What use is a private topics forum?

[AtomicDude512]

I dont get why it is there.

 

[Hossenfeffer]

I imagine you will in time. Off the top of my head, you could use it for:

- Keeping details of a trade without using your PM's.
- Having a discussion between a select group of individuals.
- Stalker's convention


It lets you choose who will be able to view the thread, and all but eliminates the chances of a post getting out of hand. Fewer, if any, trolls, whiners, etc. Also, given that it would be impossible to moderate these private topics, I imagine the guidelines on what exactly you could post would be a bit relaxed as well.


Hmm, might it become a subscriber-only feature?

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Hossenfeffer
Hmm, might it become a subscriber-only feature?

Don't give them any ideas!

 

[thawolfman]

Can you invite the mod into your thread to moderate? :Q

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: thawolfman
Can you invite the mod into your thread to moderate? :Q

lmao!

 

[sash1]

I haven't seen/used this forum, but can you just restrict certain people instead of goign through the hastle of just adding a bunch of people?

Originally posted by: thawolfman
Can you invite the mod into your thread to moderate? :Q

HAHAHAHAHHA! I doubt one would want to

~Aunix

 

[Lord Evermore]

I doubt you can stop them coming in. You're still under the existing rules of the forums, banned words list, et cetera.

 

[FuzzyBee]

Can you delete them?

 

[ProviaFan]

I suppose the moderators have left a backdoor for themselves so they can still access private topics.

Anybody wanna see for sure?

 

[sharkeeper]

I'm sure they can have FT dump the entire message board into a text file and do searches. VB does this.

I wonder how many people talk to themselves!!!

-DAK-