See who's viewing a thread?

[Coldgunner]

I other forums I visit that sue the IPB software, they have the feature enable to see what users are viewing a particular thread. is this available and can it be turned on?

[Colin-uk Veteran]

I think it was initially disabled to save on resources.

im not sure if this is still the case, a coder would probably know.

:p

[Ricardo Gil]

I personally never liked that feature. It's kind of like "big brother".

[Lee G. Veteran]

It's been discussed before, and only the moderators and admins are able to see the members who are viewing a thread. And, I wouldn't want other members to have that feature because of the reason Ricardo has given.

[markwolfe Veteran]

It's been discussed before, and only the moderators and admins are able to see the members who are viewing a thread. And, I wouldn't want other members to have that feature because of the reason Ricardo has given.

And you get a lot of members posting "Hey, I saw you view my thread. Why didn't you reply? Why, why why?"

[gigapixels Veteran]

And you get a lot of members posting "Hey, I saw you view my thread. Why didn't you reply? Why, why why?"

That's what I was thinking. It would be abused, especially for flaming and such.

[Ricardo Gil]

And you get a lot of members posting "Hey, I saw you view my thread. Why didn't you reply? Why, why why?"

Haha, the crybabies :laugh:

[Damian]

I other forums I visit that sue the IPB software, they have the feature enable to see what users are viewing a particular thread. is this available and can it be turned on?

It was enabled a long time ago on neowin for a few days.

But then removed.

[Mathachew Veteran]

A page containing practically useless info imho.

[.KICK]

This process is pretty intensive on the system so it would probably not benefit the board due to the amount of members with it on!

[Coldgunner]

What about if members could make themselves private so they can't be seen?

[markwolfe Veteran]

What about if members could make themselves private so they can't be seen?

I log in "invisible", and when viewing a thread, moderators see me as an "anonymous user" (or some such term).

I am pretty sure admins and such levels can actually see me, though. :ninja:

[what]

That's what I was thinking. It would be abused, especially for flaming and such.

I don't see how it could be used for flaming, but anyone who did manage to start an argument out of it is far too immature to be here anyway.

I log in "invisible", and when viewing a thread, moderators see me as an "anonymous user" (or some such term).

I am pretty sure admins and such levels can actually see me, though. :ninja:

By default, IPB allows the root admins to see the people who have logged in as anonymous on the online list. No one else can have that access unless Neowin has used a mod to give other groups the privilege as well.

[kernatch]

What's wrong with this? https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...mp;show_mem=reg

[+Gary7 Subscriber²]

What's wrong with this? https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...mp;show_mem=reg

Nothing, that is plenty , there is no real need to know who is looking at a certain thread or topic.

[kernatch]

Am i missing something though? you can see what threads people are looking at there.

[markwolfe Veteran]

Am i missing something though? you can see what threads people are looking at there.

Not "invisible" people. I don't show up on that list.

But, yeah, if you were obsessed with a particular user, you could just keep viewing their profile page.

Seeing who is viewing any particular thread is similar to but different than seeing what threads people are viewing.

[kernatch]

Not "invisible" people. I don't show up on that list.

That's a given.

Seeing who is viewing any particular thread is similar to but different than seeing what threads people are viewing.

Gotcha.

[Brian M. Veteran]

Am i missing something though? you can see what threads people are looking at there.

It's a feature in IPB that shows you who's reading that topic at that particular moment in time.:

[p858snake]

I other forums I visit that sue the IPB software, they have the feature enable to see what users are viewing a particular thread. is this available and can it be turned on?

1. This is a quite large forum, so the server load would be quite large.

2. Flamming towards mod's. eg: people not using using the report function (eg: mods getting pms "i saw you in thread X and its breaking rule Y, please close it") or mods getting flammed for their actions or inaction (eg: "i saw you in thread P and its breaking rule S, why didn't you close it!")

[Andrew Lyle Global Moderator]

That would just be an annoying feature, and a waste of bandwith... I'd rather it stay disabled