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So, I'm just looking for help understanding something about the way this forum is set up. On the left of the screen there is a box entitled "Who's Online Now", with names of members, and a number of guests, underneath. If you click on your own user name at the top right of this page you will get a dropdown box with numerous choices. The top one is "Preferences". When you click on it you can choose many options, one of which is whether or not to hide your online status.

I have noticed for years that some user/members choose to do this. You can tell they do because you can be in the middle off a discussion with them, each person quickly answering the other, and that person's name will not show up in the "Who's Online Now" box. I have even asked a couple of these users why they choose to do that but have never been given an answer. So, why would someone do that? What is to be gained by hiding your online status, if you're posting anyway?

It's just always puzzled me and I'm hoping others brighter than me here can enlighten me.

Thx, SRH

People who took this song to heart?



I was told, over and over, to never post with my real name, here, and elsewhere. I’d get “hacked”.

Hasn’t happened.

Best,
Ted

Some people like their privacy. What is wrong with that?

You are rather nosey Stan.

And a socialist.


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A guy on SOCIAL MEDIA proclaims something about privacy. 2 minutes with an internet connection and anyone can know who you are, where you live, how much you make, what you do, political affiliation and you prattle about privacy?

You can’t make this stuff up….

Best,
Ted

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The guy in Detroit is shielded by that internet “WGAF” filter. Or, should be.

Well you and Stan sure seem to need to prattle on about it. I am game.

Maybe if you read a little closer, you could hang with the conversation.

I had a former worthless son-in-law who was fired from a very overpriced very underqualified job because he took a sick day and then reported in long conversations on social media that he was kicked back on the couch with a brewskie, a sancwich and a ball game. Even commented on how much better it was than work. A suspicious, had-enough-of-it fellow employee forwarded the link to the owner of the tech startup. Add stupid to the qualities. Sometimes smart people know when to show restraint. I believe the boss likely questioned the rat about why they saw the post.

According to what I see reposted by others here on this thread there are some who seem to be saying they are hiding their online status for the sake of privacy? It just goes over my head that someone can want privacy and be posting on a thread here at the same time. I do NOT want to argue about this, and I'm not being "nosey". I don't want to convince anybody that what they're doing is wrong, or right. I just want to understand. I'm thinking possibly I'm missing out on some opportunities here that I am not aware of.

I would be totally happy if I get some reasonable explanations, from anyone who can understand the reasons......... not just the ones who hide their online status. I'm not picking on anybody in particular. I haven't, and won't, mention any names. But, the old cliche' "Hit dog hollers" does come to mind.

Hopefully “The Greyman” will chime in.


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Will there be anything left of Paris after this election to hold the Olympics?

That, for sure, is WGAF.

Best,
Ted

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Paris? Detroit? I guess the gang tag is a bit more artistic in Detroit.

In my case, I just want to read without being bothered.
Because I use five different devices for reading, and at any time the system updates on one will change its online identity, and prevent me from logging in.
whatever the settings are on one device may not be the same as what they are on another.

How would you be bothered, CZ? Do you think someone would see you were online and send you a private message you wouldn't want to answer right then? I can't think of any other reason, right off. You wouldn't be obligated to answer a p.m. immediately anyway. I think everyone realizes that we might not notice we have a new p.m. immediately.

Again, not arguing, just trying to make sense of it.

Maybe you are misremembering I was even a part of this thread.
No one will remember or care by darkness.

Be very careful Stan, lest Jimmy W thinks that you've been peeking at my posts after you have loudly proclaimed that you have me on ignore.

But that aside, why are you so intensely curious, and why do you even know who has elected to stay private with respect to their attendance? You seem to be quite a snoop. Are you stalking someone? Maybe you shpuld come clean with off-smelling aspirations, eh?

And of course, you, Ted, give a [censored - come on man!]. You are always first to have Stan's back and look for an opportunity to take another dig at somebody for whatever reason that makes you feel better about yourself. You are quite the acolyte.

Keep trolling, Stanly. Eventually, you will hook a whopper.

HA HA HA!

Pretty sure jimmy outed you as the guy who emails him with the comments from folk he is ignoring. So, you gents have that covered.

No, Mr. Brent, I don’t GAF aboot Detroit or Paris. Same problems, same people in charge. Do try to keep up.

Stan just asked a question. I don’t believe anyone has or needs to have his back in this instance.

The debate results got you down, or, what? Awful cranky, you seem to be.

Best,
Ted

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CZ, pretty sure this will veer into golf, and then nobody will care by sunset….

Excellent Ted, but you don't have to send Stan my posts. He reads them all.

And watch your spelling.

Canadian slang, Prof.

You wouldn’t get it, it seems.

Best,
Ted

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People from Detroit hear it all the time. Probably helps if they don’t have their head in their arse.

Sure, Ted.

Did Stan give you a nice pat on the back and an 'atta boy?

You can look at his online status and likely figure that out, prof.

Best,
Ted

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So highly educated, yet, so very needy.

Seems nobody really cares to get deep into why they choose to hide their online status. CZ ventured, actually, but refuses to explain. I have had one private message from a stand-up guy who told me his reason, and I respect it. BTW, I hadn't even noticed he was one of those who hid his online status. Regardless what my detractors claim, I have no ulterior motives with my query. Just trying to understand the reasons. But, I must admit, it's fun that it bothers them so much.

Maybe you need to try another troll, but it would be interesting to hear your honest motivations for wanting to stalk people on the internet. You are pretty creepy in addition to everything else.

The most encompassing answer I can give (That is site software specific) is that whatever settings need to be turned on on day 1 upon joining,
If they don’t effect site functionality, or my enjoyment of the site, I never look at them a second time.
I don’t bother with custom settings,
I don’t bother with the deeper capabilities of any site
Mostly just read and use simple searches.

I have 3 phones, 3 tablets, two pc’s, 2 Mac’s, all in rotation.
Because of auto updates, I chase settings and passwords all the time. I’m sick of it actually.
I don’t worry about settings that don’t seem to hinder reading and searching.

Thank you, CZ. i really appreciate your cogent answer. All I really wanted was to understand folks' reasons. Your reply helps. Still don't understand how "Hide Online Status" got turned on inadvertently, it being a "Custom Setting", but I accept that it did.

Best to you, SRH

Stan, I changed my online status here back in 2020 right after Dave Weber imposed a 30 day ban on me, SDH-MT, and Rocky Mtn Bill. The Nutty Professor was hit with a two week ban at the same time. I will never understand why the Nutty Professor was only hit with a two week ban.

That's why I found these comments from the Nutty Professor particularly funny. He is one of the spineless guys who was doing internet stalking and doxxing here, and is now accusing you of being a "nosey" (sic) internet stalker:



Let's not forget that this is the filthy little hypocrite who ran a multi-year campaign to defund this forum because he didn't want others to behave as he does on a regular basis. But I digress.

For a few weeks prior to that 2020 ban, the Nutty Professor had been engaged in an Internet Doxxing attack on me and Homeless jOe. Dave had been deleting their posts, but Nutty Professor and his pals didn't give a crap, and kept doing it. On the day before Dave imposed his ban, there was a pretty sustained attack, but strangely, two of the Nutty Professors pals were quiet that day. I think they realized that things were coming to a head, and decided to lay low and act innocent. I responded to several of the other's posts, and then decided to just do what so many others do, and "Notify the Moderator", Dave, asking him to put a stop to it. Since there were so many of their doxxing posts, I suppose I Notified him upwards of 25 times that day alone.

I had hoped that would put a stop to it, but the next day I found that I was among those banned for a month. It was hilarious to see the comments afterward, especially those from the Nutty Professor's two pals who had refrained from doxxing that day, and now acted innocent. One who is particularly gutless POS even made a little donation, and told Dave how much he/she appreciated the Moderation.

So naturally, I tried logging in to see what happens when you are banned, and it worked. I made a quick little test post in an uninteresting Thread and submitted it, and it worked. So I deleted it and tried again, and found that Dave somehow had forgotten to switch off my login privileges. I quickly deleted my second test post, and realized I wasn't really banned at all.

I wasn't sure what to do, so I figured, screw it... if Dave wants me gone for a month, I will not post anything for a month, and I'll serve my sentence, even though I didn't feel it was justified. I decided to change my online status in case I logged in out of habit, and one of the squealers who always cry to Dave had a hissy fit and wet their panties. Of course, I had to be logged in to make a profile change too. So I actually served my time voluntarily, and several extra days for good measure. My first post after I returned was to send you well-wishes after your near fatal drowning accident. I never bothered to change my online status back. I suppose I should change it back since my presence here causes some to have melt-downs, and even prompted one little fruit to add "I miss Monkey Jim" to his/her tagline.

Maybe this post will show up in a timely manner, and maybe not. Some posts I submitted several days ago still have not shown up.