Hello,
I see quite a few users are in invisible mode.
Why?
Thank You
I see quite a few users are in invisible mode.
Why?
Thank You
- Nov 19, 2014
- 2,346
I don't like someone to be able to know what i do when i do when i am not posting something. I enable invisible mode in any forum that gives me the option.
- Feb 14, 2016
- 648
Where is the option, lol. I dont see it when i login.
- Nov 19, 2014
- 2,346
Hover over your username on top right next to your avatar and it has an option on the bottom of that window called Show online status
http://i.imgur.com/8wlAOAA.png
Or you go from settings to privacy options and sort it there.
- Jan 27, 2017
- 139
Sounds fair to me. Thank you for reminding us that we have a choice.
Sometimes I might get a PM or someone might quote me and I might enable invisible mode temporarily and go quiet so they think I'm just away so I have time to prepare a proper reply lool
Like they'll think I just don't know the answer, I'll wait 3 days and come back with an A-grade essay mwahahaha.. if you know then you know babyyyyyy lool
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- Nov 19, 2014
- 2,346
Sometimes I might get a PM or someone might quote me and I might enable invisible mode temporarily and go quiet so they think I'm just away so I have time to prepare a proper reply lool
Like they'll think I just don't know the answer, I'll wait 3 days and come back with an A-grade essay mwahahaha.. if you know then you know
So you either don't like anything or your privacy is basically gone. Pretty weird in my mind but maybe i am alone in this opinion.
EDIT: I was wrong. Apparently changing the privacy settings under People Who May solves the problem.
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This is exactly why, honestly. People that pay too close attention to other users' activity.
To be fair, it can turn into an addictive habit to click the avatar and see what thread/what someone is viewing even if you don't even care... I find myself doing it too often without realizing.
There's a difference in "paying too close attention to other user's activities" & "be attentive"
I dont see any loss with the habitTo be fair, it can turn into an addictive habit to click the avatar and see what thread/what someone is viewing even if you don't even care... I find myself doing it too often without realizing.
...ONLY GAIN...what all have you gained yet
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- Dec 8, 2014
- 206
It's an option for people with superpowers.. invisibility.
(Joking aside I do have a real reason but.... it's a secret.)
(Joking aside I do have a real reason but.... it's a secret.)
- Jan 8, 2011
- 22,361
In Privacy, there are 2 separate settings:
- Show your online status
- This will allow other people to see when you are online.
- Show your current activity
- This will allow other people to see what page you are currently viewing.
- Feb 14, 2016
- 648
- Mar 1, 2014
- 1,708
No matter how hard you try to be invisible, but this is a proof that privacy is really just an illusion. lolYou're not actually invisible to Staff.
- Aug 2, 2015
- 4,286
Forum NinjaSometimes I might get a PM or someone might quote me and I might enable invisible mode temporarily and go quiet so they think I'm just away so I have time to prepare a proper reply lool
Like they'll think I just don't know the answer, I'll wait 3 days and come back with an A-grade essay mwahahaha.. if you know then you know babyyyyyy lool
rofl, how true
I want my pals to know I'm here and accessable
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Like "Follow", "Friends" option would be good with an option to visible to friends only, wot say
Like if you add someone as "Friends" he/she can see you BUT you cant see someone if you are not in his/her "Friends" list.
Like if you add someone as "Friends" he/she can see you BUT you cant see someone if you are not in his/her "Friends" list.
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- Oct 23, 2012
- 12,527
Personally I have never had a problem showing my online status in any forum I have ever been a part of.
However like we have been discussing in another thread you do have a right to privacy so there are many options within the Xenforo platform that address these concerns.
I consider following someone the same as a friends option if there were such an option.
You have to understand that you cannot just add something new.This requires addons/mods to the platform.
However as @Spawn said staff can see everyone online.
It is not "Big Brother" watching you but something that is built into the forum software.
However like we have been discussing in another thread you do have a right to privacy so there are many options within the Xenforo platform that address these concerns.
I consider following someone the same as a friends option if there were such an option.
You have to understand that you cannot just add something new.This requires addons/mods to the platform.
However as @Spawn said staff can see everyone online.
It is not "Big Brother" watching you but something that is built into the forum software.
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