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Poll Results: Make OT private again

Poll expired: Apr 16, 2009  
  • 83% (26)
    Shut up Duke (Yes)
  • 16% (5)
    Shut up Duke (No)
31 Total Votes  
post #21 of 40
4/9/09 at 6:14pm
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Originally Posted by sRc//Conda View Post
OKAY!

we've discussed it further, and what we will be doing is splitting Off-Topic into two parts, public facing and the current private setting. good discussions that would draw traffic will go into the public one, and then everything else will remain in the private one
This is a good solution.
post #22 of 40
4/9/09 at 6:20pm
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Originally Posted by joatmon View Post
But if anyone is worried about having posted info in OT that makes them vulnerable if made public shouldn't be posting that kind of info on any web forum in the first place, public or private.
very true, but at the same time i look at the posts in OT like a coffee shop, im chatting with my friends, if someone else in the shop hears me i cant really stop that, but at the same time i might not say all of that on national television which is the equal of google.
post #23 of 40
4/9/09 at 6:22pm
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Originally Posted by sRc//Conda View Post
OKAY!

we've discussed it further, and what we will be doing is splitting Off-Topic into two parts, public facing and the current private setting. good discussions that would draw traffic will go into the public one, and then everything else will remain in the private one
perhaps the discussion should have gone on before just making a change of that nature?

as far as this new change, are we going to see the majority of posts remain in the private? or is it all gonna be public with only a few exceptions? who decides what goes private vs what goes public?
post #24 of 40
4/9/09 at 6:33pm
more information on that forthcoming
post #25 of 40
4/9/09 at 7:05pm
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Originally Posted by NYC Drifter View Post
i voted no, but will nuke and go with the flow
ok, i had that backwards. my chad was hanging
post #26 of 40
4/9/09 at 8:15pm
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Originally Posted by Fidget View Post
perhaps the discussion should have gone on before just making a change of that nature?

as far as this new change, are we going to see the majority of posts remain in the private? or is it all gonna be public with only a few exceptions? who decides what goes private vs what goes public?
I think the private section should be 18+... an uncensored section if you well. To gain access members would need to e-mail an admin.
post #27 of 40
4/9/09 at 8:23pm
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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
I think the private section should be 18+... an uncensored section if you well. To gain access members would need to e-mail an admin.
That works for me. Also it would not be that much of an inconvienience as I would believe most off topic peeps are 18+. Would we grandfather in the one or 2 current OT'sters who would be affected? (ie. Suddstee)
post #28 of 40
4/9/09 at 8:37pm
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Originally Posted by Davidvs View Post
That works for me. Also it would not be that much of an inconvienience as I would believe most off topic peeps are 18+. Would we grandfather in the one or 2 current OT'sters who would be affected? (ie. Suddstee)
TBD.
post #29 of 40
4/9/09 at 8:41pm
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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
I think the private section should be 18+... an uncensored section if you well. To gain access members would need to e-mail an admin.
Just have to provide our credit card number for age verification right?
post #30 of 40
4/9/09 at 9:02pm
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Originally Posted by Fidget View Post
very true, but at the same time i look at the posts in OT like a coffee shop, im chatting with my friends, if someone else in the shop hears me i cant really stop that, but at the same time i might not say all of that on national television which is the equal of google.
I guess I figured there were other ways of keeping the crawlers from cataloging certain sections, but I have never admin'd a vBulletin, so I freely confess ignorance.

uh oh, now google will broadcast my confession.



I'm not a fixture here like some, and often don't pay that much attention, hadn't noticed OT was now open. Are there any other similar things we didn't know about that we can also object to?
post #31 of 40
4/9/09 at 9:13pm
Personally I try not to post anything that I dont want a person doing a thorough background check, say for a Fire Dept. job, to find.

That being said I always thought that the OT was private (similar to another forum I am apart of where the Team Room is private) and the fact that it is not is..........unsettling. Knowing (or not know) that this was done without any warning will give me pause now before I hit that 'Post' button.
post #32 of 40
4/9/09 at 9:26pm
I tend to agree, it should not be a general publc access forum, only members
post #33 of 40
4/9/09 at 10:46pm
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Originally Posted by sRc//Conda View Post
OKAY!

we've discussed it further, and what we will be doing is splitting Off-Topic into two parts, public facing and the current private setting. good discussions that would draw traffic will go into the public one, and then everything else will remain in the private one
Why exactly is Off-Topic being used as a way to draw traffic anyways? This is a laptop forum; you'd think that would be the draw and not the off-topic section. It seems counter-productive to do this.
post #34 of 40
4/9/09 at 11:18pm
My take is that it has more changeovers in posts/threads, making the section more lively and active. No dead pauses in between posts.
post #35 of 40
4/10/09 at 2:25pm
Make the Rep threads public if you want to show activity I say. Personally, I have never posted anything I wouldn't want public, however, I read dozens of post here each week that probably shouldn't be made public.
post #36 of 40
4/10/09 at 4:29pm
Let's make it private again.
post #37 of 40
4/10/09 at 4:48pm
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by zzpulp View Post
Make the Rep threads public if you want to show activity I say. Personally, I have never posted anything I wouldn't want public, however, I read dozens of post here each week that probably shouldn't be made public.
HELL NO
post #38 of 40
4/10/09 at 5:37pm
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Originally Posted by zzpulp View Post
Make the Rep threads public if you want to show activity I say. ...
I prefer the approach of analysing as why the REP threads have (and attract) activities, and use this finding to implement in the other sections/threads instead.

cheers ...
post #39 of 40
4/12/09 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by zzpulp View Post
...Personally, I have never posted anything I wouldn't want public, however, I read dozens of post here each week that probably shouldn't be made public.
+1. Afterall folks, this is the effen interweb. Just how 'private' do you think making OT private would actually make it? Any of you guys use the same screen name in other forums?

PS: I agree with the need to log-in to view OT, as that prevents the casual user from seeing it...
post #40 of 40
4/16/09 at 12:31am
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Originally Posted by DarqHelmet View Post
HELL NO
You have my agreement..
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