Oh - is it so that you can read the nfic board?
Well, this was true in my case

. I was reading Zoom's boards for a couple of months without being registered, assuming that the stories being posted to nfic would eventually be archived. And since I had no plans to post, why bother to register? But then I discovered that not all stories were archived at annesplace, so I registered right away.

It was over a year later before I finally delurked.
KathyM