I know we have other priorities right now, I'm just restating a request of which I was suddenly reminded, before I forget it again. Please forgive me if this was answered and I missed it.

Is there any way to restrict the ability to read the Bureaucracy thread to members only?

If we were to do that, we would probably do it by adding a boolean field to every thread that determined whether that thread would be readable by non-members. I don't think it's too difficult to code.

Why would we want to do this?

To keep certain conversations members only. I don't think it's that restrictive. If you want to read bureaucracy, then register as a member of the board.

Wait, we might have people dumping their memberships.

Cindy, added to the requests list. And I think it's probably a good idea.

Dude, as long as we don't make reading Bureaublahblah mandatory for members. cause, ya know, mutiny.

Before we set the request in stone, I think we'll need to discuss in BUreaucracy, and probably vote on it, because it's more of a policy decision than a technical one. I don't think it should be all that hard to code, because we already do something similar with the user profiles. The question is whether the community thinks it's a good idea. I do happen to think it's a good idea, so I'll work up some sort of proposal, and post it in Bureacracy.

Dude, as long as we don't make reading Bureaublahblah mandatory for members. cause, ya know, mutiny.

And maybe a counter proposal to make Bureaucracy our home page. :)

snerk. I kinda wanted to make a proposal that limited Bureaublahblah to 50 posts a day, just to prove that a proposal could get defeated (cause I'd kinda love that rule).

Bureaublahblah

B'cy. The One True Abbreviation.

Shouldn't you be on your way to the airport by now?