Why aren't I in the member list?

Caitlin Black · Oct 7, 2009

Well, the title of the thread pretty much says it all. I just checked the member list to try and contact someone in the PM sort of way, and found that the member list only has 52 people in it... and I'm not one of them.

So I was just wondering what the deal is. My current thought is that maybe I'm not listed there because, when I was creating my profile, I checked "Don't allow others to see my email address." Could this be why I'm not on there?

Thanks.

poetinahat · Oct 7, 2009

It looks to me like the member list is only showing mods and admins, give or take one or two members.

It's short by twenty-odd thousand, so you're in good company!

Arisa81 · Oct 7, 2009

I think that the member list is not shown anymore for security/spam reasons. I remember reading something around AW about that a while ago.

Rolling Thunder · Oct 7, 2009

The ~~miscreant~~ member list is there so good law-abiding members know who to avoid.

Poets in hats should be at the top of said list and I am petitioning the powers-that-be to make it so.

*Note: I'm on that list by mistake. I expect this small error to be corrected any day now...

poetinahat · Oct 7, 2009

Rolling Thunder said:
Poets in hats should be at the top of said list and I am petitioning the powers-that-be to make it so...

Kind of redundant, isn't it? Like putting up a DO NOT FEED THE MIME sign.

I mean, who talks to poets anyway... much less ones in hats? :|

Deleted member 42 · Oct 7, 2009

Because MacAllister wanted to protect members from being spammed, and because of privacy concerns, only mods, supermods, and admins are listed.

Also, with over 20K of members, it was err . . . large.

MaryMumsy · Oct 7, 2009

They are funny, but not particularly helpful for this issue. If you want to send a specific person a PM, you will either need to find a post by them or go to the bottom of the main forum page to see if they are logged in. Then you can click on their user name and get the option to PM them.

MM

poetinahat · Oct 7, 2009

Which would be a little labour-intensive for the garden-variety spammer...

Rolling Thunder · Oct 7, 2009

Being helpful is what gets you moddeded. I learned my lesson.

Caitlin Black · Oct 7, 2009

Ah, so that's what happened. I thought it was strange that the forum with at least 60 people logged in at a time only had 52 members...

As for PMing by finding a post by that person... I know they're a member, because I've seen their posts before, but I can't remember where it was, and they don't seem to post all that often.

Thanks, anyway.

Deleted member 42 · Oct 7, 2009

Cliff Face said:
As for PMing by finding a post by that person... I know they're a member, because I've seen their posts before, but I can't remember where it was, and they don't seem to post all that often.

Thanks, anyway.

Use the Search link, and search by member name.

Caitlin Black · Oct 8, 2009

Aha, excellent.

Thanks.

Cella · Oct 9, 2009

I haven't run into a mod I don't like.

(extra credit for sucking up?)

cray · Oct 9, 2009

Cella said:
I haven't run into a mod I don't like.

(extra credit for sucking up?)

you haven't met rt yet, eh?

Cella · Oct 9, 2009

cray said:
you haven't met rt yet, eh?

I keep peering through his windows but I don't think he's noticed me yet.

cray · Oct 9, 2009

actually, upon reading my latest rep, i want to let you know that rt is one of the kindest, most professional, clean, nice, excellent, a wonderful writer, terribly diplomatic, smells nice, always holds doors for people, brews the best coffee, can fish with deft precision, knows how to type fast, mods every in the history of the internet.
amen.

oh, he's also a speed reader too.

just think of wonderfulness and that's rt.

this is not a joke.

Deleted member 42 · Oct 9, 2009

cray said:
actually, upon reading my latest rep, i want to let you know that rt is one of the kindest, most professional, clean, nice, excellent, a wonderful writer, terribly diplomatic, smells nice, always holds doors for people, brews the best coffee, can fish with deft precision, knows how to type fast, mods every in the history of the internet.

I think he needs a new avatar. His profile could look spiffier too.

cray · Oct 9, 2009

Medievalist said:
I think he needs a new avatar. His profile could look spiffier too.

well, i stand by my post but i'm certain that rt would trust your judgement in regard to his avatar and profile refurb.

Why aren't I in the member list?

Caitlin Black

Wild one

poetinahat

Numbers are beautiful

Arisa81

Rolling Thunder

poetinahat

Numbers are beautiful

Deleted member 42

MaryMumsy

the original blond bombshell

poetinahat

Numbers are beautiful

Rolling Thunder

Caitlin Black

Wild one

Deleted member 42

Caitlin Black

Wild one

Cella

Cella

cray

Superior Life form

Cella

Cella

cray

Superior Life form

Deleted member 42

cray

Superior Life form