I really like this suggestion! There’s also another option of having posts be visible only to logged in users—definitely not private, but at least not public.
One risk of both options is if people know it’s less public they may think it’s more private than it is (since anyone can make an account /​ use the forum search of they are really interested). So a key part of the ux would be clearly communicating the change.
I really like this suggestion! There’s also another option of having posts be visible only to logged in users—definitely not private, but at least not public.
One risk of both options is if people know it’s less public they may think it’s more private than it is (since anyone can make an account /​ use the forum search of they are really interested). So a key part of the ux would be clearly communicating the change.
(Due to Jeff’s comment I’m now think it’s likely that the both this and OP’s suggestion have more downsides than upsides).