I agree that parts of the site can and should be kept fully public. In fact, there can even be a designated open poetry workshop for people who prefer the visibility.
Maybe the solution is simply to have a single "hidden" area that people can choose to use. Let the individual poet decide.
I'm guessing that more and more poets will opt for hidden.
I really don't see the problem with guest log-ins. When Alicia suggested the site to Susan, I'm guessing that Susan would have made the effort of typing the word "guest" in a box. What's the big deal? I can't imagine any serious metrical poet who stumbles on the home page declaring this to be the place for serious metrical poets being dissuaded from checking us out because you have to spend 8 or 9 seconds signing in as a guest.
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