Private forums for games on AutoHost: Visible or not?[ 16 votes ]
1.	Not visible to anonymous users, only players can post	7 / 44%
2.	Not visible to anonymous users, all registered users can post	3 / 19%
3.	Visible to anonymous users, only players can post	3 / 19%
4.	Visible to anonymous users, all registered users can post	3 / 19%
5.	Visible only to players in that game, only players can post	0 / 0%

Currently, private forums are not visible to non-registered users, and only players in those games can post in their forum.

5th option added for those wishing a more paranoid meaning of the word 'private'

[Updated on: Thu, 21 November 2002 16:13]

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Wouldn't be "private" if outsiders had access, would it?

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Thats why I have wote for 1.


ccmaster

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Where's option 5. Only players can view and post?

Quote:

"Attention all: there will be a private public meeting tomorrow afternoon at AutoHost"

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The hosts I had talked with earlier said they thought it would be helpful to allow other to read the posts so they could see how players behaved in that game.

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I know that I have received some useful insights from people reading the posts about games I was involved in and providing suggestions.

IMHO the whole private thing has been a misnomer from the start, there would have been less confusion if they were just listed as being seperate from the rest of the topics.

FurFuznel

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so you can see what players stays to his ally and what only tells it


ccmaster
King of the Traders

[Updated on: Fri, 15 November 2002 23:57]

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I would vote for anonymous users able to view, only players able to post.

I suppose there could be an option for "secret" posts in a game related forum if all the players/members want it that way, but then some folks might try to persuade private forum members to go that route as a price of getting in. The real question is: why would anyone want that much privacy?

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