Quick Links-->Whose Online

ishar

MFT Staff
Jul 27, 2007
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#7
It is disabled because I asked Johnny to.

This feature was awesome- it gave one big list that told you who was online and what they were doing- it made pm-chatting a breeze, and made it easy to see where the interesting posts were ;). However, it also showed the ip address of every single member online- and I did not like that, nor did Johnny.

He just disabled it to be safe until he can figure out how to remove the IP display.
 

ishar

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Jul 27, 2007
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#11
...... oops.......... sorry about that everyone. I didn't realize that- and I guess neither did Johnny ..... I will PM him an dget him to turn it back on. Sorry everyone.
 

brian1973

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Jan 20, 2008
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#16
Well I have not logged in for a while but figured today I would see who was online and it is disabled. I could not see anyones IP before either and forgive my technological ignorance but what does it matter if u can see the IP address?
 

Orion

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Feb 10, 2003
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#17
Think of an IP address as your fingerprint. Every website you visit you leave behind your IP address. It can be used to identify the real you if the person who gets ahold of it is good enough and willing to break a few laws in the process. Even if they aren't that good, they can still potentially cause trouble for you. It's more of a privacy thing more than anything else.