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Privacy at boards.ie LGBT

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  • 19-08-2009 7:06pm
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    I.J.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 151 ✭✭


    Maybe I have overlooked something somehwere in technical details or I just can't find how to hide it but I just noticed that, while posts to this LGBT page don't show up in a members posts archive when you are logged in, they can be seen in somebody's archive while not logged in. Does that make sense? Like, I looked at my old post archive while logged in and didn't see my previous posts to the LGBT page, which i was happy with. However when I logged out and checked the old posts of I.J. (me) I saw all the LGBT posts. I assumed the reason they couldn't be seen was because sexuality is a sensitive subject for some people, like me and it helped privacy. I just think its strange that posts only to LGBT are not seen to everybody one way but can be seen another way.


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    #2
    Nevyn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43,045 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn


    Boards can only do a certain ammount to public forums to help with poster privacy, the same restrictions apply to the Personal Issues fourm.


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    #3
    Goodshape
    Registered Users Posts: 8,488 ✭✭✭Goodshape


    I can see my posts in this forum whether I'm logged in or not (by clicking username -> more posts by user).

    Didn't know they were supposed to be hidden tbh.


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    #4
    Aard
    Registered Users Posts: 4,905 ✭✭✭Aard


    If you're worried about privacy, then afaik you're able to post unregged in this forum.


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    #5
    Stark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,978 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Goodshape wrote: »
    I can see my posts in this forum whether I'm logged in or not (by clicking username -> more posts by user).

    Didn't know they were supposed to be hidden tbh.

    First I heard of it as well. Even with search history hidden, posts will still get picked up by Google as far as I know. You can always post unregistered if you're worried about privacy, like Aard suggested.


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    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    Yes, for the registered user group, they are hidden. Mods and above, or subscribers can search full.


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