Hey everyone, I just had a quick question for the community to see how you all felt about this. I'm revamping the user permissions as stated in this thread, and I was wondering if you think we should keep user profiles private from guests? Currently, people without accounts can view the member's page here:
squattheplanet.com
and member's profiles like this:
Matt Derrick - https://squattheplanet.com/members/matt-derrick.1/
which also means they are indexable by google, etc... I could make it so only members can view other member's profiles... but maybe you want people to be able to find your StP profile? Also, making profiles viewable to only other members would negate the ability to share your profile url with other non-members, since they would get an error message telling them to log into the website if they tried to view your profile.
so, viewable to the public? or private unless you're logged in with an account? vote in the poll!

Notable members
and member's profiles like this:
Matt Derrick - https://squattheplanet.com/members/matt-derrick.1/
which also means they are indexable by google, etc... I could make it so only members can view other member's profiles... but maybe you want people to be able to find your StP profile? Also, making profiles viewable to only other members would negate the ability to share your profile url with other non-members, since they would get an error message telling them to log into the website if they tried to view your profile.
so, viewable to the public? or private unless you're logged in with an account? vote in the poll!