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What does Setting Posts To Private Do?
posted by tmdb24407783STAFFMOD on November 16, 2018 at 11:35 PM
Other than make the posts unavailable to normal users (or guests?) what does putting a post to private do?
(i.e. what I'm really asking is, is the post just as visible to mods as it was when it was set to public? or does it mean only users in the "Users In This Discussion" can still view the post?)
The reason I'm asking, is because I recently put a post on private, and was wondering how that affects how mods see the post, and actually, there were no "users in this discussion" other than myself, so if putting the post on private means only those users can still view the post, that means no one can currently see the post...
Reply by Banana
on November 17, 2018 at 2:08 AM
Oh, no. Don't worry. We can still read your posts. I guess the main differences are regular users (not already in the discussion) won't be able to see the discussion, and it won't appear in the search results (for anyone).
Reply by Zürich Gnome
on November 18, 2018 at 1:41 AM
I'm not familiar w/the private function. Is this something that only the OP can turn on/off for a given thread?
Reply by Banana
on November 18, 2018 at 1:07 PM
The OP or the mods can make the thread private (or public) via the Make Private (Make Public) button. It's mostly used in the support forums though.