Blue Room

I haven't posted this out in the general forum because I don't want to draw attention to it, but the Blue Room is currently visible to unregistered users.

Thanks for the heads up. For the moment I've hidden it. I don't see the Blue Bloggers usergroup anymore. Anyone want to take on setting it up and putting Blue Room members (start with people you know have access now, add people who ask) as their project?

I'm just about to head off to work, so I can't do it today.

I think given that joinable usergroups is no longer a default built in option, we should just have the Blue Room open to all members, and then if people abuse it they should be removed on an individual basis, rather than it being opt-in.

I prefer opt-in, because if people Don't know it's there, they are less likely to make "accidental" use of it.

Keep in mind in order to do so we have to install more add-ons.

That may be a bullet we may have to bite for this one.

Unregistered members (and I'm assuming search engines fall in that category) cannot see the Blue Room.

Correct, search engines would not see it.

Correct, which is how the Blue Room was originally. Then we added a layer of complexity by making it opt-in only, presumably due to someone taking advantage of personal information or some such. With us being able to set forum permissions at an individual level, there's no reason to do it the old way, if someone abuses personal info, then their access to the Blue Room will just be removed.

Sound fair?

Sounds good to me.

Sounds like a good setup.

Yeah, sounds good. I had the same concerns as Foil, but if it's search proof and anonymous lurker proof, I think that's sufficient.

By the way, we've talked about live transparency for The Shelter. I need to think through the mechanics a bit more, but this thread seems ready for release. Any objections?

I don't see anything that shouldn't be made public. The only reason I posted it in here was because making it a public read might have led to people trying to play rules shenanigans by saying that since its publicly available it should all be fair game.

Rules shenanigans? Why, whatever do you mean, Bailey? No-one ever tried that on the old board.

This seems settled. I'm going to release it if no one has any objections.