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Paint CHiPs
Viva Le Me

Registered: Jul 2000
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Who's Online

Hey, I have a question, just out of curiosity.

The Whos Online feature is really cool, and I glance at it whenever I come here, and it seems like half of the users online are in hidden mode. Meaning that nobody but the admins can see that they're on line. Right now it's an even 10 to 10. (10 online, 10 more invisible).

My question though, is why do you guys not want to be seen on the Whos Online thingie? I can't really think of any reason for this, save if I didn't want people to know that I was still up and drunk at 6 AM, but they know that anyway when they read my posts. But I'm just curious, if anybody that has that little box thingie checked to stay in evil lurk mode, why they prefer that.

Just a curiosity I have every once in awhile.

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Smug Git
Arrogance Personified

Registered: Aug 2001
Location: Hilbert Space
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I have nothing to hide.

No lurker I.

Can I just say that more people should come into chat, too?

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JoeyCat
Felis Dominatus

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Delaware
Posts: 5704

Thanks for giving away our very last admin secret, Paint

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naughty jewel
boring as fuck

Registered: Nov 2001
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hahaha. yup, i'm one of the evil invisible lurkers.

umm.... this doesn't really apply to me.... since i'm not popular... and no offense to the people who did this..but... the person who started that "OOOH OHHH LOOKY! REDGUARD IS ONLINE!!!!" thread... ack... if someone did that to me... i'd fucking HATE it... and i'm pretty sure i'm not the only one who feels that way. anyway, of course people don't do this everytime they see someone online... but... just for things like that in general... i prefer that people don't know when i'm here and when i'm not. *shrugs* privacy issue i guess? i'm the same way with instant message programs. before my ICQ died, i used that and remained selectively invisible.

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Inky
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Registered: Feb 2001
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i sometimes have it on lurk mode, sometimes not depending on my mood. i don't know why, i guess it's the internet equivalent of crawling into my bed and pulling the covers over my head. then i just forget to change it back.

hey aren't you supposed to be somewhere else brad?

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urbanjunkie
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Registered: Sep 2000
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they're.....out......to......get.....me.....must.....hide....in....the.....shadows

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skalie
the honourable

Registered: Sep 2001
Location: ........
Posts: 14954

Time for a cookie flush.

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naughty jewel
boring as fuck

Registered: Nov 2001
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to add to my post.... i guess one of the main problems with being on the online users list is that some people take it upon themselves to expect you to post or pressure you to post and put you on the spot (like the abovementioned thread), or wonder why you're not posting, even when you don't particularly feel like posting and just wanna lurk around for a bit....

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twelvefoot
professional vagrant

Registered: Apr 2002
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to add to carol's post...

blah blah blah blah blah words blah blah blah blah

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skalie
the honourable

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PaintCHiPs real name is carol?

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twelvefoot
professional vagrant

Registered: Apr 2002
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yes it is.....he's a big neil diamond fan

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there is your manner, what you wear
your dieases that don't repair
all your belongings, please don't share
nothing is going on in there...

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skalie
the honourable

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Weird weird whine........

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naughty jewel
boring as fuck

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and he has really nice tits.

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ItsJustLogan
le pour soi

Registered: Aug 2000
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quote:
Originally posted by naughty jewel
started that "OOOH OHHH LOOKY! REDGUARD IS ONLINE!!!!" thread...


you forget that you have to be worth noticing before that can happen.

i still can't bring myself to be so self-important as to go on voluntary invisible to avoid all the people who obviously want to point out that i'm around and make threads about me. hell, for that matter i don't do things like getting on messenger services or going on public conversation forums when i don't want to talk to people. i guess i'm just not smart enough to want to avoid the attention.

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naughty jewel
boring as fuck

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quote:
Originally posted by ItsJustLogan


you forget that you have to be worth noticing before that can happen.



"umm.... this doesn't really apply to me.... since i'm not popular... "

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Venus
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Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Denver
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quote:
Originally posted by twelvefoot
to add to carol's post...

blah blah blah blah blah words blah blah blah blah



You can't add to a post I haven't made yet.

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naughty jewel
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and i don't understand why you'd care if a few people chose to be invisible on instant message programs or on a messageboard.... i sure as hell wouldn't. maybe i don't feel like talking to certain people sometimes... and i stay invisible to them... why the hell does that make me self important?

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wonderaz
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quote:
Originally posted by skalie
PaintCHiPs real name is carol?


Actually, it's Caroline but we call him Brad for short. She is often mistaken for a male (she had Karen fooled for quite a while) due to her extremely large clitoris and permanently swollen inner labias (they look all the world like she has small testicles). If it wasn't for the fact that she smells of soured smegma, she could fool anyone.

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MstrG
The Talamasca

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quote:
Originally posted by naughty jewel
and i don't understand why you'd care if a few people chose to be invisible on instant message programs or on a messageboard....
Yeah, sounds a lot like the people who cared that someone might actually use two different names on the same board.

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buddha's penis
mourning wood

Registered: Apr 2001
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i am invisible on another forum because i am lazy with PMs. i do not want people to know that i am not responding due to laziness. i want them to think i am busy, or perhaps thoughtful.

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naughty jewel
boring as fuck

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quote:
Originally posted by MstrG
Yeah, sounds a lot like the people who cared that someone might actually use two different names on the same board.


what, you mean euphorbia/hell? unless EVERYBODY does that, i don't care.

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MstrG
The Talamasca

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Yeah, I wasn't pointing at you, just drawing the parallel. I'm still lost in thoughts of giving you a champagne enema.

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euphorbia
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I turned mine off because I leave my computer on all day and go back and forth when I can. People have pmed me and adressed me on the forum and thought I was ignoring them by not responding so I just turned it off. I really do like the feature though, maybe I should just close all the windows every time.

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Ms. Pompous Scag
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Registered: May 2002
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NJ isn't the type to hide under a false name.

I am not invisible.. but if I were the reason would solely be based around the fact of not wanting to be annoyed.

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Fiend
batshit crazy

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Bangor, ME
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To the point, I've NEVER seen a post saying "YOU ARE ONLINE! WHY AREN'T YOU POSTING!!"

I barely notice who is on the board at the time. It is the posts that matter to me. I understand the question why the hell would they want to appear invisible (who the fuck cares!)
The only thing that irks me is alters, but that is a different subject.

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