After Apple

I just wanted to talk a little more about how the site works, so that it's clear.

You have to login for the forums. The forum is blocked for anonymous users, but the blogs are open. This also means we won't be in Google in the forums and no one can link to us. I like that. It gives the place a little privacy while letting you make things public in your name if you wish to.

Once someone registers, their account is read-only for the forums. They cannot post blogs, forum topics, or comments. Anyone can get a read-only account.

Once I've reviewed the account and have a reasonable satisfaction that the person is an employee (right now I'm looking for job titles I'm aware of) then that person is a verified user and can post, make a buddy list and bookmarks, and all the other fun.

It should work. If you have any further suggestions, let me know. I'm just trying to keep the community from being watched intensely by the Mac sites and give us a little room to ourselves out here.