But I have a really hard time standing in front of potential business sponsors with "still drunk from last night" sitting on my profile. It will also make my mom cry. And she's a nice lady. Sometimes.
So, a possible solution is to let groups (and teams) list themselves as hidden (or members-only). That is, anyone could still join SDFLN, but they'd have to know the link, or get an invite from one of us.
The other option would be to, facebook-style, allow people to restrict viewing of certain things on their profiles. I'm not a fan of this because, as much as possible, I want SixLinks to be open.
But enough about what I think. What do you all think? Reply to comment
Yay new post. I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to find a discussion I hadn't created or hijacked :)
I think I prefer the private (members only) group idea to hiding parts of profiles. Also, you would still be visible as a group member in the group unless I'm mistaken on how this would be done. Reply to comment
I agree in your decision to make SDFLN a private group, somehow hiding your affiliation. No one inside SDFLN doubts your pride in taking part of SDFLN, and we understand your dilemma :)
In fact, I feel this should be the first order of business of the Group SDFLN: to pardon your actions. Reply to comment
I feel like how this is done would be that you could see it listed under your groups list and the groups lists of the other members of the group, but anybody outside of the group would be unable to see it. Obviously it'd also be absent from the main groups list on the site. Reply to comment
haha, yes agree with sam. For a radical example, if you had a group intent on banishing fat people to an island for the purpose of environmental preservation (sam-- i think you mentioned something about this after class-- in jest of course), you could easily pick up the offensive meaning of the group by reading its discussion boards without actually reading the group title, ie "I believe fat people should be banished to an island because their overconsumption of food doubles their carbon footprint" Reply to comment
Well, maybe it wasn't you, but either way, the conclusion of our ridiculous debate was that (in addition to obvious human rights violations) this pursuit would be counter productive due to the fuel necessary to transport said people to said island, and that in case of an ice-age, people considered over-weight right now would actually be more fit to survive than others, therefore providing an evolutionary advantage over the "bean-poles."
The argument sounded very Sam-like in its logic... but maybe not. Reply to comment
I completely agree with the "hidden" flag. That way everyone can be a part of an awesome group while not compromising their reputations as upstanding young teachers/programmers/Microsoft employees/etc. Reply to comment
Don't hide what you are, man. That's like... woa, where am I?
Hey look, a turtle eating a strawberry! <----------
(On a more serious note, yes, I agree that a hidden-group feature ought to be made available. As was said in the inaugural e-mail, this site has a sense of humor. Unfortunately, humor is not universal and some of us have blacker or less... PC senses of humor than others.) Reply to comment
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But I have a really hard time standing in front of potential business sponsors with "still drunk from last night" sitting on my profile. It will also make my mom cry. And she's a nice lady. Sometimes.
So, a possible solution is to let groups (and teams) list themselves as hidden (or members-only). That is, anyone could still join SDFLN, but they'd have to know the link, or get an invite from one of us.
The other option would be to, facebook-style, allow people to restrict viewing of certain things on their profiles. I'm not a fan of this because, as much as possible, I want SixLinks to be open.
But enough about what I think. What do you all think?
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I think I prefer the private (members only) group idea to hiding parts of profiles. Also, you would still be visible as a group member in the group unless I'm mistaken on how this would be done. Reply to comment
I agree in your decision to make SDFLN a private group, somehow hiding your affiliation. No one inside SDFLN doubts your pride in taking part of SDFLN, and we understand your dilemma :)
In fact, I feel this should be the first order of business of the Group SDFLN: to pardon your actions. Reply to comment
Well, maybe it wasn't you, but either way, the conclusion of our ridiculous debate was that (in addition to obvious human rights violations) this pursuit would be counter productive due to the fuel necessary to transport said people to said island, and that in case of an ice-age, people considered over-weight right now would actually be more fit to survive than others, therefore providing an evolutionary advantage over the "bean-poles."
The argument sounded very Sam-like in its logic... but maybe not. Reply to comment
Are you sure it's not because when the group started, you still were still drunk from last night? Reply to comment
Hey look, a turtle eating a strawberry!
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(On a more serious note, yes, I agree that a hidden-group feature ought to be made available. As was said in the inaugural e-mail, this site has a sense of humor. Unfortunately, humor is not universal and some of us have blacker or less... PC senses of humor than others.) Reply to comment
If you don't have an account, you'll need one. We recognize that this is a pain, but we do it to keep spambots from flooding the site. If this really bothers, you, please let us know. We're listening!