What is the purpose of being hidden? (not a sarcastic question....I don't know what the purpose would be. bots?)
My time varies depending on what I'm doing at work. When I'm doing computer stuff that I have to sit here for, but the computer does the work with only babysitting every couple of minutes, I find time to read posts and make the occasional post. Also on my lunch hour I can visit. Then I'll go for days at a time when I'm not doing this kind of work and don't visit.
the elephant wrote:
I used to not be hidden. Then I started getting PMs as soon as I logged on. I would have no PMs. I would read for like five minutes and after the index page reloaded I would have three of them, all from different people who would say "HEY! I see you're online. I'm online, too. Let's chat!" Since I do not ever brush anyone off when they want to ask me something and I frequently pop in and out while working at home (as I said earlier) I would have to take up all of my time for reading or posting stuff with pseudo "Instant Messaging" three guys via the PM system, and it was always was about the same four or five things. So I put an end to it by making the fact that I am here non-public.
I see the problem, Wade. You are very knowledgeable and regularly provide both helpful and interesting information in your regular posts. This results in people wanting to pick your brain. If you were to simply do what I do, no one would ask you anything. Problem solved! I have little, if anything substantive to contribute. No need to be hidden. Hey! I've actually done something constructive on TubeNet. Wow!
