First and foremost, membership to Skejo.com is free. A valid email address is all that is required to register in this community.
Besides all the great articles, news, suggested weblinks and great forum reading that is available to you as a visitor the following is an incomplete list of the Benefits of Membeship:
Skejo Reward Points - With all the varying possibilities to earn Skejo Points, this is the #1 reason to join in.
Great Community Forums - Each section and subject has one or more forums dedicated to it. This is done so that communities inside communities may form through regular interaction. Our section editors are always around to asnswer questions as are all the people who help create our articles. Also, collabrative projects, research discussion and just plain mingling can all happen in our persistent, searchable forums.
Personal Blog - Enter your personal thoughts and opinions for your friends to read, or highlight the articles and forums posts you have written. Enjoy this little personal area, but keep all the fun in accordance with our Terms and conditions.
Private Messages - In the Forums, you can send and receive Private Messages (like having your own email box here at Skejo.com).
Open to all Competitions - Frequently there will submission competitions for best new articles, most popular articles and other competitions that are only available to members.
Article Commenting - If you have new information to an articles, you can add to the depth of knowledge concerning that topic.
Safety - Your personal information is encoded and extra measures have been taken to prevent spy bots and crawlers from learning your information.
Personal Workspace - A central place to write and edit all your contributed articles.
Responsible Code of Conduct - No immature adolescent antics here.
Lastly, the opportunity to know that you helped other by passing on your expert wisdom. Of course, we also like to hand out Skejo Points to encourage you to keep writing down those great insights and discoveries.
Now, with all these reasons to join in, why haven't you?
Also, few Extras for our Key Contributors (those who have authored a number of expert articles):
Authoring information - Spread the word about who you are and what you can do. At the end of each article, a small biography you have written will be appended. Great for consultants and freelance writers to highlight themselves.
Editing - The ability to edit submitted articles, reviews and downloads.