Is there a market for something that's very very clearly labeled "Pay $SMALL to create an account and enjoy paid benefits for $SHORT-TIME as well! (account with free feature set remains indefinitely once created!)" -- which is the same as the current process, if you don't have a code buy a paid account to create one, but that sounds like it might catch the attention of some of the people who want to participate beyond OpenID levels, but for whatever reason the psychological step of creating a paid account is a little too steep for them.
I wonder if a "allow journal entries to be displayed and made" toggle that is accessible to the user would be a good option, even though it's Yet Another Setting. I suspect it might be something that some people would be all about (the read-and-comment-only people might feel a little more secure with that turned off, to have an indication visible to others that they are not planning to make new entries) and some people would be entirely appalled by (the people who like to make personal connections and hope for entries in the accounts of people they encounter just to get a better idea of who they are and where they're coming from).
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Is there a market for something that's very very clearly labeled "Pay $SMALL to create an account and enjoy paid benefits for $SHORT-TIME as well! (account with free feature set remains indefinitely once created!)" -- which is the same as the current process, if you don't have a code buy a paid account to create one, but that sounds like it might catch the attention of some of the people who want to participate beyond OpenID levels, but for whatever reason the psychological step of creating a paid account is a little too steep for them.
I wonder if a "allow journal entries to be displayed and made" toggle that is accessible to the user would be a good option, even though it's Yet Another Setting. I suspect it might be something that some people would be all about (the read-and-comment-only people might feel a little more secure with that turned off, to have an indication visible to others that they are not planning to make new entries) and some people would be entirely appalled by (the people who like to make personal connections and hope for entries in the accounts of people they encounter just to get a better idea of who they are and where they're coming from).