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Who's Online - To show it or not?

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Old 08-18-2006, 02:28 AM
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Who's Online - To show it or not?
I would like to get some opinions on this. Not talking about the ability to see online.php where you see where everyone is, but showing the members who are currently online, and how many are currently online.

By default, vbulletin displays this. Some boards, this one being one of them, chooses to hide this.

Do you think it is best to show it, or to remove it? Why?
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Old 08-18-2006, 03:28 AM
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I have it turned off on my site for Guests. Turned on for members
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Same on our forums, you'll see whois and who was online if you are a registered member. Otherwise only the names are shown without links.
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I have whoisonline disabled for guests and no information is shown to guest how many members are online.
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Is there any reasoning for your settings? performance? looks? Increase registrations?
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Is there any reasoning for your settings? performance? looks? Increase registrations?
Mine is personal. I don't want any guests to receive information whois online on the board currently.
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mine is on for everyone. i hate not being to see whos on here and wish it was turned on.
half the time thats what i look at before i register for a forum... to see if it looks busy or not.
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half the time thats what i look at before i register for a forum... to see if it looks busy or not.
ditto
i have mine on
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I show Who's Online on my portal, but not on Forum Home.
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