The way I see is it seem that more people join this forum is because it's open to the public view, so if someone decide to come across this forum, they may see a thread or two that they will find interesting in and may want to join to post in that thread....I've been a member here quite a long awhile now and I've seen newbies saying that they love this forum cause it so much fun and interesting threads, and how they learn so much by reading them.....So I like the way Alldeaf is by keeping this open for pubic viewers....
If this forum was closed, then we might not have as many members as we have today....Like I went across to one forum yet not knowing what it was like until I join as a member and I saw so many people were agruing back and fourth, that was a big turn off for me, so I decide not to post at all, even through my name is still up as a member....I think it's give people a choice, once they view a forum and see how nice members are and how interesting it is for them, they can decide whether they want to be a member here or not, or still keep looking until they find something they like and sign up!...