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By *live Partners OP   Man
over a year ago

Bury

Why do some people bother to create a profile then hide that profile from everyone, I am assuming it could be a secondary profile, you can block users you don't want to see your profile so why hide it altogether?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hid my profile when I wasn't well so not playing but it meant that I could still talk to people I regularly talk to.

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By *live Partners OP   Man
over a year ago

Bury

That sounds a plausible enough reason but what if someone is using the site as normal and has a hidden profile,

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

just taking a break from meeting but still using the chat rooms, forums and/or attending socials

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"That sounds a plausible enough reason but what if someone is using the site as normal and has a hidden profile, "

How do you mean 'as normal' ?

Some just use chat/the forums and aren't actively meeting. Others hide it when busy, on holiday or just want to take a break.

Some hide theirs and still actively seek meets but simply send messages with perhaps pics attached!

Don't try and over analyse or assume - you'll rarely be right - and how someone chooses to use the site is their choice after all!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Why do some people bother to create a profile then hide that profile from everyone, I am assuming it could be a secondary profile, you can block users you don't want to see your profile so why hide it altogether?"

we have playmates who hide theirs if they are not able to play for a few weeks,nothing sinister about hidden profiles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"That sounds a plausible enough reason but what if someone is using the site as normal and has a hidden profile, "

I did, I don't send first messages out and I use the site to use the forums and talk to people I am friends with. I don't give my number out to most people so they have to contact me on here. Hiding my profile was, for me, a way to stop the first contact messages because if you can't see my profile you can't see what I look like.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

More to the point,why are people noisy to

the point of obsession what other do with

their profile. hide it,don't. show veris,don't.

pics v no pics. the answer to all these

questions is because they want to

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By *ardbellyCouple
over a year ago

Alicante

Stops the aliens finding you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"More to the point,why are people noisy to

the point of obsession what other do with

their profile. hide it,don't. show veris,don't.

pics v no pics. the answer to all these

questions is because they want to"

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

Hiding your profile removes you from search results ( I believe) which will reduce unwanted attention temporarily

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By (user no longer on site)
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Don't assume anything,some people just want a day off from attention sometimes or want a break from people they don't know contacting them,so will still be online to enjoy the site without the added hassle of people being able to see them in searches

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mines only usually hidden wen I'm taking a break from meeting that way I still have access to the forums which I love always makes for an entertaining afternoon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When my situation at home first changed I hid my profile, I got bombarded by so many "hey, what's up?" messages that I got sick of it and unhid my profile and put more info in the text as to whats up.

Everyone uses the site in different ways and for different ends. Focus on those who seem interested in you/availible/interesting to you and ignore the rest.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Stops the aliens finding you "

And miss out on all that abduction and probing fun?

Not me!

Aliens - come get some!!!!

*Assuming they all look like Katherine Heigl in 'Roswell High' !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's only the same as someone politely asking you what your are trying to hide by having no pics on your profile? I'm sure you have a perfectly justified reason for doing it, that is personal to you, with no possible hidden agenda behind it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

some do it just to have a rest from constant messages so ive been told

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By *live Partners OP   Man
over a year ago

Bury

So instead of hiding a profile altogether why not just use the filters and filter out what you don't want and keep alive what you do, this I am assuming will keep your profile "alive" so to speak but will stop everything else.

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By *iewMan
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn


"So instead of hiding a profile altogether why not just use the filters and filter out what you don't want and keep alive what you do, this I am assuming will keep your profile "alive" so to speak but will stop everything else."

because you may be wasting other people's time... if you hide, as a previous poster mentioned, you do not come up in local searches, people are saved looking at the profile to read the update. Easier not to appear.

also searching by name you do not appear..

choice, people choose to.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Plus there are ways around filters I had a guy message me to say he altered his personal details to change his age do he could message me on the off chance I'd play. Filters aren't full proof

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I hide my profile when I'm poorly or just need a break but it still means I can check in with all my fab friends. It also saves me having to get reverified later. Not quite sure why some people message me without pics or any intention of sending any and asking me to meet them when I don't know what they look like, it kind of gives me the impression they have assumed all women care about on here is cock and not what it's attached to

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By *live Partners OP   Man
over a year ago

Bury

Ask him if he'll knock 10 years off me lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Stops the aliens finding you "

They found me and used me on there space ship

was fun

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By *ub bbwWoman
over a year ago

oldbury

Mine is hidden because I no longer meet alone but love the forums and don't want the joint profile full of requests to meet just because we show as online.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Clive its about choices.

you chose not to have any pics on your profile others chose on occasions to hide there profiles

everyone is allowed choices equaly everyone is allowed an inquisitive mind

good luck

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"That sounds a plausible enough reason but what if someone is using the site as normal and has a hidden profile,

How do you mean 'as normal' ?

Some just use chat/the forums and aren't actively meeting. Others hide it when busy, on holiday or just want to take a break.

Some hide theirs and still actively seek meets but simply send messages with perhaps pics attached!

Don't try and over analyse or assume - you'll rarely be right - and how someone chooses to use the site is their choice after all! "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"More to the point,why are people noisy to

the point of obsession what other do with

their profile. hide it,don't. show veris,don't.

pics v no pics. the answer to all these

questions is because they want to"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"More to the point,why are people noisy to

the point of obsession what other do with

their profile. hide it,don't. show veris,don't.

pics v no pics. the answer to all these

questions is because they want to

"

Priceless a hidden profile was waiting for that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It also allows you to the the site in stealth mode.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hiding my profile; massively reduces my new messages. Say from 15 on average a day down to 1 or 2. I use filters, have a strict age range, a clear preference and location on my profile. I also show no options, in I want to meet, to avoid coming up in searches but i still get messages.

When i get fed up of them, i stash my profile for a bit, no pics on show and mostly no messages

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My profile is hidden - I don't have to explain or justify why

But when it isn't hidden I have a properly written profile and I have pictures on it unlike the OPs- I find this much more annoying

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"My profile is hidden - I don't have to explain or justify why

But when it isn't hidden I have a properly written profile and I have pictures on it unlike the OPs- I find this much more annoying"

Ironic isn't it?

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By *nvictusMan
over a year ago

Beeston

I hid mine for over 15 months while I was in a vanilla relationship. I didn't use the site at all then (well I posted once in the forums when a friend on Facebook messaged me about a 'who do you miss' thread I was mentioned in).

Good job I was too cynical to delete it altogether

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I hid mine for over 15 months while I was in a vanilla relationship. I didn't use the site at all then (well I posted once in the forums when a friend on Facebook messaged me about a 'who do you miss' thread I was mentioned in).

Good job I was too cynical to delete it altogether "

You could always have used your 'Funky' profile or one of the clones!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They can, and it is none of my business why they decide to do so.

Their profiles, their lives, end of.

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London


"They can, and it is none of my business why they decide to do so.

Their profiles, their lives, end of.

"

Tsk! Oh stop with stating the bleeding obvious!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mine is hidden at the moment, whilst poorly I've just been meeting well known and trusted guys who know the current score

... I mean 'well known' to me, not Celebrities

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"They can, and it is none of my business why they decide to do so.

Their profiles, their lives, end of.

Tsk! Oh stop with stating the bleeding obvious! "

.

It may be obvious to me and some, yes.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Why do some people bother to create a profile then hide that profile from everyone, I am assuming it could be a secondary profile, you can block users you don't want to see your profile so why hide it altogether?"

Just because we can!! No hidden agenda and no ones business really

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

hid mine through embarressment lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Why do some people bother to create a profile then hide that profile from everyone, I am assuming it could be a secondary profile, you can block users you don't want to see your profile so why hide it altogether?"

As far as I know, there are only 2 ways to block users from seeing your profile:-

~ on an individual basis

~ by hiding your profile

You can't use the filters to prevent certain groups of people from SEEING your profile. You can block them from mailing you, but you can't prevent them from seeing you.

So, I can imagine people who want to be PROACTIVE in meeting fabsters, but who don't want to be widely known as being members of Fab ... e.g. people who work with children, or maybe spies....

PS If Daniel Craig is here, get in touch, my name is NOT Christine!

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By *axonsfunCouple
over a year ago

durham


"More to the point,why are people noisy to

the point of obsession what other do with

their profile. hide it,don't. show veris,don't.

pics v no pics. the answer to all these

questions is because they want to"
perfect answer.

we hid ours coz saxon was very unwell , then lost a parent, then became unwell again. on the road to recovery now tho.

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By *andACouple
over a year ago

glasgow


"Why do some people bother to create a profile then hide that profile from everyone, I am assuming it could be a secondary profile, you can block users you don't want to see your profile so why hide it altogether?"

Theres no point hiding a profile just to _iew others. You could create a profile pretty similar to yours to do that...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

cos they can - doesnt bother me at all - beats some of the other things folk do

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

Have hidden mine on a couple of occasions when I did not have the time to reply to mail but wanted to be on the forums. Nothing sinister about it.. just taking a bit of time out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Why do some people bother to create a profile then hide that profile from everyone, I am assuming it could be a secondary profile, you can block users you don't want to see your profile so why hide it altogether?"

I suppose the question to really ask is, why does it bother you if they do? What harm are they doing to you by doing it?

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By *ath-N-DelCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow area

Because we can

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

mines hidden to stop sydney university mailing me and asking questions

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