i think he's gotten sol and the dude who posted stokke's pic on the web , all mixed up
Making the General Private to non members
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i think he's gotten sol and the dude who posted stokke's pic on the web , all mixed up
Evidently. The guys a bit of a 'tard to be fair, he asked why sol left when a link to his leaving thread was right there in the first post ffs.
Well if you would like to explain...
Sol left because of problems with his wife, nothing to do with this Stokke business. And people aren't calling for the forum to become private just to entice him back.
Not really a 'tard to be honest mate. You post a thread about some lad called Solvista leaving because
and then Top posted an article about pictures of a girl being posted on Redcafe.
Logically, the two stories go together. Without any other explanation, one would have to assume that Solvista posted a picture.
Assumption is the mother of all feckups.
Maybe refrain from posting about stuff you have no knowledge about?
Maybe refrain from posting about stuff you have no knowledge about?
Fair enough. Just wondering why people wanted the general forum to be closed to the public is all.
I see....
I think it is because some people would feel more comfortable to post more personal stuff if it was private (e.g. some would not post a photo of themselves on a public forum but they would if it was private)
I'd say try it. If it becomes spasitcated then delete the offending posts and re-open it.
Leave Redcafe public. If people want to post personal stuff there's PMs, emails, facebook etc.
No it's like having a conversation in a public place and asking everyone else to leave so that you can talk in private.
No it's like having a conversation in a public place and asking everyone else to leave so that you can talk in private.
I hope Sol is reading this. I think he might laugh quite a bit.
I had the same problem few years back,
Told Bury to ghost me out temporarily for six months or so.
General forum is less moderated, its better to keep them as private, block access even to the newbies with only promoted members having full access.
Told Bury to ghost me out temporarily for six months or so.
General forum is less moderated, its better to keep them as private, block access even to the newbies with only promoted members having full access.
Blocking access to The General would make this place far less attractive to potential members in my opinion. Keep it open, I see no reason to hide it from the public. If people want to post personal stuff on here that's their prerogative(and problem). I've never felt the need to post personal things on here so I don't see why others need to.
thats changed my opinion really, the main reason a lot of people join is for the general
i would get far less police attention if the general was private.
You know you love it really.
Is it possible to create a single thread within the General that would be private? It could be used for posting personal stories/events/photos and what have you.
Nice idea. With the caveat of insta-ban for anyone posting someone else's content outside that thread.
surely not
Or a private sub-forum ?
I bet there are quite a few forums that barely any of us know about.
How do you know that there isn't one?
I'm not saying that there is one BTW!
white text - you caught me!!
Niall doesn't want the general to be private for a number of reasons and the mods and admins generally agree. So lets move on. Nothing to see here.
Yep ok,
just wondering the reason - i expected there to be one.
There are pros and cons from both sides, but i think on balance if you do make the general private you will simply get less users.
Can't see why anyone would want the General to be private, it's one of the main attractions of this place. Alot of lurkers, including myself, mainly signed up because of what I read in the General Forum. There isn't really a benefit to Niall from making it private.
Off the top of my head a) attracts new unregistered lurkers to sign up and b) lurlkers can still click on the banner ads.
I'm sure Eboue comes in to it somewhere as well.
Lurkers can also click on the banner ads just like the Lurlkers. Win win.
It stays public, I suggest locking this thread or perhaps archiving it somewhere so when this topic comes up we can all just reread this thread.
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