thedomyouneeded wrote:
I am fairly new here, so I am not sure how tech suggestions are handled.... but work in SEO, UI/UX, and other aspects of web design. One solution that we came up with to start limiting blank profiles is this:
1) create a "Just Observing" profile option. It gives the user x number of days to look around without having to create a formal account. It is easy to have them not show up in the active users dashboard (eliminating the paid user frustration)
2) for paid users, you establish a "use it or lose it" rule/process that is enforced (and needs to be enforced) that gives the platform the right to lock a users profile, or remove it from the active database if a certain percentage of the profile is not completed within a reasonable amount of time.
Stats and human behavior patterns have proven that the majority of people will be more likely to NOT fill out the profile if there is no consequence tied to it. You could even set up a process where each time they log in it asks them a question that pulls more info about them into their account.
Lots of options
Uhhh, people should not be forced into anything to do anything. If a person's profile bothers someone, well here are some choices.
Scroll on.
Engage with them, try to get to know that person.
Or scroll on.
Just bc someone does not like something, like someone, lack of , too much, this , that, so forth , the answer is always increase the pressure of a foot on the neck. Censorship , you take away the rights of someone, then you're next and I'm always amazed when people suggest taking someone⁸ else's freedoms in the name of someone else.
Great point and you are correct. I guess it comes down to the site owners and the experience they intended to create. Full profiles create another layer of trust, and anonymous user profiles allow someone to be a fly on the wall without being seen. Both scenarios will attract very different types of members.