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Fordim Hedgethistle · 10-22-2004, 08:32 AM

Sorry if the answer to this already exists in the FAQ or elsewhere. . .

I've noticed that at times on the Who's Online page there is a discrepancy: the line at the top will say that there are, say, 10 users online, but when I count the actual names there will only be 9.

Are there people online who are invisible to this list or something? If so, why?

mark12_30 · 10-22-2004, 08:48 AM

It's in your user CP under Options:

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Use Invisible Mode
Invisible mode allows you to browse the forums without appearing in the 'Currently Active Users' lists.

Fordim Hedgethistle · 10-22-2004, 09:21 AM

Goodness Gracious Me!!

Who would be so foolish as to make themselves invisible in a forum devoted to Tolkien???? Are these people not unaware of the danger this poses??

*Fordim shivers in terror at the realisation that there be Wraiths among us*

Thanks for the explanation though -- I had always assumed that anyone who was "invisible" would show up as a "Guest".

Mithalwen · 10-22-2004, 10:23 AM

Ah but you forget Fordim we are all wraiths, wights and so forth here .... so it is those living, visible people you should be nervous of...

Evisse the Blue · 10-22-2004, 12:56 PM

I didn't notice that option before. I must say becoming 'invisible' is really very tempting to me.

Because since that stalking thread, I keep 'looking over my shoulder', so to speak. Sometimes, when I linger way too long on certain threads, while just browsing others aimlessly, I stop to think 'what would someone who stalks me think?? she spends only 5 minutes reading this thread in the books forum, moves to another in Mirth which she reads for an hour, takes 20 minutes to reply to a topic...' I feel watched and I don't particularly enjoy it. Yes, I know I'm paranoid and yes I know I have a self esteem issue. But thank God for this invisible option. I shall now be free to roam across the barrow as my whims take me.

Encaitare · 10-22-2004, 03:29 PM

Hmm... didn't even know there was such an option. Seems a bit weird to me, seeing as it's a forum and not a chat or instant messaging sort of thing... although I suppose if you wanted to avoid someone for some reason, it could come in handy.

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Sometimes, when I linger way too long on certain threads, while just browsing others aimlessly, I stop to think 'what would someone who stalks me think??

Come, now, Evisse, didn't anyone ever tell you not to worry about what other people think?

10-22-2004, 08:32 AM	#1
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Currently Online Sorry if the answer to this already exists in the FAQ or elsewhere. . . I've noticed that at times on the Who's Online page there is a discrepancy: the line at the top will say that there are, say, 10 users online, but when I count the actual names there will only be 9. Are there people online who are invisible to this list or something? If so, why? __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

10-22-2004, 09:21 AM	#3
Fordim Hedgethistle Gibbering Gibbet Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Beyond cloud nine Posts: 1,844	Goodness Gracious Me!! Who would be so foolish as to make themselves invisible in a forum devoted to Tolkien???? Are these people not unaware of the danger this poses?? Fordim shivers in terror at the realisation that there be Wraiths among us Thanks for the explanation though -- I had always assumed that anyone who was "invisible" would show up as a "Guest". __________________ Scribbling scrabbling.

10-22-2004, 10:23 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,449	the quick and the dead... Ah but you forget Fordim we are all wraiths, wights and so forth here .... so it is those living, visible people you should be nervous of... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

10-22-2004, 12:56 PM	#5
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,685	I didn't notice that option before. I must say becoming 'invisible' is really very tempting to me. Because since that stalking thread, I keep 'looking over my shoulder', so to speak. Sometimes, when I linger way too long on certain threads, while just browsing others aimlessly, I stop to think 'what would someone who stalks me think?? she spends only 5 minutes reading this thread in the books forum, moves to another in Mirth which she reads for an hour, takes 20 minutes to reply to a topic...' I feel watched and I don't particularly enjoy it. Yes, I know I'm paranoid and yes I know I have a self esteem issue. But thank God for this invisible option. I shall now be free to roam across the barrow as my whims take me. __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.