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s1gma

Member

Registered: 2009-09-29

Posts: 45

Why does the off-topic forum is only for registered users ?

I discovered that when sending a link to the "I'm a nerd..." thread to co-workers, and they couldn't see it.

sHyLoCk

Member

From: /dev/null

Registered: 2009-06-19

Posts: 1,197

Re: Why does the off-topic forum is only for registered users ?

To prevent misuse I guess?

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Allan

Pacman

From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,485

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Re: Why does the off-topic forum is only for registered users ?

I believe that decision was made given the number of high ranking google results regarding Arch and that sub-forum.

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ngoonee

Forum Fellow

From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,358

Re: Why does the off-topic forum is only for registered users ?

Good decision, all round.

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kgas

Member

From: Qatar

Registered: 2008-11-08

Posts: 718

Re: Why does the off-topic forum is only for registered users ?

off-topic is Arch specific and solely  to the community only.iirc this had been said earlier too.