Login to view the "lounge"

Was surprised to see one has to 'login' to view the lounge.
Have been Maybe I missed the message, but when did that happen?

I dunno, I'm always 'logged in'.

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tinkerer said:

Was surprised to see one has to 'login' to view the lounge.
Have been Maybe I missed the message, but when did that happen?

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Same thing here. It just started doing this a couple of days ago. Too bad, sometimes I like to just lurk.

Noticed this also...Still nice to see what's happening when not logged in.

Took me months to realize there was a Classifieds thread because at that time, you had to log in to see it. Been logged in for years now…

You log OUT??????

What ^ said. The only time I have to log in is after the computer updates and restarts.

I never log out of any site I visit, I do close my browser, but saved cookies keep me logged in.

Yep - I "log" out...
I clear my browser history, caches, temporary internet files, cookies, saved passwords, etc. when I close my browser.
Everytime.
Up until the past weekend, a login was not required to view items in the lounge. Only to reply.

What's the purpose of that? Seriously, I'm not a puter wiz and curious.

I have not had to log in for a while but there was a time, probably a year or so ago that I had to log in about every other time I tried to come here... It is the magic and mystery of the internet and computers... (which never make mistakes by the way.... remember that from the 70's?). As of yesterday I lost the ability to send or retrieve emails from two of my three email addresses.

What happens when one uses something like CCleaner, Disk Cleanup, or Clear Browsing Data? Cookies disappear. Have to sign in again? Or never use it and get lots of ads/pop-ups or virus'?

RC44Mag said:

What's the purpose of that? Seriously, I'm not a puter wiz and curious.

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A lot of sites have things restricted to registered users. Classifieds and the lounge are usually among them. It's to protect users from people who troll sites digging for dirt

Several of the sites I go to will log one out every once in a while. One does it about once a week and sometimes it's a battle royal just to get logged back in.

I totally hate You Tube as they keep bouncing me out of their "restricted" videos. I don't even bother with them anymore. I miss some interesting stuff bur as far as I'm concerned, they no longer exist.
Paul B.

Purpose of clearing histories, etc.: Removes tracking cookies, frees up memory and just cleans up the machine. Too much 'stuff' will slow down your machine and could open a path for malware and other not so nice things into your system.
It's just a habit I got into back when security software, (Norton's, McAfee's etc.) were not all that great in detecting and removing suspect programs.

YMMV

Recalling that oft quoted "knowledge is power", now that the digital world belongs to the "monied" folks, it is kind of a joke and a very lame utterance!