Poll of the Day > Why can't I go to anyone's profile and see their active messages anymore?

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ItsKaljinyuTime
02/14/21 1:42:52 PM
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I used to be able to do that. How am I supposed to know what threads people are posting in?

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LuciferSage
02/14/21 1:44:16 PM
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The entirety of gamefaqs must have you blocked.

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keyblader1985
02/14/21 1:46:53 PM
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People can have that stuff set to private.

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Zeus
02/14/21 1:49:50 PM
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You mean it's got harder for you to stalk people?

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Judgmenl
02/14/21 2:03:41 PM
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I think the feature was removed with the profile rework.

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Kanatteru
02/14/21 2:05:32 PM
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they changed the layout of profiles

i dont like it, i liked having my posts visible

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LuciferSage
02/14/21 2:05:38 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
I think the feature was removed with the profile rework.

Probably because if memory serves, you could block someone, then go to their profile and flood their post history with posts they can't see.

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ClarkDuke
02/14/21 5:31:18 PM
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LuciferSage posted...
Probably because if memory serves, you could block someone, then go to their profile and flood their post history with posts they can't see.
i remember when zeus used to do that shortly after i blocked him, it was bizarre, ok?

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EvilMegas
02/14/21 5:31:55 PM
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It never should have existed in the first place. It's a weird feature.

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Nichtcrawler X
02/14/21 5:36:12 PM
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EvilMegas posted...
It never should have existed in the first place. It's a weird feature.

Pretty sure it used to be the norm ten years ago for message boards, GF was just way behind in implementing it.

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EvilMegas
02/14/21 6:04:17 PM
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It's just used to stalk people

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helIy
02/14/21 6:09:20 PM
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Kanatteru posted...
they changed the layout of profiles

i dont like it, i liked having my posts visible
same

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zebatov
02/14/21 6:12:39 PM
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Its a bad idea and it shouldnt even be an option to show it.

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Mead
02/14/21 6:25:06 PM
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EvilMegas posted...
It never should have existed in the first place. It's a weird feature.


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OmegaM
02/15/21 12:36:43 PM
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EvilMegas posted...
It's just used to stalk people
That's what I used it for, though I couldn't post in too many topics the other person had posted in for fear of getting caught. >_>
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LeetCheet
02/15/21 1:39:31 PM
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I honestly didn't really care if people saw where I posted.
I mostly post on just PotD, the Switch board, Movies: At the Theater or on a game board I'm currently playing.

I'm not a very interesting person so I doubt anyone even cared to begin with.
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LinkPizza
02/15/21 2:22:56 PM
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I noticed the new layout a little while ago. I had apparently gone somewhere I wasn't suppose to go. It said something like, "I didn't have the authority to be there" or something. I think I took a screenshot. I'll see if I can find it later...
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ItsKaljinyuTime
02/15/21 5:46:10 PM
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How am I supposed to find my friends if I don't know what boards they're on?

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Judgmenl
02/15/21 5:47:53 PM
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ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
How am I supposed to find my friends if I don't know what boards they're on?
Ask them via PM.

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ItsKaljinyuTime
02/15/21 5:51:24 PM
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Judgmenl posted...
Ask them via PM.

My friends are rarely on GameFAQs.

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Judgmenl
02/15/21 8:38:11 PM
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ItsKaljinyuTime posted...
My friends are rarely on GameFAQs.
If they're your friends, you will be able to contact them.

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Jen0125
02/15/21 8:41:18 PM
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Why are you back

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LinkPizza
02/16/21 11:42:55 AM
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Judgmenl posted...
If they're your friends, you will be able to contact them.

Not necessarily. I have friends who I only talk to on this site. Sometimes, they are internet friends...
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ParanoidObsessive
02/16/21 2:12:02 PM
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EvilMegas posted...
It never should have existed in the first place. It's a weird feature.

EvilMegas posted...
It's just used to stalk people

zebatov posted...
Its a bad idea and it shouldnt even be an option to show it.

In theory it could be useful to see what sort of topics people were posting in and figure out which accounts were blatant gimmick trolls, but in practice the trolls would set their profiles to private to avoid getting caught that way.

So it did basically become a feature that exists more or less solely to harass other users. Not sad to see it go, though I'm surprised GameFAQs was actually competent enough to realize it was a problem and actually fix it.



Nichtcrawler X posted...
Pretty sure it used to be the norm ten years ago for message boards, GF was just way behind in implementing it.

Reddit still does it.

In GameFAQs' desperate thirst to catch even a fraction of the userbase of sites like Reddit or Twitter, aping all their features (for good or ill) is pretty much inevitable. I'm kind of surprised we haven't added upvoting/downvoting and tied it to Karma yet.
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LinkPizza
02/16/21 2:25:23 PM
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ParanoidObsessive posted...
I'm kind of surprised we haven't added upvoting/downvoting and tied it to Karma yet.

That would be absolutely horrible, and abused so much. I'm hoping even Gamefaqs understand that. But they aren't the best, so...
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ItsKaljinyuTime
02/16/21 6:02:39 PM
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LinkPizza posted...
Not necessarily. I have friends who I only talk to on this site. Sometimes, they are internet friends...

Exactly. More likely, if they're my friends I should keep their topics alive while they're gone.

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