Private/Hidden Forum?

leighelkins

leighelkins

Jun 3, 2015
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Lake District, UK
I have a conditional two parter here.

A.) Is there a private/hidden forum that cannot be viewed unless you are a member and the pages are not indexed by search engines, etc?

If not then; B.) may we please have one?
If there is then; B.) where do I need to sign in blood to be admitted?

The reason I ask for this is that I was writing a thread to ask people what they wish could be done in magic (it's 2:15am and I need to stay awake so trying to start a conversation) and I went on to talk about two things, but then hesitated before i hit "create thread" because I wasn't sure it was something that I wanted to be completely open to the public and I'm sure others will have had the same concern at some point, although we should probably be more concerned about ourselves than the lay public. :p

Anyway, a hidden forum where members could discuss as openly as they wish about what they are working on would be cool and I feel a forum like that could lead to some great collaborations.
 
Lyle Borders

Lyle Borders

Elite Member
Aug 5, 2008
1,604
860
Seattle, WA
www.theory11.com
Hey everyone!

No such Elite forum or hidden forum exists. There is TECHNICALLY an Elite forum that has never been opened to the public. It exists, but not in any usable sense. It may be something released to our Elite Members at some point, though there are no plans to do so at this time.

If magic discussion needs to be kept from non-members, it also likely needs to be kept from those members you don't specifically trust. Best place for this? Private messages. This gives you control over exactly who is viewing the material. It also prevents a layman from gaining access to lots of hard work just by signing up.

If you aren't worried about a layman seeing it, feel free to post in our forums. If it is not a topic for layman eyes, private messages are the way to go.

// L
 
MagicallyKatie

MagicallyKatie

Jun 30, 2015
33
16
34
New York City
Coming from personal experience here - "elite" forums are nice and all but it still ends up just being a discussion between the very few active people who all know each other. You don't get the widespread feedback and input you would get from an open forum, so it's a tradeoff. I think in the end it's just a feather in your cap. It was more relevant 8 years ago when there would be 300 people online at once on internet magic forums, many of them immature or not trustworthy with your next big idea. I think today it's a little different. Rules should be adjusted to follow the trends but thats just my opinion. :)
 
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