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I am working on a MOD to make a forum a "Suggestion Box", and I am looking for advice. I have some of the background code already completed, but I am debating whether or not to go as far as to have a "blank" user that the forum uses for all posts in the specified forum. This would make it totally anonymous.
The other option is to simply hide all of the user's personal information when the posts are displayed. The down side to this method is that if someone is posting a complaint about the admins/mods, their MEMBER_ID is still stored in the database. So without a whole lot of work, a vengeful admin could find out who posted.
I am leaning towards the blank user, but thought I'd see what people here had to say on the subject before doing that part of it.<
The other option is to simply hide all of the user's personal information when the posts are displayed. The down side to this method is that if someone is posting a complaint about the admins/mods, their MEMBER_ID is still stored in the database. So without a whole lot of work, a vengeful admin could find out who posted.
I am leaning towards the blank user, but thought I'd see what people here had to say on the subject before doing that part of it.<
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Well an admin is supposed to be trusted not to do that so I'd go for an if mlev=4 then show username conditional. Also make sure you clear the last post on default.asp and forum.asp<
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I agree that an admin is supposed to be trusted. However, sometimes complaints may be *about* the admin of a forum, which would cause some users to refrain from posting if they thought/knew that the admin could figure out their identity.
As for the last post on default.asp and forum.asp, I have already taken care of both of those places so far. I will also need to change post.asp to keep a user's name out of a quoted reply.<
As for the last post on default.asp and forum.asp, I have already taken care of both of those places so far. I will also need to change post.asp to keep a user's name out of a quoted reply.<
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I think you should record the member, for the same reason you record member votes in the Poll mod, it prevents abuse.
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That's a good point. So... so far we have two votes for recording member ID and my inclination otherwise. It looks like the general thought may be against me here.
Side note: Podge, I think we're following each other around the threads right now. Don't worry, though. I'm about to be off work, so I won't post for at least a few minutes
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Side note: Podge, I think we're following each other around the threads right now. Don't worry, though. I'm about to be off work, so I won't post for at least a few minutes
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Well you always could put a const in config.asp such as OpinionModRecordID that will let the user choose.<
Well, I'm off to sleep now 
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