Guest Level Accounts

[james]

Title:
Guest Level Accounts

Area:
accounts

Summary:
Creating a cheaper, minimal-perk account which still supports DW.

Description:
I've heard interest from folks who would like to be able to support DW and participate in conversations on communities and journals here, but without having to maintain an entire "presence" here, but with more benefits than just a free-level account. Specifically, the ability to track comments and have replies to comments mailed to them.

$35 a year can be a lot for someone who sees themselves as just commenting on other journals, but a minimal amount of paid-account would enable them to comment and keep copies of their comments via email, and keep track of conversations. But even a $15 a year account could be bare bones, and yet let them interact with others on DW.

I have no idea of how the coding works, so I don't know if it's an easy thing to do, or hard, or if being emailed copies of comments is a high-burden sort of benefit.

Poll #7080 Guest Level Accounts

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 57

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Should be implemented as-is.
17 (29.8%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
5 (8.8%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
14 (24.6%)

(I have no opinion)
19 (33.3%)

(Other: please comment)
2 (3.5%)

Comments

[denise]

:P

[musyc]

Thoroughly unrelated to the conversation at hand: I've been poking at an entry of Why Dreamwidth Is Teh Awesome for my friends who don't understand why I've moved. The temptation to put in "because you can have a friendly-teasing comment and potentially start the equivalent of a water balloon fight with the owner" is ridiculously strong. XD

[denise]

*giggle* I like to think of it as "being approachable". it sounds so much better than "answering comments when stoned out of my mind on painkillers".

(ps: point them at the dreamwidth <3 meme!)

[azurelunatic]

*hides hands behind back quickly*
(Apparently they have 100-packs of neon-colored water balloons at dollar stores at this time of year now.)