Is it right that people can see your entire post history

[Metr0Man]

that seems rather stalkish, also if you set your profile to private people can still see your entire post history in full, i was never aware of this till now. If there are private profile settings shouldn't that make your profile umm private?

[Xi Jinpooh, Lord of Man-Jynuhs]

Prepare to be stalked! :P

[Metr0Man]

Originally posted by Morpheus, Lord of Dreams:

Prepare to be stalked! :P

uh oh.....

[GrandHardy]

Don't post stuff onto the internet then. If you want to keep things private send it to them by private message or keep it to yourself. Its not difficult.

[Metr0Man]

Originally posted by crazyhardy:

Don't post stuff onto the internet then. If you want to keep things private send it to them by private message or keep it to yourself. Its not difficult.

So when i want to post to a forum i should just single each person out on it to private message them? not sure i understand, i don't think i want my every forum post to be open to the world tho

[Discussions_Acc]

Do you mean people can see stuff that I posted in a public place? Shocking.

[Satoru]

This is a public forum and as such your posts are public.

Nearly all forums allow users to view another users post history. This is not some magical 'feature' Steam invented.

[fluxtorrent]

If you want to post in public, expect it to be publicly available to view, so yes it's right.

[Metr0Man]

I should of figured i would not get a conversation about it above 5th grade smart ass remarks nvm then

[Superfly]

Originally posted by Mog:

I should of figured i would not get a conversation about it above 5th grade smart ass remarks nvm then

It sounds like you posted something that you now regret and would like to somehow erase history. Next time, just think before typing anything that may come back to bite you later. I'm not sure why that is a problem for you.

[Metr0Man]

Nah i just think whatever is in the past should be left there at the bottom of the forums and not easliy accessed

[Xi Jinpooh, Lord of Man-Jynuhs]

Originally posted by Mog:

I should of figured i would not get a conversation about it above 5th grade smart ass remarks nvm then

Well, it really depends on your approach. If you don't want someone else seeing what your posts are, then make them selective and somewhat vague, until you can find a way to carry it into a private conversation. Fourms should be about people being helpful, considering these particular forums, but it seems more so or a place on venting and grief, with a rare side of people asking for assistance or to team up. So, yeah. Basically if you want to talk about something a bit more sensitive or whatever, best to keep it private, because post history will generally, always be public.

[Metr0Man]

Originally posted by Morpheus, Lord of Dreams:

Originally posted by Mog:

I should of figured i would not get a conversation about it above 5th grade smart ass remarks nvm then

Well, it really depends on your approach. If you don't want someone else seeing what your posts are, then make them selective and somewhat vague, until you can find a way to carry it into a private conversation. Fourms should be about people being helpful, considering these particular forums, but it seems more so or a place on venting and grief, with a rare side of people asking for assistance or to team up. So, yeah. Basically if you want to talk about something a bit more sensitive or whatever, best to keep it private, because post history will generally, always be public.

Right pretty much, i mean very rarely will it b useful info or someone being nice it's almost always smart ass remarks or someone being a troll. I was just a bit shocked that people can just look up your history like that and maybe see all your silly posts or what not and use it agains't you if they wanted

[cinedine]

Originally posted by Mog:

I should of figured i would not get a conversation about it above 5th grade smart ass remarks nvm then

What do you expect? It's a common feature with forum software, your posts are public anyway and if someone needs to stalk you, there is still Google & Co. You might find it shocking that moderators can even see deleted posts and edit history.
It's also a handy feature to gauge if someone is just really stupid or a troll.

[Superfly]

Originally posted by Mog:

Nah i just think whatever is in the past should be left there at the bottom of the forums and not easliy accessed

My advice would be to choose your words more carefully from now on. That way anyone "looking into your past" will find nothing to take issue with. This does not only apply to forums. Once something is publicly released on the internet, it is there forever. This includes posts, pictures, videos, etc etc. It is your responsibility to be careful.

[Metr0Man]

Originally posted by Mitsuke ͼ͌ͽ≈:

Originally posted by Mog:

Nah i just think whatever is in the past should be left there at the bottom of the forums and not easliy accessed

My advice would be to choose your words more carefully from now on. That way anyone "looking into your past" will find nothing to take issue with. This does not only apply to forums. Once something is publicly released on the internet, it is there forever. This includes posts, pictures, videos, etc etc. It is your responsibility to be careful.

I'll admit i am the occasional troll, and do make threads just for a laugh but knowing that even if it did hit the bottom of the forum some guy can just view it at anytime and use it to judge me. Which i guess is me being stupid like everyone here has already said so