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Something that other forums have....

Luzern — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:22:58 GMT

and PN's community forum apparently does not have, is a list of members. is there a reason for the lack, as on other sites I for one have found it useful.

Re: Something that other forums have....

pierre_pierre — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:32:56 GMT

would be a very long list over 10 000 at this moment

Re: Something that other forums have....

scootie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:45:53 GMT

an what would be the reason for such a list be?.
hope we get an opt in box to tick

Re: Something that other forums have....

Luzern — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:04:10 GMT

Not as long as some! I know one that has 22645 pages capable of holding up to 10 board names.
You don't need any opt in boxes: you don't click on the link button, as in this http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/ example.

Re: Something that other forums have....

scootie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:50:08 GMT

if its only viewable to forum members am for it.
but if its viewable to any tom dick an harry like digitalspy then i dont want my username on a list that is copyed an databased easily thank you
yes tin hat on and sat in me panic room

Re: Something that other forums have....

jelv — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:04:10 GMT

Quote from: lucerne
as on other sites I for one have found it useful.

Could you explain why you would find it useful please - I'm aware of the facility on other forums and have never had an issue with it not being available on here.

Re: Something that other forums have....

James — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:18:23 GMT

Quote from: lucerne
and PN's community forum apparently does not have, is a list of members. is there a reason for the lack, as on other sites I for one have found it useful.

We do have a list.
You just can't see it.

Re: Something that other forums have....

Strat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:46:26 GMT

Isn't this something to do with the Data Protection Act?

Quote from: ASBO
viewable to any tom dick an harry

Objection

Re: Something that other forums have....

MauriceC — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:51:17 GMT

I know that other forums do have this feature - but I for one have never found a positive use for it?
I would vote against making the feature available.
Maurice

Re: Something that other forums have....

Oldjim — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:54:22 GMT

I believe that one of the main reasons why this shouldn't be available is that, unlike Digital Spy where the usernames are just that, a lot of posters on here use their Plusnet account name as a username and that certainly shouldn't be generally available as a list

Re: Something that other forums have....

dvorak — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:54:49 GMT

Quote from: Strat
Objection

Sustained

Re: Something that other forums have....

Strat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:55:18 GMT

@lucerne What information would you expect to see in this list?
Just Googled this thread title and inevitably it's at the top of the list.

Re: Something that other forums have....

scootie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:42 GMT

Quote from: Strat
Isn't this something to do with the Data Protection Act?

Quote from: ASBO
viewable to any tom dick an harry

Objection

i thought that would be censored my self
my feelin is this if its not all ready come across is that a list of are usernames may or maynot be grabed by some one for personal gain.
yeah maybe a slim chance of this happening an i maybe over reacting abit about it but i just dont see a resonable benifit for having a list of 10,000 odd usernames in conjuction with this small risk

Re: Something that other forums have....

jelv — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:30:28 GMT

If the list were to be unlocked it would have to be opt in to have your name appear on the list. I'd bet less than 1% of the members of these forums would do so. The whole thing a pretty pointless diversion of effort when there are plenty of other far more important issues to which we would like resources allocated by Plusnet!

Re: Something that other forums have....

198kHz — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:26:06 GMT

Agreed (wot jelv said).

Re: Something that other forums have....

chillypenguin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:22:43 GMT

With a little script, it would not take long to get a full list of the members of this forum. And you don't need to be logged in!

Re: Something that other forums have....

mal0z — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:40:20 GMT

Personably I wouldn't object - becuase I took care to use a user name that is not my login - ( very bad idea to do so I would suggest )
and doesn't reveal anything else really.
I'm on other forums that do have visible list and it is useful sometimes - you can see when people have last been online and if someone goes quite you can check they are ok.

Re: Something that other forums have....

dvorak — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:50:04 GMT

It's probably not that hard to find someone on here without a list though.

Re: Something that other forums have....

Be3G — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:55:04 GMT

I too have found member lists useful on other forums, and I think I've even wished once or twice that one was available here, although I can't actually remember why I have wanted/needed such a list.

Re: Something that other forums have....

pierre_pierre — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:19:50 GMT

Quote from: chillypenguin
With a little script, it would not take long to get a full list of the members of this forum. And you don't need to be logged in!

shush, I also know a way but mine is hard work - not telling though