Hi Folks,
Regarding registration... doing so allows email notifications, private messaging, etc. I guess if you really want to be part of the community you'll register. If you're here just as a one-time deal to get an answer you probably won't.
Far more guests visit everyday than members. Far more...
Far more people lurk than post. Far more...
We can do all kinds of things to 'force' registration such as disabling any access to non-members, disabling search to non-members, disable posting, disabling replying, etc.
In the end that would tremendously increase the number of members here. But what's the benefit? If we had 1 million members... but only 2000 ever posted what have we done besides making a database table excessively large?
In summary, I prefer that all people register and post. However, the number of 'jerks'(ie. guests who do more damage than good) is quite few in the 'big picture'. They just create more work to delete their posts.
Regarding avatars... anybody artistic out there? Anybody know good sources of getting more... in particular industrial or plc related ones?
Enjoy,