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Offline Scooby_Doo

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Hidden user question
on: March 06, 2009, 09:33:22 pm
Call me curious but who/what is this "(+1 hidden)" I see in the forums?
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #1 on: March 06, 2009, 09:35:42 pm
A hidden user.
You can choose to hide your username in the 'who's online' section from other members (though admins can still see you).
It could be anyone.
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Offline Scooby_Doo

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #2 on: March 06, 2009, 09:38:19 pm
Ahh ok, thought it might be a bot/spider.
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Offline Polpolion

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #3 on: March 06, 2009, 11:02:22 pm
Just out of curiosity, what is the benefit to doing this?
 

Offline tinfoil

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #4 on: March 07, 2009, 12:40:26 am
0, none, zich, zip, nada.
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #5 on: March 07, 2009, 01:03:12 am
Giving the impression of 1337 to those who don't know about the "Hidden" feature.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

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21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

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00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline Fury

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #6 on: March 07, 2009, 01:17:08 am
You can think of the feature like invisible mode in an instant messenger. Reasons to go hidden are much the same as in any instant messenger. When you just want to browse the forums in peace without giving yourself away to those who would likely otherwise PM or contact you on instant messenger on the first sight they see you online.
 

Offline tinfoil

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #7 on: March 07, 2009, 01:23:09 am
Never thought of it that way. I don't really have that problem though.
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #8 on: March 07, 2009, 11:24:06 pm
you don't have enough stalkers then
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #9 on: March 08, 2009, 12:11:45 am
Of course, that's it. :p
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #10 on: March 08, 2009, 04:16:14 am
Posts reveal the presence of hidden people...

...and everyone knows who they are... ;)
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Offline Scooby_Doo

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #11 on: March 08, 2009, 04:29:15 am
I see hidden people  :D
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #12 on: March 08, 2009, 04:31:27 am
One of the hidden people is Lobo (bad). Another one of them is Karajorma (good). The others are difficult to notice.
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #13 on: March 08, 2009, 04:34:15 am
One of the rainbow people is Mobius (bad).

There, now we've exchanged personal insults for this month. Let's get back to our lives. There's nothing more to see here.
23:40 < achillion > EveningTea: ass
23:40 < achillion > wait no
23:40 < achillion > evilbagel: ass
23:40 < EveningTea > ?
23:40 < achillion > 2-letter tab complete failure

14:08 < achillion > there's too much talk of butts and dongs in here
14:08 < achillion > the level of discourse has really plummeted
14:08 < achillion > Let's talk about politics instead
14:08 <@The_E > butts and dongs are part of #hard-light's brand now
14:08 <@The_E > well
14:08 <@The_E > EvilBagel's brand, at least

01:06 < T-Rog > welp
01:07 < T-Rog > I've got to take some very strong antibiotics
01:07 < achillion > penis infection?
01:08 < T-Rog > Chlamydia
01:08 < achillion > O.o
01:09 < achillion > well
01:09 < achillion > I guess that happens
01:09 < T-Rog > at least it's curable
01:09 < achillion > yeah
01:10 < T-Rog > I take it you weren't actually expecting it to be a penis infection
01:10 < achillion > I was not

14:04 < achillion > Sometimes the way to simplify is to just have a habit and not think about it too much
14:05 < achillion > until stuff explodes
14:05 < achillion > then you start thinking about it

22:16 < T-Rog > I don't know how my gf would feel about Jewish conspiracy porn

15:41 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
15:47 < EvilBagel> butt
15:51 < Achillion> yes
15:53 <-INFO > EveningTea [[email protected]] has quit [Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client]

18:53 < Achillion> Dicks are fun

21:41 < MatthTheGeek> you can't spell assassin without two asses

20:05 < sigtau> i'm mining titcoins from now on

00:31 < oldlaptop> Drunken antisocial educated freezing hicks with good Internet == Finland stereotype

11:46 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has joined #hard-light
11:50 < achtung> Surely you've heard of DVDA
11:50 < achtung> Double Vaginal Double ANal
11:51 < Kobrar> ...
11:51 <-INFO > Kobrar [[email protected]] has left #hard-light []
 

Offline Fury

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #14 on: March 08, 2009, 05:01:52 am
Quote from: Mobius on March 08, 2009, 04:16:14 am
Posts reveal the presence of hidden people...

...and everyone knows who they are... ;)
Actually, no.

For example, If you have three browser tabs or windows open and in each of them you have different topic open, SMF only shows you active in the topic you loaded last. Which means, regardless of whether an user is hidden or not, SMF does not show you reading a topic if another tab/window has had more recent activity. And it doesn't have to be a topic either, any action that loads information from database will do.

In short, posts are not a reliable way to determine whether someone is hidden or not.
 

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #15 on: March 08, 2009, 05:14:32 am
?

Someone appears as "hidden" in the "Users online".

-->

The hidden member posts in several threads, as evidenced by the "Recent Posts" section.

-->

There still is at least one hidden member in "Users Online".

-->

Ergo that member is hidden.
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #16 on: March 08, 2009, 06:27:13 am
Quote from: Mobius on March 08, 2009, 04:31:27 am
One of the hidden people is Lobo (bad). Another one of them is Karajorma (good). The others are difficult to notice.
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #17 on: March 08, 2009, 10:03:05 am
Watch it with the flames!

As for why Lobo is hidden, I suspect he did if for much the same reason I did. I tend to get a lot of PMs for help requests that really should be posted on the forum anyway and going into hidden mode means I get less. Since Lobo is by and large doing much of the support work I used to do 2-3 years ago I wouldn't be at all surprised if people have started PMing him directly too.
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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #18 on: March 08, 2009, 10:09:27 am
Well, I'm not hidden for the opposite reason. If someone wants to contact me(Woomeister, any FSCRP member, etc. etc.) he should know wheter I'm online or not. I rarely get "Help me" PMs from newcomers, but they're not a problem.

It's up to each member to decide, no doubt about it.
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Offline Polpolion

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Re: Hidden user question
Reply #19 on: March 08, 2009, 11:20:16 am
 :confused:

A person being on or offline has never influenced when I PM them.
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