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14 Apr 2010, 10:47 am

Nope, I prefer to be shown as online and I prefer when my last visit was shown.


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14 Apr 2010, 11:26 am

I prefer to be visible and also like my friends to be visible too.


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15 Apr 2010, 10:31 pm

why not?


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15 Apr 2010, 10:44 pm

Hiding from LG 8O



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16 Apr 2010, 1:12 am

You never know when you need to commit a murder and such a log might ruin one's alibi.


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17 Apr 2010, 11:51 pm

I dont see the reason to hide your last login. Mine is open.



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18 Apr 2010, 5:32 am

I'm one of those people that prefer privacy. Plus after this whole stalker situation that is still going on after three freaking years, I need that option of privacy even more than ever. I was already a bit paranoid to begin with and now I definitely am!



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18 Apr 2010, 8:00 am

But how does hiding your online status hide from stalkers? They would still know you're here if you're making posts. They can still send you PMs even if you don't know you're on or not.



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18 Apr 2010, 8:05 am

Taupey wrote:
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I think another aspie and I caused a user here to go hidden because of an argument at the other board. He goes there too. We accused him of backing out of an argument and my aspie buddy called it a hit and run tactic and bam he was back in the thread posting because he got accused. Now his logins are hidden.


LG, by "hit and run", do you mean the person will come in and start arguing and then will slink away because (s)he lost the argument, but will sneak around the forum then to avoid the people (s)he was arguing with? I want to make sure I understand this "hit and run" term.

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Hit and run means you start to get into an argument with someone and you run from the thread and never view it again or you just don't reply back to the person's post even though you are viewing the thread still replying to other peoples posts. I think that's what it means anyway when this other aspie used the term because it's what this person does.



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18 Apr 2010, 9:56 am

To step back, take a two hour break, and come back here, with a new perspective. 8)

Oops...I've posted in the wrong thread. I was having a drummer's moment. :lol:


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19 Apr 2010, 8:24 am

League_Girl wrote:
But how does hiding your online status hide from stalkers? They would still know you're here if you're making posts. They can still send you PMs even if you don't know you're on or not.


Why do people need to see when I'm on here and what section I'm in at the time or how long I spend on WP? What difference does it make? It's a personal privacy choice I feel more comfortable with using than not. It might appear like a false sense of security to some. But like I said, I have been stalked in the past and I'll take any privacy feature I can no matter how insignificant it may or may not be. I hope that answers your questions LG. :)

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19 Apr 2010, 8:36 am

League_Girl wrote:
I'm curious, why do people choose to hide in their login time? I have seen profiles here where it says Hidden for last visit.

Do you have Hidden in your profile, what is your reason behind it?


i have it hidden because i come here often and do not care to reply to anything.
if someone has said something that is seriously in need of a reply from me, and they see i was here many times without replying, it may seem like i am ignoring them.

it also may seem like i have no ideas about what to say to them.



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19 Apr 2010, 3:13 pm

One member had his hidden, so that I wouldn't stalk him, which I would have never done, anyways. People are strange.


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20 Apr 2010, 8:18 am

I suppose for some people it can originate from their fear that others would think that they must be losers or something because they spend a LOT of time on an Internet board instead of doing something more productive. Just a guess but I think it is only for a small number of people because they know they are among others like themselves who wouldn't mock them because they would mock themselves at the same time by this.


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22 Apr 2010, 6:03 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:
One member had his hidden, so that I wouldn't stalk him, which I would have never done, anyways. People are strange.



I don't see how keeping yours hidden keeps stalkers away.



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22 Apr 2010, 10:18 pm

League_Girl wrote:
CockneyRebel wrote:
One member had his hidden, so that I wouldn't stalk him, which I would have never done, anyways. People are strange.



I don't see how keeping yours hidden keeps stalkers away.

ya it won't, I had mine hidden but still got the I am online pm's loading my inbox