of such communities are quite obvious:
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1. A very limited number of users || but a cozy atmosphere "for their"
2. Too few users and readers || the atmosphere is still "home"
3. Not everyone has the patience to register, even if you have something to say || there is at least some protection from lovers just blurt out anything.
4. Anyone can write, even if there is nothing to say = more load on moderators and degree of garbage || less likely to lose valuable members
Many communities began their activities with complete or partial closeness, gradually opening up. LJ is a good example of this. Although many people remember with nostalgia the years when they needed to get an invitation for registration, no one would argue that LJ would not have become such a massive phenomenon if it were not for the open registration. By the way, LJ users can allow comments from unregistered readers (as far as I know).
So what am I talking about? And that sooner or later administrators and communities face the temptation to make them completely open (so that you can write even without registration). At least this question worries me lately. After all, I myself often do not write anything in other forums and blogs simply because I am too lazy to register. Thus, these forums and blogs lose such an interesting interlocutor like me :) On the other hand, I don’t want to lose the “home” atmosphere created over the years and arrange a passage yard from the “home”. Here is such a dilemma. What do you think about this?
Regards, Moony,
admin community lovers of India and South Asia (6800 registered users).
Ps. User activity on Habré (where registration is needed) is much higher than on Webplanet (where you do not even need to register to write). This also gives reason for reflection.
1. Fully closed: reading and registering by invitation (for example, Leprozorium on Dyoti.ru)
2. Partially closed: registration by invitation (as it used to be in LJ)
3. Open with registration: everyone is registered (like most forums, social networks, etc.)
4. Fully open: you can write without registering (as on Weblanete)
Disadvantages || the merits of such communities are quite obvious:
')
1. A very limited number of users || but a cozy atmosphere "for their"
2. Too few users and readers || the atmosphere is still "home"
3. Not everyone has the patience to register, even if you have something to say || there is at least some protection from lovers just blurt out anything.
4. Anyone can write, even if there is nothing to say = more load on moderators and degree of garbage || less likely to lose valuable members
Many communities began their activities with complete or partial closeness, gradually opening up. LJ is a good example of this. Although many people remember with nostalgia the years when they needed to get an invitation for registration, no one would argue that LJ would not have become such a massive phenomenon if it were not for the open registration. By the way, LJ users can allow comments from unregistered readers (as far as I know).
So what am I talking about? And that sooner or later administrators and communities face the temptation to make them completely open (so that you can write even without registration). At least this question worries me lately. After all, I myself often do not write anything in other forums and blogs simply because I am too lazy to register. Thus, these forums and blogs lose such an interesting interlocutor like me :) On the other hand, I don’t want to lose the “home” atmosphere created over the years and arrange a passage yard from the “home”. Here is such a dilemma. What do you think about this?
Regards, Moony,
admin community lovers of India and South Asia (6800 registered users).
Ps. User activity on Habré (where registration is needed) is much higher than on Webplanet (where you do not even need to register to write). This also gives reason for reflection.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/24407/
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