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    #62
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    Rb wrote: »
    Lol you're such a freak

    I've been invisible since way before it was "cool" btw.

    Liar liar, pants on fire. You went invisible the day after the stalker list happened:p
    Pherekydes wrote: »
    You can do this by clicking on the username and then selecting "find more posts by x" from the dropdown.

    It's just not the same though.


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    #63
    Simplicity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭Simplicity


    stevec wrote: »
    Liar liar, pants on fire. You went invisible the day after the stalker list happened:p

    shhhhhhssssh He is way smarter than that.


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    #64
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Simplicity wrote: »
    :) I Only joined last week!

    http://omg.wthax.org/rb_virgin.jpg

    Man that will really put rb on tilt.


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    #65
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »
    Man that will really put rb on tilt.
    Not really. Just serves as proof that he's a braindead little troll who, like DBC, won't get the message.


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    #66
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,082 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    /rb not get post ;-)


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    #67
    Simplicity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭Simplicity


    Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »
    /rb not get post ;-)


    :pac:


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    #68
    Rb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭Rb


    Tara Le d'Arion wrote: »
    /rb not get post ;-)
    Lol, whoops


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    #69
    Simplicity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭Simplicity


    Rb wrote: »
    Lol, whoops

    :)


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    #70
    6th
    Registered Users Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Simplicity wrote: »
    :)

    <waves> Hi Dave! <waves>


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    #71
    danish pasterys
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭danish pasterys


    Someone give me step by step instructions sos that nobody can go into my profile and see all my posts , cant see anything for it in privacy settings


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    #72
    LizT
    Registered Users Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    danish pasterys wrote: »
    Someone give me step by step instructions sos that nobody can go into my profile and see all my posts , cant see anything for it in privacy settings

    There's no such feature.


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    #73
    danish pasterys
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭danish pasterys


    LizT wrote: »
    There's no such feature.


    Well that sucks! All the features in privacy settings yet anyone may read all your previous posts an threads, needs to be addressed


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    #74
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users Posts: 12,427 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    danish pasterys wrote: »
    Well that sucks! All the features in privacy settings yet anyone may read all your previous posts an threads, needs to be addressed

    You're posting on a public forum for all to see. If you don't want people reading something then don't post it.


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    #75
    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    On a related note-having just read through all this again, five years on...

    Would I be generalising, by stating that we've all (generally) become rather blasé about identification, breadcrumbs, etc.? Facebook was mentioned in the OP (by Seamus, as with Bebo and Myspace-well, it was five years ago!), and personally, I feel that this whole ethos is down to them-even Youtube, that haven of anonymous stool throwing pretty much twists your arm to put your own name on your account now, and many have complied.

    These were all very legitimate concerns back then, as evidenced by the response the post got, and how much of a sea change it represented from the vBulletin of old.

    I don't see a problem with it myself, and didn't at the time-and I cut my teeth on usenet, where you were your email/header and nothing more, unless someone was cute enough to strip out the IP of your ISP, which was as far as it went, without a hundred euro letter and a wig. Rightly or wrongly, you are what you post, and I never had a problem associating my various hissy fits or witticisms with who I really am.

    Of course, even on sites where facebook and twitter logins are de rigeur (thejournal for example), people will just set up throwaway ones, with nicks that tickle their fancy, so maybe things haven't changed that much after all.

    The web as a whole is different though- I took up the guitar lately again, after a couple of years of a gap (one of the kids is learning, and I'm re-learning with them), so have been looking up tabs and what have you. All of a sudden, Youtube is throwing guitar playing videos at me, despite me never having looked there...

    None of this is Feedback, per se, so will most likely be locked shortly, because b.ie as of now are not pushing people into linking with their facebooks (which is highly unlikely-ever), or pushing for real name logins either-but it is interesting, to me at least, how much the environment has changed in just a few years.


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    #76
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,626 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    One of the earliest things I did on this site was hide my online status, because people will very quickly use it against you within a thread ("derp why aren't you responding" etc) and I have numerous deleted visitor messages, because that system was at one point poorly misused.

    Ultimately though over the years I've seen just as many calls for new functionality. Threads crop up once in a while calling for the site to implement newer vBulletin features like zombie-thread detection and whatnot, but the site is already heavily customized as it is. Plus, the roadmap from what I understand is to eventually break free of vBulletin altogether in the far flung future.


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    #77
    armchair fusilier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 451 ✭✭armchair fusilier


    One thing that I found to be quite curious when I joined Boards.ie was that the " Stay logged in" box was ticked by default. I came as a bit of a surprise to come back to boards days later to find myself to be still logged in. The only other sites I can think of where this happens is Twitter and Facebook. I'm so used to other accounts I have automatically logging me out shortly after I leave those sites, that I keep forgetting to either untick the box when I log in or logged out before I leave. I doubt I'm the only one.

    There are still a lot of homes out there with computers which more then one user. Devices can be lost or stolen. So it is a very real account privacy/security issue I think. Maybe there is a very good reason for having it like that here, but I can't think of one.


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    #78
    nesf
    Registered Users Posts: 27,645 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    armchair fusilier wrote: »
    One thing that I found to be quite curious when I joined Boards.ie was that the " Stay logged in" box was ticked by default. I came as a bit of a surprise to come back to boards days later to find myself to be still logged in. The only other sites I can think of where this happens is Twitter and Facebook. I'm so used to other accounts I have automatically logging me out shortly after I leave those sites, that I keep forgetting to either untick the box when I log in or logged out before I leave. I doubt I'm the only one.

    There are still a lot of homes out there with computers which more then one user. Devices can be lost or stolen. So it is a very real account privacy/security issue I think. Maybe there is a very good reason for having it like that here, but I can't think of one.

    "Keep me logged in" is a default on most forum sites.


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    #79
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    afair, it used to be the other way around - there were constant complaints from people who had written long (or well pondered) posts only to have them disappear into the ether because their login session had expired.

    This is the first time I've seen it mentioned here since it was changed a good few years ago.


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    #80
    El Guapo!
    Registered Users Posts: 12,427 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    Steve wrote: »
    afair, it used to be the other way around - there were constant complaints from people who had written long (or well pondered) posts only to have them disappear into the ether because their login session had expired.

    This is the first time I've seen it mentioned here since it was changed a good few years ago.

    That was one of the most frustrating things about the site until it was changed.
    The disappearing post trick happened to me lots of times. It got to the point where, if I was writing any relatively long post, I'd always copy it before hitting the post button. That way I could just log back in and paste it in the reply box.
    It was infuriating though.


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    #81
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Steve wrote: »
    afair, it used to be the other way around - there were constant complaints from people who had written long (or well pondered) posts only to have them disappear into the ether because their login session had expired.
    Spot on.


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    #82
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    It's just awesome when five-year-old post of yours gets dragged up again. :)

    Though it still stands pretty well. But calling social networking sites "ego ****-fests" would probably be out of date at this stage. Initially they were mainly popular with the "look at me" types, but now they're mainstream and most people just defriend the ego ****.


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    #83
    [-0-]
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,981 ✭✭✭[-0-]


    So has anything been done about this?


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    #84
    Czarcasm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,076 ✭✭✭✭Czarcasm


    seamus wrote: »
    It's just awesome when five-year-old post of yours gets dragged up again. :)

    Though it still stands pretty well. But calling social networking sites "ego ****-fests" would probably be out of date at this stage. Initially they were mainly popular with the "look at me" types, but now they're mainstream and most people just defriend the ego ****.


    Incredible foresight though all the same! :D


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    #85
    Steve
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 22,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭Steve


    seamus wrote: »
    It's just awesome when five-year-old post of yours gets dragged up again. :)
    You were such a thanks whore when we first got thanks.. it's still working! :P


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