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    Something about this site members should be aware of

    I was on a "public" computer and without logging in I could look at some member's profiles...and all of their Q and A's thru google (they have 1800+ choices for akaQA).  i have written admin. asking why this is possible without logging in and am awaiting a response.

    +2  Views: 849 Answers: 3 Posted: 12 years ago

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    akaQA is an open forum. All questions and answers are public and view able without being logged in. The reason for registration is to provide the admin with an avenue to each posting member. The fact that we are public is the reason so little information is visible on the profile pages. The questions and answers here are on the internet, mostly Google. You can Google a question and find akaQA that way. This keeps traffic coming here. I've tried to let you all know akaQA is a help site, not a discussion forum.  Discussion forums are typically closed to anyone without being a registered member. This help forum is not set up like a discussion forum. It is open so make it accessible for people needing quick answers to questions. This is why no one should ever post personal information here. We are view able all over the world. Even when you log out of akaQA, you can still read it.  

    lindilou

    That was odd! I actually erased it,then logged back in to find it here but since edited answer!

    Scary.

    Colleen

    Moderator
    It's the way this forum has always been. Everything posted here, can be seen on the internet. It's how traffic gets directed here.

    Yes I noticed this and so is why so little info given....however alot could be approximated from reading answers...I may change my handle to Mary Poppins!!!

    Colleen

    Moderator
    You can post an answer without being logged in?
    lindilou

    That was odd! I actually erased it,then logged back in to find it here but since edited answer!
    Colleen

    Moderator
    You only have to be careful of what you post here. No one can see your e-mail address. Only your pretend name. How does anyone find a person through that? ;)
    doolittle

    I thought that too Lindilou
    lindilou

    Well dang!I hope y'all realize I'm not who I say I am and I am 112 years old and I actually live on Antarctica and can only access this site when I see the satellite coming so am essentially unattainable except by Hovercraft and helicopter and we live underground and are really from planet Xerxes,named after my Uncle Jorjes' Mermaids pet Octopus!!!:D


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