Invisible topic visible
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I see the following topic just posted by our dear PaulaBean. It claims to be marked as 'invisible' but that is clearly not the case. .
http://what.thedailywtf.com/t/goodies-and-bitsnpieces/819
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It probably was a timing issue because now I can't see the topic anymore in the category list or in the suggested topics (the way I landed there in the first place).
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It’s still available on @PaulaBean’s user page. I like how a “HEY I MADE AN INVISIBLE TOPIC” pseudo-message is generated when a topic becomes invisible.
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It’s still available on @PaulaBean’s user page. I like how a “HEY I MADE AN INVISIBLE TOPIC” pseudo-message is generated when a topic becomes invisible.
@sam - this does seem a little silly....
Especially since both the hidden post and the system message saying it's invisible are both visible on the activity page to regular users...
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Isn't the whole point of invisible is that you can't find it without going digging for it?
It's been used in the past on meta.d for security bugs, and I think as implemented it does a fine job of keeping the topic, just out of the spotlight - not totally private. Just kinda....invisible.
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Still, it is a fair point to note that you can "find" hidden topics by looking in a user's post history, as the "topic made invisible" post shows up in their post history.
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