OK, I realize that this would come pretty far down Jerry’s list. Probably right after “check out the NSFW pic thread”, for all this will matter to most people.
What I’d like to see is post counts and locations return for guests, now that we’re allowed to stick around (or in most cases, return) after 30 days. Makes sense from a consistency point of view, at least for me, since we’re all equal members of the board again.
Like I said, a low-priority RFE. But something to keep in mind if it’s a quick change.
Once Jerry gets all the stuff worked out of the system – it’s still pretty buggy but he’s making progress – purchase of a SDMB subscription will get you an experience sans ads.
Otherwise the experience is much the same for Guests and Members. But you can choose what you want.
I am by no means the last word on this and things may or may not change in future but that is what I know currently.
I agree. And I don’t see this so much as incentive to pay; it seems this is beneficial to the people reading the posts than the poster. I don’t much care if anyone knows my post count and location. I do find that I reference this for many of the posts I read.
How about for Charter Members, though? I know that post counts don’t make too much difference, but I think there’s still a bit of a mentality that if someone doesn’t have a post count, they’re not considered ‘full’ members. I think my post count was something like 1,000 when I lapsed, and I’ve been here over eight years, but I have more or less the same priveleges as ‘guests’ did during the pay period. (OK, I can use the Search function, but that hasn’t worked for me once since the upgrade).