# Control Panel options

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-panel-options/298292>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 7, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-panel-options/298292 "2005-04-07T21:47:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-panel-options/298292/1 "2005-04-07T21:47:38Z")

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So, did we lose the ability to lurk privately? We used to have an option to turn on or off the “Online Now” notice next to our user names.

Or did it get moved to another part of the CP? It’s not in Options or Profile.

It’s not a huge deal, but sometimes I just want to read without telling everyone ‘Hi.’

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-panel-options/298292/2 "2005-04-07T22:06:37Z")

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[It’s been gone since we went to 3.x last January.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=247464)

Wouldn’t mind having it back, myself.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-panel-options/298292/3 "2005-04-11T02:55:31Z")

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Thanks, **Berkut** , I had no idea it’s been gone so long.  
Any Admins or vB experts want to join the discussion?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-panel-options/298292/4 "2005-04-12T17:02:37Z")

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I’m not sure this has ever been a working option on this board; we turned all that stuff off way back at the beginning.

your humble TubaDiva