This isn't a bug, more of something that bugs me from time to time. Some members have their privacy settings such that if you try and visit their pages, you get this: I understand the desire for privacy, but since we can a) leave blank or at default or b) lie on almost all of the fields that display, the only thing this really does is hampers others from viewing contributions/posts/etc, and it doesn't even do that very well; if you're bored and have time, you can go to the search box by name from the main page and find pretty much everything they've typed here. Is there a benefit to this blocking that I'm missing?
If you've got stalker problems it also stops them messaging you on your profile, and from tracking where you are on the site.
This is true, and if it's overt they'll get banned, but if they just make you uneasy or are giving you unwanted attention , or have a tendency to follow you arround, then there's not a lot the mods can do, so locking your profile is a sensible precaution...like having an unlisted number in real life
I've run into that too @Iain Aschendale . Some profiles just don't show up for me either. I understand that banned people don't, but active members? Perhaps it does keep out creepers and what not, IDK.
I think it's when the person has you on "ignore". Seems unlikely that someone would have you on ignore, @Iain Aschendale - you seem like a pretty gentle sort of person. But... I think that's what it is.
Does that apply the other way? If you put somebody on ignore, they can't see your profile? That would make sense. And take care of any stalkers as well.
I think someone can't see your profile if you've blocked them. But if you set your profile to "private," nobody can see it.
Only one way - if A puts B on ignore, B can't see A's profile. A could still see B's profile, I guess, although I don't know what A would want to, since she's ignoring B...
I know for a fact that I can still see people's profile if they have me on ignore. So I don't believe that's it. Private is more likely the case. Also, I know how to ignore people but how do you block them! I want to learn so I can block someone!!
It has to be something else, cause I have had it come up with an error message and they don't have me on ignore. So explain that one.
I know it's not that, since one of the people I've discovered it with is a pretty close friend here, and another was borderline plagiarizing (not reportable, no worries) some of my silly blurts, so they definitely saw them.
This is correct, and results in exactly the error that @Iain Aschendale. In your profile under "Privacy" you will find these options: You can set them to "All Visitors", "Members Only" and "Members You Follow Only".
Oh, I didn't' realize there was a members only option... thanks Kom, I fixed it. No Lurkers allowed. .