Incognito on Boards?

Hi,

Seems as good a place as any to pose this question/query.

I follow a few threads, and one of them is in Horse & Greyhound Racing Betting.

When I click on the main forum and scroll to the bottom it shows how many "active users" (including 'guests') are on said forum. *Currently there are 5 on the abovementioned one (including me, as I opened up another page to post this), with those comprising 4 members and one guest.

However; only three of the four 'members' (again, myself included are named).

Can a member be "logged in" and go 'incognito' , as it were; or does Boards recognize when a member is following a forum but not logged in, or is it something else?

If so, and if possible, is it possible for a member to be 'logged in' , but their presence not visible to other users?

Also, how does one go about their presence on site being inconspicuous to other users; for whatever reason, eg they just want to make a single post that needs no responding to, and would like to compose/submit that post unnoticed to other members?

* This was the case/state of play when I started this post, so in the few minutes it's taken me to type it out some I presume would be no longer "active".

If you can answer I would appreciate it.

Thanks,

Leffesem

PS, I was required to select a "Thread Prefix" - whatever that means, so I hope 'In Progress' is an acceptable one; as I don't know what to make - or indeed why they are there - of any of the options...