Thanks for taking care of this issue. I think member approval is a great idea. However, as an enthusiastic newcomer to CCOR, I must say that having been able to browse around and read/view what other users were doing was exactly what made me want to join. So from my point of view, the current privacy settings are just fine. I know that I can manage who can view what on my page and change the settings at any time, and that's all I need to feel comfortable here.
I don't have a problem with making this site more private with a registration system in place. It would definately slow down our spam issue, which has been going on for quite a while. I don't have a problem with non members seeing what goes on here at ccor, but, not specifically member activity. I know I'm probably alone in my opinion, but, we're going to keep having spammers and people who are only here to sell their services and not participate and eventually that kind of thing causes members to move on. Sometimes the lovely flowers in our gardens need to be protected from cold and wind and hail.
As someone who monitors another online social networking group that got SPAMMED ... the way we corrected it was to approve all members - spam ended. I'm sure you could find assistance to help with the admin stuff as this group is only going to get bigger and bigger as the year 2010 goes on.
My two cents about keeping the profiles public is YES!! If someone wants to make it private, they can. I feel that browsing the other co-creators and being able to share with their process is the MOST VALUABLE TOOL this site has to offer ... and for those people NOT ready to commit to their own 100 Day Reality Challenge - this is an opportunity for them to get ready!!
I continue to share with my online community how wonderful the Co-Creating Community is and want to be able to continue to share ... it's all about the sharing the WOW stuff! Thanks again for creating this :)
I have a suggestion for the privacy settings. Currently we have to choose if our blog, photos and videos, all together, can be viewed by anyone, just our friends, or no one. I think it would be great if we could select one of those three settings for our blog, photos and videos separately. Then, for example, we could have our blogs open for any co-creators who wants to share our great thoughts but have our photos visible only to co-creators we are comfortable sharing them with.