Difference between members and subscribers

[toumei]

 Hi,

I was wondering if a community is actually restricted to only selected members who can post, would that make "members" and "subscribers" interchangeable by definition then? In other words, if post access is restricted, then there's no benefit of being a "member" since you can subscribe without being a member, right?

I just want to ask since I'm running a community but only few people can post. So I was wondering if "opening" membership has any benefits at all. Thanks!

Comments

[malurette]

Members can see members-only entries, subscribers can't. If you only have public entries there won't be a difference; but if members make locked posts subscribers will be left out.

[toumei]

Thanks! Members-lock didn't occur to me.