SHOULD PG BE MADE FOR members ONLY!!!

[crack_d_cat]

Originally Posted by uRmad

Hmmm...Making registrations compulsory.....I don't see a single compelling reason thus far...Profs accessing the forums...Hmm..whats new in that....It just got public People ripping off...Thats much more serious....And that needs the community's involvement in minimizing such stuff....Post back on the forums on the sites/groups that are ripping off PG.com......But yea, mebbe after we touch the six figure mark, we can consider going the invite only way.....OR after starting specific sections where specific resources are updated on a regular basis (like, say, the quant a day thingie).....But frankly I dont see any point in making the forum registration-only just coz Profs read the forums and base their opinions on it !! Profs and the B-schooling system are just as equal stakeholders as the aspirants

Cheers

Very right...i think if pg is made members only forum, it would loose its USP, yepp...which makes it stand out from the rest!!!

Rohit

[chuck_gopal]

No, no, no... definitely not... I know a lot of people who have read a lot of posts on PG, without feeling the inclination to post anything. Why should these people be deprived of this right, just because of registration?

And in any case, if you want to maek PG members-only to stave off the 'attack', as it were, of professors, then it's as easy as a prof creating an ID for himself and logging onto PG, isn't it?

Bottom line, public forum, anyone can do as they please.

Like I am.
ChUcK

[pranav10]

Originally Posted by jaismine

pranav...from security point of view,ur point is valid,but u knw PG is d site ppl look for all kinda info..at d time of results esp,d links r updated on PG first and den on d individual sites..so in d issue of public interst u cant make dis site only for members.
i dun think dis is justified yaar,just becoz v r members here,v cant ask for special treatment..PG is for evryone,and i think aftr coming so far and get so much populace taking a step like making PG accesible for members only,wont b good..wat say?
But i do agree abt d privacy issue of d Gd/Pi xperiences thread...

HEY Jais,.,
But i never said that makingit members only makes it paid or unaccessible to others. It just lets us know who is watching the site..

Also I still say that i have no qualms with BSchool profs reading on PG.com but atleast they can go through the trouble of regitering even if with a weird name....
its more of a control mechanism than something that will lead to some tangible revenue or financial benefit

[gaurav200x]

Well pranav,
there are millions of forum on the internet and the name pagalguy.com doesnt quite click immediately that it is an MBA forum... Secondly, as for the profs are concerned, i think the number is very very minimal and doesn't count significantly... The posts in PG are a LOT and they might interest a man of management only when he finds them interesting enough and would consider registering only if he is regular...

If he is a one timer he might not feel like registering... Secondly, people may think that since it is a free site, what's the point in registering... esp a prof. when he might not need to read much stuff and whatever he needs is available to him without registering...

If we ban this facility too, do u think pagalguy.com would have been that popular... Consider this, that if some puy would have recommended his prof about PG and then that prof came online and checked PG... Now if he wasn't allowed to read, then he would have never understood what PG is all about (one thing u can be sure of is that most of the profs are from the older generation and just the name might sound it to be some yankee doddle site!!)

Now, when he saw it, got impressed, he would in turn have told his colleagues about it and this is how PG became so popular that it became a subject of GD ai GIM's GD....

Now, tomorrow, if Allwin makes it compulsory, then it might be possible that some other prof. who has been recommended by this prof. comes to see the site, but would be unable to read anything (even if u are considering about making some sections private) and hence the chain breaks down!!

So the bottom line is, that we dont lose much if the sections are open to public, but might lose a lot, if they are not!!

Cheers!
- Gaurav

[uRmad]

Originally Posted by pranav10

I think we must be more careful and aware of people who are taking material away from PG. But bringing the topic back to the main issue I still feel we can make it private just for the sale of privacy of thoughts... and not becase professors will read them.. i dont mind profs reading my posts at all but there are some who just read from PG and the website doesnt get the credit for the material it provides... CAuse if we were to allow people to read only after registration we would get a lot more members and since one registers he will defnitely have the KIDAA to post some time and let out his opinion or contribute to the forum.. DO you guys get the flow now.. I think i was not very articulate in my first post about the benefits of the "privatization of PG.com"

I am not entirely sure I still get what you wanna convey... If you think making registrations mandatory would help the active contributors get *recognized* or something...I can't see how that takes place....And regarding more posts by ppl coz they've taken the pains to register....Hmm...People who wanna contribute, will ! Its as simple as that....Check out any of the larger forums on the web...The arithmetic is pretty similar in terms of registered members/posters...Like I said, these aren't really compelling reasons.....And yea, your thoughts are *your* thoughts. Period.

Cheers

[pkdips]

Making registrations compulsory would just make the site far more inconvinient wihtout providing major benefits. There are many ppl who use it as a guest before registering ( my personal eg i used to login as guest for around 7 months b4 i finally registered)...these ppl wud lose out in a major way....and this wud not deter profs from joining if they really want to...

i think its more of a question of profs being responsible...and not using the info in posts against anybody...in fact i feel that most profs are updated with the feedbak of gd/pi experiences anyways...they have been interviewing for ages and see the candidates right thru (in most cases).In my MDI interview, a whole discussion started regarding the order in which they were calling the junta and what actually meant if they offered/dint offer snacks. Later, the prof who interviewed me told me that they had called me first just coz i was the only girl in the panel.....and they were offering the snacks just as a courtsey..esp since i was hungry and i had bluntly asked them....he also said that they knew that the students discussed it and they sumtimes confused the students more just for fun.....

so i dont think theres any point in restricting the members....
cheers

[pranav10]

Originally Posted by pkdips

Making registrations compulsory would just make the site far more inconvinient wihtout providing major benefits. There are many ppl who use it as a guest before registering ( my personal eg i used to login as guest for around 7 months b4 i finally registered)...these ppl wud lose out in a major way....and this wud not deter profs from joining if they really want to...
so i dont think theres any point in restricting the members....
cheers

WEll u said it urself u browsed the site for 7 LOOOOONG months and stil didnt register but once u did u are posting also and learning also and more importanly sharing also.... but if some threads were private.. u wud have to register 7 months earlier andw e wud have had the pleasure of learning from ur knowledge a whole lot earlier...
so now u get why i say registerde users must have privelges..

[gaurav200x]

Originally Posted by pranav10

WEll u said it urself u browsed the site for 7 LOOOOONG months and stil didnt register but once u did u are posting also and learning also and more importanly sharing also.... but if some threads were private.. u wud have to register 7 months earlier andw e wud have had the pleasure of learning from ur knowledge a whole lot earlier...
so now u get why i say registerde users must have privelges..

Pranav, one thing which u are forgetting here is, it was the attachment of 7 months which made her register.... Probably, she might have bypassed PG itself, if she hadn't had a chance to see what PG is all about?

As i said, the name doesn't reflect, by itself, that it is an MBA forum.... and hence, until and unless a person what PG is all about, then... he or she can't really decide whether they want to join it or not....

Secondly.... contribution comes voluntarily... there are so many people on PG.... who never post/contribute but just take the resources (download and read.... i know many personally)... So i don't think, registering will make any difference....

On the contrary.... when u give a free hand to a person.... he/she will get influenced by the portal and would like to contribute as well...

As an example, let me tell u, i registered in August... but rarely posted till november (one reason was that, i took net connection later and used to post very less when browsing from outside!!).... but from november onwards... i started posting and tried to become a part of the PG donor community... and this was because, i found PG very useful and it had virtually everything i needed for MBA prep

[pranav10]

Originally Posted by gaurav200x

Pranav, one thing which u are forgetting here is, it was the attachment of 7 months which made her register.... Probably, she might have bypassed PG itself, if she hadn't had a chance to see what PG is all about?

As i said, the name doesn't reflect, by itself, that it is an MBA forum.... and hence, until and unless a person what PG is all about, then... he or she can't really decide whether they want to join it or not....

Secondly.... contribution comes voluntarily... there are so many people on PG.... who never post/contribute but just take the resources (download and read.... i know many personally)... So i don't think, registering will make any difference....

I never want the entire forum to be private but atleast the experineces threads can be kept so

[gaurav200x]

Originally Posted by pranav10

I never want the entire forum to be private but atleast the experineces threads can be kept so

Well.... consider it like this.... i come to PG while searching google.... and looking for the GD/PI exp... It doesnt matter who i m.... whether a student or a college prof.... now, if i immediately see a 'not accessible' tag i would go away to some other forum.... and hence i would never be able to tell anyone else, how PG is....

You have to keep in mind, that PG's popularity also spreads from word-of-mouth ( a large factor) and if it lock it, we are also keeping that source at bay...