[Mike]

With the traffic coming in for the CoC Bot and Bytecode Viewer, I feel it would help the community grow if registration or login was required to view either threads or maybe links?

Just a thought. Thanks.

You probably have a good reason for not doing this

[Konloch]

There's a few reasons why I haven't blocked guests, and the main one is SEO and I've always enjoyed the concept of an open forum. I'm interested in the community's opinion on this however.

[Explicit]

Would be stupid as it would prevent search engines from caching the forum content and appearing in search results. Most people would see a required registration forum and turn right away anyway.

[zooty]

Maybe links in posts and attachments could be blocked for guests.

[Explicit]

Maybe links in posts and attachments could be blocked for guests.

This ^

[Konloch]

Good thinking, I'll implement this soon

[Konloch]

Just checked guest settings, it's already enabled.

[Explicit]

Just checked guest settings, it's already enabled.

You should probably enable it for code blocks and spoilers as well. It would be a nice feature just to throw download links in a spoiler so people have to register to gain access to any downloads (such as the CoC bot).

[Barr]

oh yeah, and then you get an influx of registered users doing nothing but leeching and taking names.

Bad idea.

[Konloch]

Just checked guest settings, it's already enabled.

You should probably enable it for code blocks and spoilers as well. It would be a nice feature just to throw download links in a spoiler so people have to register to gain access to any downloads (such as the CoC bot).

Solid idea! I'll implement this soon.