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Carson's Mom · Posted: July 20 2006, 5:32 PM Post subject: Closed section for members only.

Tom,

I was wondering if there is any way that we could have a section that would be only open to members. Lately I have seen a few threads that I was kind of surprised at - mainly because this is open to anyone and the contents are relatively private. I have been a member of another board that 95% is open for anyone and one section is closed to members only. Is that a possibility here?

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Kayla

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naomid · Posted: July 20 2006, 5:57 PM Post subject:

I know photos are limited to members only

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Tom · Posted: July 20 2006, 6:26 PM Post subject:

Right, photos are members only. I would just worry that a member only forum would become the main place for posting and we have a lot of lurking parents who haven't registered.

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victoria'smom · Posted: July 21 2006, 3:33 AM Post subject:

what pray tell is a lurking parent?

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Tom · Posted: July 21 2006, 1:28 PM Post subject:

victoria'smom wrote:

what pray tell is a lurking parent?

A parent who reads the forum but NEVER posts. Some do register so they can see the photo pages. Others just lurk around reading posts without ever registering.

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gina · Posted: July 21 2006, 2:50 PM Post subject:

ok, not a computer guru here, but would it be possible for moderators to lock threads so that they can only be viewed by members? We could request that a thread be private to members only that way it's kind of a discretionary thing on what the mods feel should or should not be that private.

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Tom · Posted: July 21 2006, 2:52 PM Post subject:

gina wrote:

ok, not a computer guru here, but would it be possible for moderators to lock threads so that they can only be viewed by members? We could request that a thread be private to members only that way it's kind of a discretionary thing on what the mods feel should or should not be that private.

Yes, that could be done.

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victoria'smom · Posted: July 21 2006, 9:23 PM Post subject:

dont u feel there is something sinister about secret posts lol paranoia is not a disease its a survival trait Wink

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LinMac · Posted: July 23 2006, 5:21 PM Post subject:

I'd prefer locking a thread rather than a private section.....

I have to defend lurkers here.... I was one for more than a year. I was simply afraid to introduce myself but read the posting most days!
I just needed time to feel comfortable.... I suspect I'm not alone with these feelings.

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victoria'smom · Posted: July 23 2006, 8:11 PM Post subject:

i can relate , my wife would never have joined, she would have a been a lurker, i think the term lurker is kinda sinister though a question, how many lurkers are there?

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lespring · Posted: July 24 2006, 1:07 PM Post subject:

I don't know how many peoplel ACTUALLY post on downsyn, but there are over 2,000 members. All forums might as well be public at that number. When someone chooses to post something, they do so knowing it's a public forum, myself included.

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