RobtH

Thanks. I was not aware of that.

As a newby, my point on the audit log is that it gives some feedback on what I might be doing, right or wrong, although I understand that it is sometimes necessary to extrapolate from inadequate data to do so. Is anyone checking out the cache description? If they are but are not logging it as found or DNF, that could mean that the description wasn't interesting enough to make them want to search for the cache. Perhaps I can do something about that. If they read the description multiple times but did not log it, it could mean that they just haven't gotten around to looking for the cache yet, or it could mean that they just have not logged their DNF. If the latter, it could suggest that the difficulty rating is set too low. I can fix that too. It would be helpful if Groundspeak would extend the audit option to non-premium caches so owners could see if listing a cache as premium versus basic makes a significant difference in who looks at the description.

Thanks to everyone for the discussion on this topic, and for pointing out that this is a topic that keeps repeating itself and for which there are strongly held views on both sides. I ended up using PMO status on two of the three caches I placed in a park near my home, just to see if there was any difference in results. So far, only premium members have logged any of them and, with one exception, they have logged all three. The one benefit of the PMO that I did not know about beforehand was the audit log.

Thank you very much for the responses. They were very helpful.

I am about to post my first couple of hides and am wondering what considerations should go into whether it should be designated Premium or not. Do I even get to make that choice?