Should 'forum games' be mixed in with General discussion.

guffygoff

davidevans0000 As I explained above, I have followed those instructions. But when I get to the last stage, which shows the option to 'hide' the thread, I can see the option, but it is greyed out, and so is not clickable. And to ask you again, are you sure that you're currently using a PC?

davidevans0000

guffygoff yes on a pc.

micky6599

guffygoff You can hide them

davidevans0000

micky6599 it's easy even on a mobile phone just you have to work at it.

haridus

guffygoff Unfortunately, this hiding function is greyed out on the pc version of this website, and so not available to everyone.

It's not and it is available to everyone

davidevans0000

haridus thats right

guffygoff

haridus This site at my end looks slightly different to the image that you have shown. The hiding button that you have shown above circled in red reads 'follow' at my end. Clicking on the drop down menu to the right of this gives me five options: Not following, following, lurking, ignoring, and hiding, in that order. 4 of these options are in black and clickable. The 5th, 'hide', is greyed out, and is not clickable.

guffygoff

haridus It's not and it is available to everyone.

It's not available to me.

peterhall0012

guffygoff Mines hidden and on a phone and the link in this thread I followed.

kenralph

guffygoff I'm sure that counting up to 20 is an immense amount of fun for those who like that sort of thing, but should it really come under 'general discussion'? Counting does not seem to involve much discussion.

I thought it was a challenge 🤣🤣🤣

scrupps

As per the OP I feel that there should be a separate section for games which would make the general discussion section more accessible.

guffygoff

peterhall0012 That's great. Unfortunately it hasn't helped solve the mystery of some people using a PC not being able to access this function.

danwillen

guffygoff That's great. Unfortunately it hasn't helped solve the mystery of some people using a PC not being able to access this function.

I have just checked on my phone by changing from hiding to not following then trying to change back to hideing only to find hiding is gryed out on fourm games only. Seames like the ability to hide forum games has been removed since I made the guide linked to in this thread.

davidevans0000

guffygoff That's great. Unfortunately it hasn't helped solve the mystery of some people using a PC not being able to access this function.

Then you are stuck with it.

jsmith2009

Would be nice to separate them.
I have hid the " forum games " however I still get them in General Discussions occasionally so it would seem it doesn't work 100%.
Cheers

harrrrrry

jsmith2009 I still get them in General Discussions occasionally

That's a mistake by the person that posted the opening post. But an educator will fix it if you use the flag option to report it as off topic/

danwillen Seems like the ability to hide forum games has been removed since I made the guide linked to in this thread.

I'm sure that's not intentional. @ianmorland ought to know but it has never been stated as a change.

guffygoff

danwillen

danwillen I have just checked on my phone by changing from hiding to not following then trying to change back to hideing only to find hiding is gryed out on fourm games only. Seames like the ability to hide forum games has been removed since I made the guide linked to in this thread.

Ah. And sorry that I've been responsible for you losing the hide function. Hopefully this issue will be addressed in the future. But your post has put my mind at rest, and now I know that this is not just a problem for me. Thanks for your reply.

guffygoff

davidevans0000

davidevans0000 Then you are stuck with it.

How very sweet and helpful. Thank you.

davidevans0000

guffygoff How very sweet and helpful. Thank you.

all the games all the time does your head in.

guffygoff

davidevans0000 Have you tried turning off the hide function on forum games, and then turning it back on again? Have you read further up the thread?

kate1028

I have managed to hide them OK, but of course that only works when signed in. I quite often scroll through without signing in, so the games are still there, and I agree it would be better if they were completely separate. If you only want Forum Games, that's all you get whether signed in or not - it should work both ways !