invisibility - why?

[Pherdinand]

I could guess a reason for some people
Some good people
who left officially the site
but they are addicted so they HAVE to come back once in a while
but are ashamed to do so in public

how 'bout this reasoning?

 

[Socke]

I removed my gallery and my avatar after a political correctness debate, I activated the invisible mode for some time, too.

This gives one time to chill down 🙂

 

[telenous]

Sound reasoning - but it can only account for a small percentage of the 'invisibles'. Some people have left but there aren't legions of them. Right now, there are three reg. members and five guests reading this thread.

EDIT: this is referring to Pherdinand's comment.

 

[Jocko]

Rosicrucians.

 

[back alley]

if you log out or just don't log in then your are 'seen' as a guest and i have no idea who you are, except for your ip address.
when you click 'invisible' i see you as you.

joe

 

[FrankS]

So, you see invisible members, Joe? 🙂

 

[mjm6]

Joe,

I don't use the invisibility cloak here, but I do on another forum where I'm a bit more active. Here's my reason: If you link to the profile of an online member, you can track their movements. I would rather not have people looking over my shoulder, as it were.


---Michael

 

[kbg32]

You can see me? I'll make sure I'm dressed when I'm here!

 

[Fred]

Do you have many invisible friends Joe 🙂

I didn't know this setting existed till reading this. Personally I'm not bothered but have not really been in active in areas of contention either. I bit once and that was enough.

 

[back alley]

well, i'm pretty sure i'm seeing them...maybe...

 

[oftheherd]

You can see me? I'll make sure I'm dressed when I'm here!

Lol, but considering some of Joe's past posts, I wouldn't worry too much about that. Arrrrggghhh! Sorry I said that, the mentally conjured photo remains painful. :bang: 😀

 

[jtzordon]

Never knew there was an invisible option before now. Also never knew about the user cp option. Quite an educational day for me.

 

[ffttklackdedeng]

So maybe it would make sense to show those user's status as 'Invisible' - so they would notice that setting?

Anyway this status doesn't make that much sense for me since it must be based on some statistics like 'was logged in x Minutes ago'. You can't rely on someone being really online, and so you can't on someone being offline.

I would prefer to see the country of origin instead of this online status - it was there some time ago and seems gone now..

 

[lmd91343]

if you log out or just don't log in then your are 'seen' as a guest and i have no idea who you are, except for your ip address.
when you click 'invisible' i see you as you.

joe

uh oh!

I better put on a bathrobe! 😀

 

[Pherdinand]

So, you see invisible members, Joe? 🙂

Big deal.
I can see dead people.

 

[SteveM(PA)]

I use my inviso because I typically have the page open in it's own window (it's my favorite site, after all) but I'm not always here. Especially if someone sends you a pm, it's kind of misleading to imply you are actively "online" when you're actually cleaning the bathroom.

 

[visiondr]

Some people like to go incognito?

Some might call it "commando"... 😉

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Adrenaline rush, perhaps? Love for dangerous situations? Feeling like the stealth photographer/stealth forumer?

Who knows. I've seen the setting but I didn't click on it. Why not? Why at all click on it?

 

[Scarpia]

From time to time I clean all the cookies off my computer. The next time I sign on to RFF I'm a guest. As soon as I notice I log in, but for a time I'm a guest. Perhaps the same situation occurs with other members.
Kurt M.

 

[FrankS]

There's a difference between not logging in (you are a guest) and logging in with the invisible option selected (your name doesn't appear in active member list, but mods can still see it)