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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?"

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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:

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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.

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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.

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

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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!")

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