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Good point Kevin, and too many posts in my opinion are Members Only for NO apparent real reason, when they do not need to be.

Great suggestion!!!  I will remember that in the futrure.

Members Only posts, at least for me, are written because they wouldn't make sense to a non Member. You're right about reading them on the phone, though. 

I rarely write a member's only post. Only if I need to grump about something and I don't want it to be seen publicly.

You've made a good point. Ironically, I gained a lot of AR points by logging in to read the members-only daily drop!

I do both Member's Only and Public posts. Insider conversations are just sometimes necessary...and sometimes I talk about situations where the client might recognize themselves..or the agent...so not good. But I never know when I'm going to be in the Daily Drop or not and I'm still not going to make that change for a post that needs to be private.

Welcome back....

Congratulations Kevin, and now you are featured!  :)  - Joe

Kevin - thanks for that tip.  I understand completely as I'm fairly mobile, too.  Best of luck to you!

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Well I wondered why some were and some were not accessible when I was not signed in.  Now I know.  Thanks for the advice which now appears to be so obvious.

I always wondered why I had to log in everytime i was on my phone trying to read something. Thanks for explaining it. I too love your icon buttons!

Hi, Kevin. We don't know each other but we started about the same time and read your blog back then when it was still free. The comments pretty much explained the Members Only post, re: Rainmaker status. Great to see you here again!

There are definitely some posts, like the rants, that should be private. I agree that most of them should not be Members only. Basic members do get indexed for their comments on Rainmaker's open posts, like this one.

Hey thanks for the heads up on the Newsletter.  How do we get it please?

Thank you,

Patricia/Seacoast NH & ME

Kevin, you bring up a point I've often wondered about.  I agree with those that have already stated that they think there are way too many member's only posts - needlessly so is usually case IMHO.

I've been on Active Rain for 5 years this August and I've never written a Members Only post. Part of the reason I maintain a blog here, even though I have 3 active ones outside, is for SEO. If your post is Members Only, you miss the Google juice.

I also don't think you should rant in public about somethiing you don't want the public to see you ranting about. Members Only, is still "public" as far as I'm concerned, it's just a smaller segment of the public.

I can read posts on my phone and I don't have to log in anymore.  I think once you log in, you'll stay logged in.

I am finding there is a lot to learn here on AR.  Newsletter and Drop?  Back to the Getting Started book!

I have not bothered to try and read it on the phone yet.  It just seems like so much work. 

Good Morning,  A  person has to pay in order to post publicly here.  Now if you are paying it would make sense to make everything public.  Those members who think it is OK to "rant" to members only might want to rethink that, after all nothing is private on the Internet and membership to ActiveRain is open to everyone. It is just better not to rant unless you can make it funny. :)

I am glad you are back and very busy!  Have a successful fall season.

Hi Kevin - missed you at our very first L I V E Active Rain meetup in Miami!  Suggest following Marco Giancola and connecting locally with AR memebers like me to keep the AR pulse active and questions that pop into your head that we may know the answer to! Looking forward to meeting you in person