Why? I have seen this on a couple of different admin forums lately. What’s the point? Can somebody please explain it to me? I just don’t get it.

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I think the biggest reason people do this is simply because it's so easy. People like a high member count, right? It's easy to exchange registrations...sure, they are non-posters, but some people just dont care about that...they just want a higher member count to look better to guests.

I personally wouldn't ever do this, but I can see why some like to

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I don't understand, whats this all about?

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I guess you know how forum owners will exchange posts for posts, right? Well, some do the same for registrations...they'll say "hey, I'll register at your forums if you register at mine"...it's simply a way to increase your member count. James is just wondering why people do it...what good it does for the forums. I can understand where his question's coming from, but I can also see the reason that people will do it - everybody wants a larger member base ....but I'm like James, I'd rather have fewer members who post than a bunch of members who don't

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I feel if you have a large member base but hardly any posts it just makes the forum look like its a boring place because no one posts.. lol

I'd rather have a small member base if it means more posts. Not the other way around.

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Its never good to have a small memberbase and a large number of posts because then, to an outsider such as myself, you'll look like a secluded community which would be why no one else joined. On the other hand, like PunchMe said, having a large memberbase and few posts makes you look like a barren wasteland. You have to hit it somewhere in between, which is something that really isn't all that easy to do.

With that said, I really don't understand the mindset of the registration for registration thing, where I have seen it the people involved are generally new. This really is just one of many problems that are very common for new forum administrators.

I would sacrifice some of my registered members totals for more active members in a heart beat. One of the reasons my site has been so slow is due to the lack of return members and also those that don't post that often with good quality posts.

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You hit it right on the nose, Ryan. That's why I did it in the past.

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