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Would the exposure be that much greater?
Robert — (archived)

There is already public search, it's just that it's shallow--search engines assume that threads not listed on a front page TOC have been removed from the site. How long they remember varies, and old threads can be resurrected by bookmarks.

In other words, we're somewhat protected by the half-assedness of the present situation.

We might not have to choose to go entirely one way or another. The present shallow search suggests a hybrid model, in which we could mark some threads public, others private. Could be done by vote. That parallels my lack of desire for the Zone to disappear entirely into its own black hole when it someday gets a registration system. No matter what, I would want the Zone to have at least a public face to present to the world.

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