How to Hide the Sandbox (discussion)
Posted: November 27th, 2024, 12:43 pm
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In the future, Nathaniel would implement the ability to hide any forum from your view.LuveelVoom wrote: November 27th, 2024, 1:13 pm hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox
One problem with such a sentiment is that someone might not want to hide the Sandbox in its entirety.LuveelVoom wrote: November 27th, 2024, 1:13 pm hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox
Do direct links to forum posts in sandbox still work?confocaloid wrote: November 27th, 2024, 1:28 pmOne problem with such a sentiment is that someone might not want to hide the Sandbox in its entirety.LuveelVoom wrote: November 27th, 2024, 1:13 pm hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox
There are interesting threads in the Sandbox. They might be in the Sandbox due to being only tangentially related to Life/CA, but still high-effort and thought-provoking. Or they might be in the Sandbox merely due to the author being unsure whether the topic is of interest to the community.
It's just that such threads are few (compared to the many low-effort "gaming" or "chatting" threads) and quickly disappear from the first page.
I don't want to hide the Sandbox entirely, but I believe the many gaming/chatting threads are objectively problematic.
I did not try, but the first post in this topic appears to imply thatLuveelVoom wrote: November 27th, 2024, 1:29 pmDo direct links to forum posts in sandbox still work?confocaloid wrote: November 27th, 2024, 1:28 pmOne problem with such a sentiment is that someone might not want to hide the Sandbox in its entirety.LuveelVoom wrote: November 27th, 2024, 1:13 pm hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox
[...] I don't want to hide the Sandbox entirely, but I believe the many gaming/chatting threads are objectively problematic.
Done.
confocaloid guessed correctly: direct links to posts in the Sandbox won't work; you'll be greeted by a "You don't have permission to view this thread" message.LuveelVoom wrote: November 27th, 2024, 1:29 pm Do direct links to forum posts in sandbox still work?
They probably have this power, but they probably won’t use it.Haycat2009 wrote: November 30th, 2024, 10:53 pm Will it be possible for admins to force this option on for users who spam the sandbox?
seems like a misuseHaycat2009 wrote: November 30th, 2024, 10:53 pm Will it be possible for admins to force this option on for users who spam the sandbox?