Posted 19 May 2017 - 04:11 PM
IIRC there is a way to make totally invisible threads. Barring that, you can also make an entire sub-forum invisible except to those who have access to it (already being used for a quite a few secret sub-forums on this site, actually).
However, the biggest reason we've always avoided using anything like that before is that players who are also moderators/admins on this site will already have their permissions setup to bypass all that - they'll see the invisible threads/subforums by default.
It's also a pain in the butt to switch the permissions around in the admin panel, require waiting for a mafia-knowledgeable mod/admin to get online to process the request, and/or sometimes if a mistake is made changing the permissions lead to a game having to be restarted/cancelled (e.g. if an alt that was a killer in the last game doesn't get its permissions changed correctly or the alt PM is sent out too soon, and the player using that alt in this game who shouldn't have access to the thread sees it right at the start before things can be fixed).
worrywort, on 14 September 2012 - 08:07 PM, said:
I kinda love it when D'rek unleashes her nerd wrath, as I knew she would here. Sorry innocent bystanders, but someone's gotta be the kindling.