By Pandemonium.Eternaltriumph 2009-07-04 00:04:26
Sorta bumping this to main page and hoping Scragg/Jaerik sees it without having to nag them in PMs. This idea is very much something that is an issue of comfort. I'm sure you mods play FFXI and see how seriously stalked some women can get, undeservingly, because they say something that really shouldn't be taken the way it is. Even a stupid joke leads to "OMFG IT HAS A VAGINA IRL?!" more times than not.
Sad to say, the same happens with this site to a lesser extent. A few women I have talked to (who I won't name because that will be counter-productive as they will be searched MORE by posting it) are compulsively searched for little to no reason other than to see what they have posted. While that MAY have been the reason to add this function, following a women into a thread to make a comment about her bust size, compliment her on her looks for the umpteenth time of the day and add some lick comment to it, or the likes is pathetic and makes more women uncomfortable than not.
Thus, I agree with Celene and prove her point to be more valid. We are not asking to have the feature REMOVED, no. It's useful in a lot of other cases. But the option to make them private, or even set a search number to them like we can with our items we buy on FFXI (which is probably more work than just privating them) will be greatly appreciated by the part of the community that is tired of the ***.
Peace, love and soul, Sly.