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

[azurelunatic]

In addition to the points above about locked entries, there are also some comment permission controls based on membership. For example, some communities screen comments by non-members. Occasionally I would turn that mode on for one of my communities which had an intermittent problem with drive-by obnoxiousness.

[toumei]

Thanks for the reminder since I didn't actually check the comment settings yet. :)