https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124048#M8108 Fair point. Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:50:31 GMT Jenny_B 2015-03-30T04:50:31Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124045#M8105 <P>Hi. &nbsp;I was curious if there is a reason that the forum can be so easily read by members who haven't signed up ?&nbsp;<SPAN style="font-size: 0.8125em; line-height: 1.38462;">It seems with such sensitive information being shared, that creating a little more privacy could put posters more at ease. &nbsp;Its just a thought <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></SPAN></P> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 02:19:04 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124045#M8105 PurpleShade 2015-03-22T02:19:04Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124046#M8106 <P>Hi purpleshade, welcome here</P> <P>We are totally anonymous. I've shared heaps of personal information here on this forum over my 1470 posts so far and never has any friend or relative referred to me as "you are the white knight".</P> <P>If you desire to post that would include any person information then limit the detail.and seek an overall opinion. </P> <P>Tony WK</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 04:09:53 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124046#M8106 white knight 2015-03-22T04:09:53Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124047#M8107 <P>Hi PurpleShade,</P> <P>Welcome to the forums and thanks for your feedback.</P> <P>You're right, you don't have to be a forum member in order to read posts. All our pages are indexed by Google, and in fact many of our members actually find our forums by searching for a particular topic this way. "Closed" forums that display posts to members only are generally a lot less busy, and we want this space to be accessible as possible.</P> <P>With regards to privacy, we encourage our members not to share any personal information here that could identify them, and if they do our moderators will edit it out (for example, using a full name as your display name, saying where you live etc, links to your Facebook page or email etc). If you do happen to see any posts where someone is disclosing information that could breach their privacy, please use the 'report post' function to let us know about it.</P> <P>You can find more information about how we ensure this is a safe space by watching our welcome video below:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <IFRAME width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lAE_Elal-ws"></IFRAME><BR /> <BR /> Sun, 22 Mar 2015 22:36:14 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124047#M8107 Chris_B 2015-03-22T22:36:14Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124048#M8108 Fair point. Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:50:31 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/welcome-and-orientation/why-can-forum-posts-be-read-by-members-who-haven-t-signed-up/m-p/124048#M8108 Jenny_B 2015-03-30T04:50:31Z