Jedaii Posted August 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 Just had a player tell me they could see a thread that was GM-Only stuff 😐 Can you see this? Just had another player confirm the so-called hidden material can be seen by the player 🙄 I clicked the "Hide/Hidden" feature, but nada -- Help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted August 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 As far as I can tell, that thread is not marked private: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedaii Posted August 8, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 I used the feature, but it didn't work. Thank goodness an honest player let me know. I'll just keep GM-Only stuff offline going forward. Thanks Navy 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted August 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 How do I recreate the “not work” condition? I haven’t had any reports of this before, so I need more information to figure out if there’s some gap we missed in testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedaii Posted August 8, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Hm. I posted the content and chose the "Hide" feature in the upper right corner, which now reads "hidden" (but it isn't): I am NOT a techie. I just look at features, read the User Guide and implement them as suggested. I am hoping the MW admins can resolve this issue not just for me, but for all the other GMs on this site 🙂 Edited August 8, 2023 by Jedaii (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuki Stumpy Posted August 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Jedaii said: Hm. I posted the content and chose the "Hide" feature in the upper right corner, which now reads "hidden" (but it isn't): I am NOT a techie. I just look at features, read the User Guide and implement them as suggested. I am hoping the MW admins can resolve this issue not just for me, but for all the other GMs on this site 🙂 I think that’s just a filter on the list that’s displayed, and not the private thread feature. To actually hide/make visible, then you have to enter the required users in the show for/hide from fields as @Eric pointed out above Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxanthymir Posted August 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 I am having the same problem. Before I could hide threads, but now there isn't the option the hide it. I used the field to show only for myself, but the thread itself doesn't appear to be hidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 @yxanthymir As Eric showed above, you need to use the Show to/Hide from fields to affect thread visibility. You need to edit the first post in your thread to see that menu, and then you can set the “Show To” field to only show to your username. Make a Topic Private User Guide Entry @Jedaii Also what should be used in your case if you’re trying to keep an entire thread private. For individual posts to be hidden, you need to checkmark the box on each post you want to hide before clicking the “Hidden” button. The hidden option is actually supposed to be renamed to Soft Delete (what it functionally is) but that didn’t get changed for that menu. We’ll get that fixed and update the User Guide! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxanthymir Posted August 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 I did that, but there is no visual indication that the thread is hidden. If you search for unhidden threads, it will be shown as unhidden and if you search for hidden threads, it will not be shown as hidden. So it is impossible to know if it is working properly and its actual state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted August 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 8, 2023 The visual indication is within the thread, basically the same as on OG: I'll take on the filtering visual issue, as the out-of-the-box Hidden feature does not do what users expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedaii Posted August 9, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted August 9, 2023 Okay then I'm crazy for thinking a feature that reads "Hide/Hidden" doesn't actually hide anything and THAT is the issue here. Useless buttons 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted August 9, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 9, 2023 Nah, was a completely logical thought! We just missed one of the text relabels was the problem! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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