Go to Otherpower.com Home Page Go to Forcefield Shopping Cart Go to Wondermagnet.com Home Page
Front Page - [Homebrewed Electricity-- (wind) (solar) (hydro) (steam) (controls) (storage) (mechanical)] - Classifieds - Site News
Everything - Newbies - [Remote Living-- (housing) (heat) (light) (water)] - Reviews - Diaries - Our Products
Anonymous Hero


By Demetri, Section Reviews
Posted on Tue Oct 21, 2003 at 09:59:21 PM MST
Why?

It appears AH posting is being allowed again. Good luck to all of us, I hope this attempt goes better than the last one.

Demetri

Anonymous Hero | 4 comments (4 topical)

Re: Anonymous Hero (none / 0) (#1)
by TomW on Tue Oct 21, 2003 at 10:28:15 PM MST

Demetri;

Hehe not really. Anyone logged in can cloak their id when posting a comment. Its kind of undocumented but its possible. Just above the subject field that "Post as" pulldown allows AH cloaking of the users real name.

I saw that comment and it seemed friendly enough and, frankly, I agree.

A perfectly legitimate question I think. But thats just my opinion.

Cheers.

TomW

The Truth is the Truth, even if no one believes it; and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it




Re: Anonymous Hero (none / 0) (#2)
by Demetri on Tue Oct 21, 2003 at 11:37:03 PM MST

I didn't know a person could cloak who they were posting as. Oops, I feel humbled.

Now, why would a person do that? I don't see any reason not to identify yourself with your words, and stand by them. But like you said, that's my opinion. I'm sure you admins know who posts what, no matter who they post as.

That post would have gone better in a diary(possibly this one too), but other than that I see nothing wrong with it.

Thanks Tom.

Demetri
Uncommon sense required.



Ooops. (none / 0) (#3)
by ADMIN on Wed Oct 22, 2003 at 10:32:45 AM MST


Thanks to Demetri and TomW for figuring this out. There are LOTS of variables and options that can be configured for this board....and after a short search I finally found the one that was allowing anonymous comments, but not anonymous stories. It's turned off now; there should not be an option for an anonymous comment anymore.

As of now, anonymous folks can read stories, read comments, and vote in polls, but that's it.

A lesson for all users of the board -- us ADMINs try our best to get things working smoothly and keep everybody reasonably happy. But this board is so flexible, it's pretty complicated. We miss stuff all the time, and this was an example! So please continue to let us know if something seems odd.

The next thing up will be a mod to deal with people who post comments to old stories. We are not sure yet if it will be bumping the date tag up, or a "Read All New" function -- probably the latter.

Cheers

ADMIN
(DanF)




Re: Ooops. (none / 0) (#4)
by John on Wed Oct 22, 2003 at 01:21:27 PM MST

I vote for the latter.

John

[ Parent ]



Anonymous Hero | 4 comments (4 topical)
Display: Sort:
Menu
· create account
· How to use the board
· FAQs
· search the board
· Google search the board

Login
Make a new account
Username:
Password:

Total Views
  93 Scoop users have viewed this posting.

Poll
Is AH worth the trouble?
Yes
No
If you don't like it, don't read it

Votes: 7
Results | Other Polls

Related Links
· Also by Demetri

Powered by Scoop
You must be a registered user to post here. It's easy and free, and the link is on the upper right side of your page.
All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies. Postings are owned by the poster, but may be deleted or moved at the ADMIN's sole discretion. The Rest © 2009 Forcefield.
You can Email the board ADMIN here. PLEASE include the username you signed up with!