Some changes are being made to how "hidden" status will work in the near future.
(For those who don't know what this is, it's a setting you can change in your profile - so you don't appear on the "who's online" panel).
As of next weekend, if you have your profile set to "hidden" - you will become visible again, the moment you post in any thread, start a new thread, edit an existing one or post in chat.
I do not see the logic of people parking their profile in "hidden" status for extended periods of time but still continuing to post when clearly your username will appear in the Last 15 active topics or participating in chat.
Being hidden, but participating defeats he whole purpose of being "hidden".
You still will be able to be remain hidden and read, reply and send PMs and read the threads passively, if you do not wish to be disturbed. Remember the moment you post/edit in a thread or chat, is when you will automatically become visible again.
I'm sorry it has come to this, but the reason for these changes is that a select few are "abusing" the feature to cause trouble and other unsavoury activities.
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The main Offender who stated all this Hidden Status was your Administrator Chubb .... so lets see if the same changes apply to him.
BTW ... I know you changed my profile earlier this evening as part of your testing, testing, testing .....
I was Hidden and became visible as soon as I posted to Clinton .... So I changed back again and you went off-line for a short while.
BTW ... I know you changed my profile earlier this evening as part of your testing, testing, testing .....
I was Hidden and became visible as soon as I posted to Clinton .... So I changed back again and you went off-line for a short while.
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And why all the secret squirrel stuff? If you're on you should be visible
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SAM-24A wrote:The main Offender who stated all this Hidden Status was you Administrator Chubb .... so lets see if the same changes apply to him. BTW ... I know you changed my profile earlier this evening as part of your testing, testing, testing ..... I was Hidden and became visible as soon as I posted to Clinton .... So I changed back again and you went off-line for a short while.
You're quick to accuse, but lets talk facts. I was testing the code as evidenced by my "test" threads in various forums to make sure it was working correctly. You also happened to post at the time which meant you got "unhidden" - which I did notice. Once I completed my validation testing, I've normalised the code to as it was. and I did go to the effort to revert you back into hidden. So there are the facts.
I'll add that this applies to everyone, including me, no discrimination here. I hardly ever use hidden so it's a bit of a moot point.
However if a mod or admin needs to sit there, hidden and observe troublemakers in action, then it's their prerogative to do that, if it aids in managing the troublemakers in the forum.
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"the quieter you become, the more you are able to hear"
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Of course Pete ...... Your always "Full of Facts" .... but only when it involves me ....
BTW .... can you please explain why this has suddenly appeared on my profile page
"you have tried too many times"
BTW .... can you please explain why this has suddenly appeared on my profile page
"you have tried too many times"
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The more i think about this the more it makes me uncomfortable
WHY WHY WHY is this feature there? It's a rather seedy feeling to know that people are creeping around the forums.
WHY WHY WHY is this feature there? It's a rather seedy feeling to know that people are creeping around the forums.
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Maybe we should all use the feature, it will look like no one is ever here......
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It's just an out of the box feature of the forum software and many other brands of forum software have the same feature available.
You'll never resolve the issue of "lukers" - they can also just not log in and do the same and read the public threads. So either way you're going to have lurkers some way or another.
It does have it's valid uses if people use it considerately - sometimes people just want to pop in, read a few threads quickly and pop out without having someone seeing you online and expecting interaction or responses to their PMs.
There are pros and cons to both sides of the argument. I'd like to think that as adults we can do the right thing.
It's just an out of the box feature of the forum software and many other brands of forum software have the same feature available.
You'll never resolve the issue of "lukers" - they can also just not log in and do the same and read the public threads. So either way you're going to have lurkers some way or another.
It does have it's valid uses if people use it considerately - sometimes people just want to pop in, read a few threads quickly and pop out without having someone seeing you online and expecting interaction or responses to their PMs.
There are pros and cons to both sides of the argument. I'd like to think that as adults we can do the right thing.
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VRX_Pete wrote: sometimes people just want to pop in, read a few threads quickly and pop out without having someone seeing you online and expecting interaction or responses to their PMs.
I disagree with this POV.
The choice should always remain with the person whether or not they want to reply. So what if I log on see half a dozen msgs that I'm NOT willing to respond to?
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