A private section has been added. This is where private things are released without concern for leechers. You must be registered and appropriately privileged in order to view this section.
This section appears to all viewers. This is to let all viewers know it is there and that there are private things being discussed/released. This knowledge makes people want in. Wanting in makes people more concerned with how they behave on the forums.
Anyone who leaks things from the private section will be removed from it.
Furthermore, future releases of MHS will come in 2 parts: public and private. Public releases will be released the same way as they are now for all to download. Private releases will be released in the private forum and are intended to be given only to trusted people. This means you may give them to your friends if you really trust them, but if any leak to an untrusted person can be traced back to you you will be removed from the private forum and no longer have access to future private versions of MHS.
Private versions of MHS will offer better bypassing features and will be internally different enough from public releases that public blocks will most likely not work on private releases. The next version of MHS will be one of the hardest to patch out and hardest to block, but the features that make it this way will only be in the private release.
FAQ:
Q:
How do I get into the private section?
A: When you are decided, by me, to be trusted, I will grant you access myself.
Q:
How do I become trusted?
A: By not being an idiot. Show a normal personality. Contribute to the community. Releasing things is a fairly decent way. Answering questions can help.
Q:
I am a spy. Will I ever be allowed into the private section, even if I gain your trust?
A: Spies are not allowed, even if I accidentally trust them. Please tell me if you are a spy before I grant you access, or even as soon as you join the forum.
Q:
I am trying to earn your trust but you just seem never to notice!
A: Trying too hard is not attractive. Getting in is not easy. There are many factors involved and no one knows them all but myself. This ensures people can not create some mathematical formula for manipulating the system to get in (spies like to do this).
I do not watch every post or person. If the community feels someone should be in the private section who isn’t then he or she may be nominated via a topic in the
General Related Discussions section.
Likewise, if someone is allowed in and the community feels he or she should not have been, he or she may be voted out with a topic in the Private section.
If you have a release you would like to keep private but you are not able to view the Private section you may PM me with your post and I will post it for you. You will not be granted access to the Private section just because you have one new release; spies do this all the time. You will not be able to see replies to your topic. However if the feedback on your release is good it does increase your chances of getting in later.
L. Spiro
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