requiredregistrationisdumb Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) I always love sites that try and boost their subscription numbers with bogus accounts like this site. I don't want to have an account to post on your forums. I simply don't care. I came here from a PC Gamer review to take a look at a Skyrim mod. The fact that I have to register for this site just to download a small file, like you expect me to post on your forums, is Micky Mouse to say the least. If your site is good enough, people will want to join. The fact that you have to force people to join doesn't speak well of this site in any way. I can tell you that I won't be coming back here ever again after my files are done being downloaded. I don't appreciate being blackmailed for my personal information. Edited June 14, 2012 by requiredregistrationisdumb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XiaolinDraconis Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 (edited) considering the high price of information, maybe they should pay us to join ;) and why am i here at the forums? didnt i click register while on a download? Edited June 14, 2012 by XiaolinDraconis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 What personal information would that be exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnyfizz Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 I was going to say...I don't remember being asked to provide much beyond my email address! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddah Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Really....ROFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbtc971 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 This crap gets a response, but I post about giving mod authors more freedom with description page design by adding a couple more, standard, bbcode's and my thread is full of cricket sounds. Even a 'no' would be better than getting ignored. And so I'm not stealing this thread, I don't like being forced to register for forums either when all I want is to download something, but since I use this site quite a bit right now, it wasn't a problem for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceor Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I'm going to assume that the OP isn't trolling and give a straight answer. If you've ever had to deal with the massive spam problems that no-registration forums have, you'll know why. Forums and guestbooks that allowed passers-by to leave comments without registration were very popular in the 90's - they've all but disappeared due to being flooded with spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbtc971 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 He was talking about just for downloading files, not posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceor Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 He was talking about just for downloading files, not posting. :facepalm: I'll try that again then. :P I'm going to assume that the OP isn't trolling and give a straight answer. If you've ever had to pay for bandwidth, you'll know why. There are bots that can crawl a website and rip all its contents without user intervention. This uses up bandwidth that legitimate users should be enjoying. The site owner can either implement checks to ensure that users are legitimate human users (registration or CAPTCHA) or he can pay an arm and a leg in bandwidth and architecture costs to accommodate these bots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboUK Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 You weren't "forced" to do anything, your browser has a back button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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