How do I change my password on this site?
I'm looking for the link for my profile, and how to change my password, u/l my photo, etc., and I can't seem to find it, and the typical URLs for most forum software ends up not being there as well.
Anyway, I'm interested in volunteering so my email address is in my profile just in case you need me for something. In the meantime I'll be forgetting the password that was issued to me so I prolly won't be back for a while.
I don't see a subscribe thread either, so I don't even know if I'll get a response notification if someone responds, Oh, one more thing, The Captcha code on your site is horrendous. I had to enter it six or seven times and you should removes O's, and 0's l's and 1's, etc, from the list of potential characters. That's what I do with the captcha modules I use.
But just so you know, because there are probably many many folks that give up and go away - I almost did too, but was insistant, knowing that persistance would get me in while many people would just think that the site was broken.
So I'm going to take some time to browse around the site for a while, and if you need someone experienced in Seamanship, SCUBA instruction and research diving, Firearms (I'm a federally licensed Firearms dealer), Information Systems, Telecommunications Management, Amateur Radio, and... well, just read my bio if you can find it because I sure can't.
The site looks nice, but lacks capability and content, BTW. To build a community, you need accessibility and stickiness.
This is, however, a wonderful start! Good luck and glad I'm on board!
Kindest regards,
Bradley D. Thornton
Manager Network Services
NorthTech Communications Group
TEL: +1.760.666.2703
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I've brought up the fact before that we are most likely missing out on a lot of talent and ideas by insisting on registration and stupid passwords. Alas, our administrators clearly feel differently.
Registration and passwords are important, otherwise people aren't accountable for what they say.
Minimum standards of personal responsibility are essential for, well, anything!
Carl, the original reason for not allowing anonymous comments was to prevent the forums from getting flooded with spam. It is on a list to look into now that we've improved the captcha.
Many fora allow unregistered comments and benefit immensely from it. Denying a majority of valuable anonymous comments because of an abusive minority is nonsensical and rather control-freakish. It is the equivalent of a legal system that presumes guilt rather than innocence, or an industry that requires everyone to be regulated in every detail before they can produce anything whatsoever. It is a barrier to entry that keeps growth lower than it would have been otherwise.
Everyone that arrives at seasteading.org is not neccessarily a die-hard fan of the concept. But they still might have something interesting to say. Few of them are going to bother registering an account just to make a quick comment though, so they move on, and all these potential contributions are lost.
Of course being able to register is beneficial as well. But having accounts and allowing anonymous comments are not mutually exclusive things. And anonymous comments can be restricted so as not to effect the entire forum. Allow it only in a guest forum, for instance, disallow links, require confirmation before comments get published et cetera.
Excellent to hear that you are working on it, James!
I would like to volunteer to screen guest comments, if that's the way you choose to go.
- Nick
To better protect your account, make sure that your password is memorable for you but difficult for others to guess. Never use the same password that you have used in the past, and do not share your password with anyone
caderea parului
We'd get alot more of that without registration, too. :P
- Nick
I would like it to be much stricter to be honest, like instead of instant approval of the account, it should be examined by an admin like it is in donor membership, if guests can write whatever they like it will really lead to some chaos and extra workload like cleaning the mess they caused, i ve seen many forums with stupid commercial spams, racial, political arguements (even if the topic or forum itself isnt related to those subjects). There are many people around the globe with sick sense of humour too :/ As long as guest can observe the contents but cannot write its fine, if they really get interested they will simply register. Someone who doesnt bother himself with registration wont bother himself to write a detailed comment which can prove to be useful in my opinion.
You need to know your password to change it. Anyway:
1) Login (top right).
2) Click on your name (will be in the same place after logging in)
3) Click on "Edit" in the page that comes up
4) Change whatever you want, like your password (again, you'll need to know your password to change it).