Should The Ledge message board be members only?

[holidayroad]

Originally Posted by T8rBoi

A teenager goes against their parents, gets caught and punished - so let's change the world.

It's a public message board that has private messages. If you don't want a "lurker" reading something you wrote, then don't post it on a public message board. Just common sense.

Why don't the 20 some yes votes all get together and start their own private message board where they can talk about whatever or whoever they want and not have to worry about the lurkers. Then they can post stuff here that doesn't have to be so secretive. Best of both worlds right?

How do you attract new members to a message board about a band (that is in it's later years and downswing of popularity) if you make everything private? Is it a case of "we got all the cool people who have all the knowledge about Fleetwood Mac we need, now lets close the doors"? How did that work out for 7 Wonders?

Just my opinions of course.



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Where is this rather compelling argument?



Where is this compelling argument x1000? lol

Seriously though, teenagers are gonna write the book of how The Ledge should be?

It really isn't all about what happened with a teen at The Ledge. It is something that brought up further questions/ opinions about safety and privacy. I am not out to completely change things here, nor do I want to start another board. I'm also not saying the board should limit who joins. ANYone can sign up. The point is that they don't.