What is an invisble user?

[holger]

I know what a guest is but what or who is an "invisible user.? Would appreciate some explanation. Perhaps one was posted while we were away for three weeks and I missed it.

Thanks.

[Becky (Berkeleytravelers)]

If you go to your profile and click "modify" it will give you the option to "remain invisible." So, that's a user who either chose that option, or didn't realize what it was - but it's a member who's logged in without having their name show up on the list (I have no idea what happens if they want to post something . . .)

[holger]

Thanks Becky. I am OK with that. But I was concerned about hackers not that we post credit cardsor things like that but it felt like having spies.

[Darcy]

Thanks for asking the question, Holger, I've wondered what it was too. Never thought it would be a member.

[sunshine817]

Remember that the forum is open to anyone who cares to come along and read it...you don't have to be a member to read, so anyone with a computer is able to read every word we type.

Anyone who's not logged in shows up as a guest...which would anyone not in our list of 100+ registered members.

[Shoesy]

Thanks, Becky, for your explanation. (BTW, How did you figure that out?)
Maybe one day when I'm feeling a bit adventurous and mischievous ;D, I'll modify my profile so that I can temporarily appear as an invisible user and then try to post to see what happens.

[mez]

OOOhhh!!! I am so mysterious!

Sorry folks - it was me. I was having internet issues, so I went in and changed my profile so I couldn't see anyone's signatures (in the hope of being able to download faster). I must have selected to hide myself by mistake.

And looking a bit closer I have no idea what I did with my avatar photo either - bizarre!!

In answer to Becky, nothing happened at my end. I was still able to post as normal. I was just playing the mysterious woman.

[Truffaut]

Everybody hit it right on the head. I have the capability of changing the "invisible" feature, but choose not to exercise that option. I figure that if "invisible" is chosen in a profile, the user must have some reason for having chosen it.