Make discussions private?

Dan Steely

Wanted to view other discussions by a poster. Clicked on Discussions on their profile and got the message

• You do not have access to any discussions on this page.

Is this a profile option available to all posters?

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058382422/make-discussions-private

That doesn't sound normal. What's the profile you tried this on?

Dan Steely

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122893425#Comment_122893425

I'll not mention the individual poster. Thought it might have been a feature I missed or new feature. Looks like not, no bother. Thanks for the reply.

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122893499#Comment_122893499

You can send me the profile by PM if you'd prefer.

Dial Hard

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122893502#Comment_122893502

I get it on my own profile 🤣

Spear

I can see both profiles normally, both in desktop and responsive mode. @Boards.ie: Mike a new bug?

Boards.ie: Mike

Hi all,

I am not seeing this issue for any of the accounts posting here! I will look into this a bit more and see what I can find out.

Thanks guys, Mike.

28064212

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122895347#Comment_122895347

When you click Dial Hard's profile, you're seeing discussions listed at the bottom of their profile? Are the listed ones from a restricted category? I don't see any on initial load:

However, if I click "More Discussions" (multiple times), their discussions start to load:

It's not a permissions issue, it's a searching/timing issue. I suspect it's related to the number of posts by the user - each page will only look back a certain number of posts, and if there's no discussions started by the user in that window, it'll show the "access" message. Scratch that theory, Peregrinus' profile shows all the discussions in the index that they've started, covering a much bigger posts window

Spear

I see the full list of their discussions first time and immediately, with no delay though. Unless there's also a regional element, e.g. a given Cloudflare PoP delaying parts of it.

28064212

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122896182#Comment_122896182

Hmmmm… Are the first three discussions you see the same ones as in my second screenshot? i.e. "Beer ad…", "Can someone…", "Stupid JSA…"?

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122896206#Comment_122896206

Not quite. As a mod I'd also see their reported posts in that list, so my request would be pulling in even more than a normal users request. But going through the list shows the same three threads started in the public forums.

28064212

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122896238#Comment_122896238

Then I suspect it is related to which discussions I have permissions to see.

Theory: When I first load the profile page, it attempts to grab the discussions, but it comes up against a discussion I don't have visibility on and stops searching. When I click "More Discussions", it starts searching again after the reported post. If it finds discussions I do have visibility on, it displays them, but stops again if it finds another one I can't view

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122896908#Comment_122896908

You should be able to recreate this with my profile then. I've very few threads started in normal forums, but plenty of reported posts. So it should trigger the same slow display of discussions.