# Why is the Members List disabled?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/380521>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 15, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/380521 "2006-11-15T14:05:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/380521/1 "2006-11-15T14:05:26Z")

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Any particular reason? Just curious. (I love some of the witty habdles that people come up with.)

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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/380521/2 "2006-11-15T14:07:00Z")

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Doh!

That should, of course, be _handles_.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/380521/3 "2006-11-15T14:07:40Z")

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I seem to recall someone, possibly **TubaDiva** , saying that it was a spam risk or something of that nature.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-members-list-disabled/380521/4 "2006-11-15T14:11:16Z")

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[Yes, here it is.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=7578306&postcount=2)