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[xquizit]

A few of our members have expressed interest in this feature (view here) so as of today, it's been added in. However, some of our members have also expressed their discontentment with this new feature saying that it's a bit "stalkerish".

If you still don't know what I'm talking about, scroll down to the bottom of topic and forum pages and notice that now it tells you which members are viewing that page.

So it's up to you guys. Keep or remove?

[sadolakced acid]

Well... after 50 votes, I'm closing this.

now that's unfair. some people probably don't even know that there's a thread where they vote on whether they want it or not. give it a week, at least. so close next monday, please? if people really want it, the poll won't change by then.

Why not? How is it stalking you? Are you like paranoid someone's going to find you reading a topic for.. bad reasons?  I like it a lot. Shnazzy.

big brother is watching. and broadcasting it to everyone.

it's a rather useless feature, and it disturbs me. it's like in britian... "safe beneath our watchful eyes"

now, i guess i haven't fully explained why i'm against it:

- some people might talk to someone personally, off topic, simply because they're viewing the topic.

- some people don't like it- it's like "your papers please", and thus log on invisible. logging on invisible means that more and more people will appear offline forever. this makes PMing someone about something and knowing you'll get an immediate answer much more complicated.

that being said: observe:

since i first started the "big brother" quotes, there has been a gradual rise in the anonymous user.

2+2=5
i love big brother


EDIT:

Mr. Acid.... lol, I know I shouldn't be encouraging you because I don't like what you're doing, but I thought the "big brother" thing is a clever, albeit annoying, way to get people's attention. But come on, doesn't it get bothersome to have to get that in all your posts?

well, it gets to be a habit. copy and paste, as well as notepad, helps.

and another reason why not to have this:

zepfel, i think you just voted yes. how'd i know? because you were the only one viewing when the poll number went up.

of course, it could have been someone a few seconds before you who just left, but who knows.

polls aren't truely anonymous anymore.