Request Access to 77 Borad

i don't see what's wrong with a little Radical Transparency (TM)

I could see it this morning, even when logged out, but not anymore.

could I make a serious request for full-time 77 access? that cat gifs thread is like all I ever wanted from ilx tbh

xp did denton hack ilx

It doesn't appear to be viewable if you're logged out. Which is something, at least. But unless I've been granted access, I'm guessing that it's still viewable for all logged in users.

not me :(

nsfws is one of the threads you'd rescue in a fire, that is reason enough to want to get on 77

I never look at the cat one

Weird. Hope the mods can figure this one out.

I never look at the cat one

― wins, Sunday, July 19, 2015 4:46 PM (2 minutes ago)

Sacrilege.

I really like cats too! What can I say

That is ridiculous. Look at the fucking cat thread. LOOK AT IT.

Also, if there are going to be any major changes to 77's current level of privacy, please please please make a very noticeable announcement. If that happens, I'd pretty much like all of my posts there deleted, if that's possible. :( I know internet privacy is a myth but I am definitely a little more open there than I am on ILE proper and the thought of losing what little protections are available makes me very nervous and antsy.

please remember that there are people (teachers, educators, do-gooders, not evil people) who have posted about their jobs (with discretion but still stuff that should be hidden from google)
if there are major privacy changes i guess i request that this entire thread is deleted http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=82810

major apols if posting that violated something, i just wanted to be clear
please delete if it's not ok!

What would be the point of de-indexing it?

I would like access to 77 pls. I used to be Jon Lewis and am still Jon Lewis.

It wasn't intentional, and it is private again. Best idea of why Old Lunch now has access is this, from stet: a couple of big ILE threads must have been moved to 77 at one time, and the user migration thing that runs when you make a board private has added everyone who posted on them to 77.

Okay cool. Thanks for the reassurance emil.y!

Oh, okay. I don't know what thread it might've been, but that makes sense. I promise to use my unintentional addition to the 77 ranks responsibly.

Popular Misconceptions About 77:

• It is a private board for elites. Anyone with a registered ILX username can request access. Entrance is granted by mods as long as the request isn't made by a bot or a spammer or someone who appears to be malicious.

• It is a private board. Board 77 is hidden from Google searches and links to it do not automatically show thread titles. I can post a wacky screencap of my racist cousin's Facebook account without him somehow doing an image search on his own profile and finding it. I can post things like my work phone number – (501) 433-1037 – and not worry too much about some poor schmoe actually calling it up to receive an ass-kicking.

But what I can't prevent is anyone granted access to 77 taking that information and distributing it back out into the world wide web. The limited access to 77 grants ILXors reasonable safety from having sensitive material stumbled upon by outsiders, but does not protect them from having that information seep through the cracks anyway.

I'll tell you one thing, 77 is 10x safer than anything you've ever posted on to your Facebook account.

Thanks pp. that's a good summary.

77 elites = married c suite execs

Yes all those things pp said are true and evident to anyone that isn't a moron but prob worth stating in the current climate of having actual moderators not get it

btw, calling pplains at work right now to get an ass-kicking

It is a private board for elites.

"... gawker's argument is that elites come in all shapes and sizes, and regardless of being under the public spotlight this is still a person who thrives in the criminal capitalist market & deserves to be pegged down a notch (however possible)."

Hi. I'm a mostly-lurker whose only contributions of note to ILX is a) voting in the Comic Strip poll for the comics that cop the most scorn from sic, and b) for coming third in the most recent season of Marvel Puzzle Quest for ILX's alliance.

Can I please be provided access to 77?

Anyone with a registered ILX username can request access.

In that case may I have access, please. No malicious intent, just curiosity after seeing constant references to it.

Sometimes I think about posting but most of the time I just lurk ILX. Am very curious about 77 and would love to gain access (though I would understand if you guys are a bit careful right now).

lurkers idgi just post it is not a big deal

I had a lurker call me a cunt the other day. It's fun. It's great. Go on, get your name out there and start posting!

ha!

what did you do that was so cunty?

Poked fun at the British.

god almighty if I was gonna drop c-bombs every time that happened

...I would pretend to be a lurker, is how that sentence finishes

^^ just out of curiousity, is there a way to determine whether this is happening? if someone says "hey i'm a longtime lurker but just started posting" when really they are an old timer posting under false pretenses?

oops i spelled curiosity wrong

vernon locke is an anagram of klevor nonce, just sayin'

noneck lover

Bravo. Looks like 77 has never been more popular, any publicity is good publicity obv.

hey let me on 77 i wanna see what kind of sick shit you ppl have been posting (plus teacher thread i guess is of personal interest)

also i hear gawker is hiring

Out of curiosity, pplains, where did this come from, because it's new to me and not the way (as a mod) I understand the 77 rules?

"Popular Misconceptions About 77:

• It is a private board for elites. Anyone with a registered ILX username can request access. Entrance is granted by mods as long as the request isn't made by a bot or a spammer or someone who appears to be malicious.

• It is a private board. Board 77 is hidden from Google searches and links to it do not automatically show thread titles. I can post a wacky screencap of my racist cousin's Facebook account without him somehow doing an image search on his own profile and finding it. I can post things like my work phone number – (501) 433-1037 – and not worry too much about some poor schmoe actually calling it up to receive an ass-kicking.

But what I can't prevent is anyone granted access to 77 taking that information and distributing it back out into the world wide web. The limited access to 77 grants ILXors reasonable safety from having sensitive material stumbled upon by outsiders, but does not protect them from having that information seep through the cracks anyway."

Especially the first paragraph - lots of new/recent/unknown posters get blocked.

Or I guess, anyone, since it seems to be a quoted something from somewhere.

Or I guess, anyone, since it seems to be a quoted something from somewhere.

wait, so that isn't pplains' actual work phone number

i have always been under the impression that access to 77 was confined to pretty active members of the community, not just any old rando.

not necessarily

The point of 77 is that invitations are NOT just handed out.

― queen frostine (Eric H.), Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:01 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Eric, that changed like 2 years ago...?

― Michael Steele, the first black Superman (HI DERE), Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:03 AM (5 years ago)

that requests are sometimes denied is not proof that it's not easy to get in, because it is, provided you're not brand new/suspicious

it's been a long time now, but iirc this policy changed as a result of someone (probably continually and with disregard) posting 77 content on non-77 threads. a mod (iirc jjusten) made public all of 77 in retaliation, everyone yelled at him, the mods undid that, and as a result the policy is basically anyone can get in who wants

one imo instructive thing from the max/jordan/77 thread is that, aside from cleaning up spam and such, mods aren't really needed here in a decision-making capacity. in another era, the first several posts of that thread would have led to someone hastily banning max and jordan from the board, which would have led to a 1000-post shitshow. what happened instead is that the community discussed the issue, a couple of important players said their piece, and a rough consensus was reached, with which no one seems to take issue

^^ just out of curiousity, is there a way to determine whether this is happening? if someone says "hey i'm a longtime lurker but just started posting" when really they are an old timer posting under false pretenses?

(Nov 3, 2008 fwiw. I'm not brand new, but will cop to suspicious.)

Yeah but someone claims to have lurked since ____ but there's no way to verify lurking, so my q was: are there other ways to determine veracity of such a claim and/or eliminate possibility of false pretenses? My guess is no.

VL I wish my tiny gentle snarking would prompt voters to cast paeans or make cases for or post splendid examples of their choices, not hide deeper in the lurky shadows!