Public Groups?

[firehorse]

As in "so-and-so is not a member of any public groups" on each profile page. Just curious what these are and whether we can create them.

And are Cletus and Bartimus secret societies? ;)

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[Rob-rite]

I thought Cletus and Bartimus were characters from the latin translation of the Simpsons...;)

[stormie]

And I'm not a member??? Actually, it doesn't seem like anyone is a member of "public groups." Or am I wrong? I have no idea. Sorry!:Shrug:

[JennaGlatzer]

Yeah, to be honest, I have no idea what they're for. Haven't played with them yet.

[Le Pen]

that appears in the profile saying "... is not/is a member of a Public Group"? Curious.

[Willowmound]

Me too curious.

I know it's the program that puts it there. Other forums that use the same program as AW, has the public groups thing as well.

[CheshireCat]

Ah, jeez. First the mysterious rep points thread and now this.

When do we get our decoder rings?

:Headbang:

Huh?!

[Chumplet]

Me Three.

[Silver King]

I couldn't find anything very recent, but this (http://absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9946&highlight=public+groups) may help.

[Medievalist]

vBulletin, the software that runs the Water Cooler, has an option to have members belong to "public groups," which we simply don't use . . . it's not that big a deal, since we're all here because we are interested in writing.
But it could be used to identify particular interests, and associate those interests with access; it would then require that someone approve all such requests, and with 13K members . . . . PITA.

[Le Pen]

Aha! Okay! I got it now! Now I can sleep in peace. And I worried, and I worried! hehehehehe

[Chumplet]

Thanks!

[CheshireCat]

Ditto.

(Though I really wanted that decoder ring.) :cry: