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Post by Poli on Jul 21, 2013 23:42:05 GMT
Is there a way to make the general part of the forum so that you can only see it when logged in? If so, what does the rest of the community think about this idea? Yep! I was planning on leaving the forum publicly viewable for the period when we were mostly just pulling in new people rather than saying much, but honestly, this has blossomed into a place where actual conversations happen quickly enough that I'm inclined to go ahead and make things private, unless anyone objects. The only question I have is which things should be private - the whole forum? Just General Chitchat? Some combination of subfora? You all tell me! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2013 23:42:53 GMT
Is there a way to make the general part of the forum so that you can only see it when logged in? If so, what does the rest of the community think about this idea? Yep! I was planning on leaving the forum publicly viewable for the period when we were mostly just pulling in new people rather than saying much, but honestly, this has blossomed into a place where actual conversations happen quickly enough that I'm inclined to go ahead and make things private, unless anyone objects. The only question I have is which things should be private - the whole forum? Just General Chitchat? Some combination of subfora? You all tell me! Everything. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2013 23:43:45 GMT
Actually, I take that back. Everything except for a thread explaining why everything is missing. Otherwise people will look at this place when we invite them and go "lol wtf nobody's home".
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Post by the gr8 brofessor on Jul 21, 2013 23:45:04 GMT
Is there a way to make the general part of the forum so that you can only see it when logged in? If so, what does the rest of the community think about this idea? Yep! I was planning on leaving the forum publicly viewable for the period when we were mostly just pulling in new people rather than saying much, but honestly, this has blossomed into a place where actual conversations happen quickly enough that I'm inclined to go ahead and make things private, unless anyone objects. The only question I have is which things should be private - the whole forum? Just General Chitchat? Some combination of subfora? You all tell me! Is there anything in General Chitchat that desperately needs to be private? |
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Post by Poli on Jul 21, 2013 23:47:46 GMT
Yep! I was planning on leaving the forum publicly viewable for the period when we were mostly just pulling in new people rather than saying much, but honestly, this has blossomed into a place where actual conversations happen quickly enough that I'm inclined to go ahead and make things private, unless anyone objects. The only question I have is which things should be private - the whole forum? Just General Chitchat? Some combination of subfora? You all tell me! Is there anything in General Chitchat that desperately needs to be private? At the moment, I would assume not, since people wouldn't post private things there while it's public. I think it makes for a stronger community when at least that section is private, though, since it frees people up to talk about things they might want to share with the community but not with the world at large, whether that's "here is a serious thing that's going on with me" or just "here is a cute picture of my kid." |
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Post by Poli on Jul 21, 2013 23:54:23 GMT
My current inclination is to make General Chitchat and Discussion & Debate private and leave Games and Moderation/Technical public, so that there's something visible when people first wander in but it's not likely to be anything private. I could also create a sticky thread in Moderation/Technical with a title like "WHY YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING" to make this especially clear.
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Post by TSM on Jul 21, 2013 23:56:24 GMT
I'm inclined to agree with Poli's most recent suggestion. General should definitely be private, D&D probably could be as well.
Games don't really matter imo.
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Post by Poli on Jul 21, 2013 23:56:47 GMT
Alternatively, I can do as Divair suggests and create an additional, locked subforum that's literally just a thread saying "we have these things, but you have to register to see them!" I'm fine with either of those options.
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Post by Poli on Jul 22, 2013 0:00:44 GMT
General Chitchat and Discussion & Debate have been made private. If people feel that Mod/Tech or Games should also turn private, that can absolutely be arranged, but I feel like this is a good starting point. Have a celebratory privacy-penguin:  |
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Post by Iffy McIffyface on Jul 22, 2013 0:48:16 GMT
Sweet, now I can post naked!
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Post by panicberry on Jul 22, 2013 1:44:18 GMT
Sweet, now I can post naked! Someone please tell me that's not actually true. |
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Post by Khan supports Poli. on Jul 22, 2013 1:48:23 GMT
Am I the only one who actually dislikes this idea?
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Post by Poli on Jul 22, 2013 2:05:51 GMT
Am I the only one who actually dislikes this idea? Dunno, but I'm open to hearing what you dislike about it. |
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Post by Khan supports Poli. on Jul 22, 2013 2:07:37 GMT
Am I the only one who actually dislikes this idea? Dunno, but I'm open to hearing what you dislike about it. I merely don't think it's necessary to make it impossible to see the forums unless you're logged in. It irritates me when I'm just surfing on my phone and want to see some threads. I don't log in on my phone because I haven't figured out how to set up a proxy there. |
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Post by Dipshit on Jul 22, 2013 2:19:53 GMT
Dunno, but I'm open to hearing what you dislike about it. I merely don't think it's necessary to make it impossible to see the forums unless you're logged in. It irritates me when I'm just surfing on my phone and want to see some threads. I don't log in on my phone because I haven't figured out how to set up a proxy there. I have a proxy site for mobile surfing. I'll send it to you once I find it. |
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Post by the gr8 brofessor on Jul 22, 2013 16:21:10 GMT
Alternatively, I can do as Divair suggests and create an additional, locked subforum that's literally just a thread saying "we have these things, but you have to register to see them!" I'm fine with either of those options. Pretty much every other forum I've seen that does it usually has an entire subforum. Probably better than hoping they decide they want to explore technical. Am I the only one who actually dislikes this idea? Nope. |
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Post by Poli on Jul 22, 2013 18:06:45 GMT
I kinda feel really terrible for bringing this up at all right now. Please don't. It was always my intent to have at least the General Chitchat forum viewable only by members - all you did was bring it up maybe a day or so before I would have independently. |
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Post by Poli on Jul 22, 2013 18:08:04 GMT
Also, I am going to set up an empty "you must register to see the chatty bits" subforum later, because I do think that makes more sense than just stickying the thread here, but I'm in the midst of running errands and probably won't be able to get to it for a little while.
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Post by Khan supports Poli. on Jul 23, 2013 1:11:46 GMT
I don't understand the part about proxy things. I didn't meant to step on anyone's toes. I do want to understand and if someone would be willing to explain it to me I would like that. I kinda feel really terrible for bringing this up at all right now. No, don't feel bad. Nothing at all is your fault. It's just my own preference for keeping my location a secret, so I use a proxy to surf the web. But if Neo sends me that proxy site for mobile surfing, I'm totally fine with the shift. |
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Post by Dipshit on Jul 23, 2013 1:20:11 GMT
Android windows or apple phone?
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Post by Khan supports Poli. on Jul 23, 2013 1:21:31 GMT
Android windows or apple phone? Apple. I'm ashamed. |
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Post by Dipshit on Jul 23, 2013 1:23:32 GMT
Android windows or apple phone? Apple. I'm ashamed. Ok. I'll find it. |
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Post by Poli on Jul 23, 2013 1:32:24 GMT
Also, I am going to set up an empty "you must register to see the chatty bits" subforum later, because I do think that makes more sense than just stickying the thread here, but I'm in the midst of running errands and probably won't be able to get to it for a little while. Aaaand done. |
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Post by Indigo on Jul 23, 2013 1:39:47 GMT
Also, I am going to set up an empty "you must register to see the chatty bits" subforum later, because I do think that makes more sense than just stickying the thread here, but I'm in the midst of running errands and probably won't be able to get to it for a little while. Aaaand done. Wonder if that can't be its own separate category, before the General category. Also, what my regional forum does is make it not visible to people who are members (read: logged in). |
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