Private subforum in OT?

[NZTailender]

Sounds very cliquey.

Therefore I'm all for it.

 

[Athlai]

The winner of BOTM should get mod status for that forum.

 

[Jono]

Let's put Pasag's surname into the censor.

And let's censor all posts made by SS.

Problem solved.

 

[Matteh]

Reminds me of the time Dicko posted Beev's face. Oh the hilarity.

Wish he hadn't tbh.

 

[Jarquis]

This is a whole other issue. I never wanted my name to be revealed on the forum, someone found out I think back in the snooker days and ever since then it became common place. But that horse has bolted, if I had my time again I would never have told anyone. Am certainly not complaining, that's just the way it is. Certainly not the point of the thread though.

Yeah, wish I hadn't revealeed my name. Most stupid username ever

 

[age_master]

Click "Show more results from www.cricketweb.net"

I was quite happy not knowing about that tbh.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Most stupid username ever

Could be worse...

 

[cpr]

I seem to be OK on the username front, and my real name actually. Only when I include the word cricket in the search does it link to here (a birthday thread for cpr and something like dev league for full name)

certainly think stuff like Dev League/Battrick/tennis comp threads should be in a private forum if not already, so people can feel comfortable competiting as themselves in a safe and secure enviroment. I think most people who are regs on here arn't too fussed about other regs knowing their full names, most of us have one or two others on facebook etc (my god, some of us have even met!). But can certainly see the discomfort of details being generally public (ie searching my real name and cricket, the first link on google shows my full name, username and email without having to click through to the site..... oops!)

 

[Burgey]

Searched my name and got a lot of "Grant Burge Cameron Vale Cabernet" responses.

Cheerin'.

 

[GIMH]

I searched your name and got Did you mean ****? tbh

 

[andyc]

To repost what I'd said in the mod forum earlier, am not too sure where I stand on this. I think that if it were to happen, 50 posts would be enough for it. There's already enough of an intimidating presence for new posters without having to get to 500 before they can post a picture of themselves or talk about how their day went. My only issue is that it'd probably render OT obsolete. Given that a lot of discussion about real life stuff spills over into a lot of the threads in OT, most of the threads and discussion would probably be inside the private forum, and OT itself wouldn't have much in it. Not a big problem per se, but it limits the opportunities for newbies to actually get their post count over whatever the required limit is.

Just thinking now though, would it have to be a cut-off by posts? Couldn't you just make it that you have to be logged in to view it? Surely that would stop it from showing up on Google. Luckily for me I guess my name's pretty common, although I did have a few people from college find a few of my posts on Google and then figure out it was me given the username.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I'm single handedly responsible for why retired US armymen can't land good jobs after they've served their country.

 

[Jarquis]

Yeah, if you can remove OT from the view of guests, much like the TF then that'd work just as well.

 

[Sir Alex]

I cannot wait to post my picture in this forum. Please do it. Other forums I have been part of have this.

 

[GIMH]

Please leave OT public, for the love of God, please.

 

[Agent TBY]

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Was sure when I opened this that it would be Murphy requesting his own subforum.

 

[benchmark00]

Was sure when I opened this that it would be Murphy requesting his own subforum.

Is in the works itbt.

 

[biased indian]

is there an option in vBulletin where the person can decide whether his post should be public or private ?

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Is in the works itbt.

Keep me updated via smoke signals.