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As of today the "who's online" is limited to forum names - the IP info has been blocked.

That tells me FL doesn't want to know - or want members to know - how many on this forum are claiming US and UK residence and posting from India, Ukraine, and similarly placed countries.

Nothing wrong with those countries - or with marketers from there - except for the increasing number who LIE about where they live and where they are posting from.

Why does it matter? Because these people are trying to build credibility here based on false information (location) in order to SELL to members here. Apparently that is accepted now by FL?
#suggestion forum #message #sending
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    I've never had access to IP info in the who's online area or anywhere else. Maybe you were not supposed to have it either? That's why I PMed you on the topic about 10 days ago....I did not have IP's visible in that area and I could not see straight IP's in the source code either.

    I had not yet PMed you back, and at this point, not much need too I'm guessing.

    That said, I am wondering how many other non-mods and admins can still see IPs, or if they put the kabosh on everyone's ability to see the IP's, including possibly former mods and the other members that could see them like you could.
  • I thought everyone had it - very useful though I can see why management might not see it that way.

    Either Allen or an 'old guard' mod PM'd me years ago (forget which) - "Kay -you can check that by going to...." so maybe it was added to my acct. Don't know.

    Don't get me wrong - I don't care where you live. I've purchased WSOs and products from people all over the world and quality was not location dependent.

    There is no requirement to list a 'location' here. If you list a false location it's a deliberate lie - why do that? Why would I trust you after that? What do you gain by doing that?
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      Several of the veteran members on here tell lie after lie....it's the way they roll. That said, most forums do not allow "regular" members to see IP info because the information can be abused.
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  • So - you're saying I'm "irregular"?....I prefer to think of it as "special"
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    Obviously, quite a few members on here have been and/or are receiving special treatment. By regular, I meant you were not a mod or an admin.

    We are both special, Kay. Some of the others, not so much.
  • Outside of my time as a mod, I never had access to IP information and cannot think of any other forum I belong to where it was any different.

    I don't really think that is information that should be publicly available to be honest. Too much room for abuse.
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      There's even more room for abuse without it.
      Not only can people pretend to be somewhere they're not,
      They can also conceal the multiple accounts they use to talk
      to themselves in threads.
      Yet another win for the scam artists here.
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  • I expect those things were holdovers from the past - membership in certain groups or some members having different access that hadn't been noticed (even by the member in my case).

    There were things "an owner" could do in a forum or with some members of a forum that can't be done by a big business. Times change.
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    Sending a Message?

    As of today the "who's online" is limited to forum names - the IP info has been blocked. That tells me FL doesn't want to know - or want members to know - how many on this forum are claiming US and UK residence and posting from India, Ukraine, and similarly placed countries.