Yeah, it's pretty scary. Especially when it's on the front page of the forum and even guests can see it.
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about?
What can guests see?
I think he means they can see the list of users who are currently browsing the forum.
It's at the very bottom of the forum home page under "Users Online"
Personally i don't see what the fuss is about.
Ok, it's now enabled. We'll see how it goes.
Yeah, it's pretty scary. Especially when it's on the front page of the forum and even guests can see it.
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about?
What can guests see?
userbase is "hidden". I don't like that at all, very impersonal
Bear in mind that the IDs of who are browsing should be meaningless - you could have a milllion browsers and a dead board. What counts is the number posting
Doesn't Tapatalk have privacy concerns. Isn't that the subject of this thread? It seems to me to be a far bigger concern than having a username publicly visible.
It is one thing to be inviting, another for your users to feel like bait.
It sounds dodgy.
QuoteIt sounds dodgy.Why should it?
It says "Show others my online status".
it's the same class as "Allow users to email me" - something that one may not want to enable.
It is only dodgy if you want to know what Bill Bloggs specifically is doing right at this moment, because it won't let you snoop. That's basically what this boils down to: you prefer to allow "guests" to snoop on registered users, but don't let those users (who to the effort to actively participate in your forum) decline to be snooped upon.
Why not turn the tables and show the IP addresses of all those guests as a nice friendly gesture to the rest of us?
It is one thing to be inviting, another for your users to feel like bait.
In the 5+ years running this forum, IIRC you are the only one who has complained about this.
In fact someone pointed to thread some people who wanted to know what the "hidden" meant. It sounds dodgy.
As others have asked, why do you care.
What a ridiculous suggestion and comparison, and you know it.
QuoteAs others have asked, why do you care.Because it is basic courtesy.
Because in an argument dickwads are perfectly capable of using "Ha ha you spent 20 mins on the XXX topic" and similar juvenile shit.
Because I am actually shocked (really) that this is considered not just acceptable but desirable:
I mean, WTF? What is the justification for that? What good is it doing anybody else?
Because in an argument dickwads are perfectly capable of using "Ha ha you spent 20 mins on the XXX topic" and similar juvenile shit.
It's a standard part of a SMF installation, I bet hardly anyone looks at that page. Many wouldn't even know it exists.
On the other hand, to me this is very useful:
It shows me that you are (potentially) this watching this thread and that you might reply before I head to bed, so I might stick around for bit and see if you reply.
To me that totally trumps any "privacy" issues that only one person has complained about in 5+ years.
Members that have absolutely nothing to contribute should be purged on a regular basis, I don't even know why they are here.
Members that have absolutely nothing to contribute should be purged on a regular basis, I don't even know why they are here.
I do that, but not-so-regularly.
Members that have absolutely nothing to contribute should be purged on a regular basis, I don't even know why they are here.
I do that, but not-so-regularly.
What's the criteria for that then?