# Why is the members list disabled?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/352155>\
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**Created:** [April 10, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/352155 "2006-04-10T22:38:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/352155/1 "2006-04-10T22:38:06Z")

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Seems like it could be a handy feature. Its been disabled for as long as I can remember… Why not just delete it from the menu?

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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 11, 2006, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/352155/2 "2006-04-11T03:20:59Z")

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Modifications to the software (like deletions) come right back like fungus when upgrades are applied to the system.

(Upgrades giveth as well as taketh away, you see.)

We turned off the members list because the overwhelming number of our members (and the staff) felt it to be too tempting a target for spammers and etc.

We’ll revisit the issue with our next upgrade – where supposedly what you fix stays fixed through subsequent upgrades.

TubaDiva