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Community

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:06:42 GMT

I made one comment on this Community site. I did not expect to be bothered with different names for me every day starting with visitor then newbie and now beginner !, nor did I expect my information such as IP Address to be on display !.

This is all that is wrong about technology, please in future call me ender, I shall be leaving this load of rubbish which is very much like the new Email system!

Re: Community

-Richie- — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:09:35 GMT

The 'ranks' are from experience helping others, based on multiple factors like post count, likes, solutions etc
Your IP address is not on display for members though, I can't see yours and you can't see mine.

How active you are is your choice, I personally enoy it here and help others, I also learn from the techie forum members.

Re: Community

Keith_Beddoe — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:22:20 GMT

IP addresses are only visible by the forum moderators who work for BT, but its not something that they would look at unless there is a good reason.

Re: Community

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:09:40 GMT

In which case, why are they there?

Re: Community

Keith_Beddoe — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:12:58 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
In which case, why are they there?

Where are you seeing your IP address when viewing this forum?

Re: Community

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:19:00 GMT

My Profile. It may be a coincidence ???? but I now cannot log in to my BTinternet email ? It just gets to "Loading" and seizes up, then says " An unexpected error has occurred, this request cannot be completed " !.Is someone trying to tell me something ? Very suspicious !

Re: Community

Keith_Beddoe — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:26:37 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
My Profile. It may be a coincidence ???? but I now cannot log in to my BTinternet email ? It just gets to "Loading" and seizes up, then says " An unexpected error has occurred, this request cannot be completed " !.Is someone trying to tell me something ? Very suspicious !

That is only visible to you, nobody else. To be honest I have never bothered to look at it, as I always know my IP address ad its displayed on my router page.

Issues with BT Email are very common.

Re: Community

-Richie- — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:31:23 GMT

When you view your own profile, you can see 'IP Address of Last Visit ', when you look at someone elses profile you can't see that info.

Re: Community

Anonymous — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:34:57 GMT

OK, thanks, I still cannot undrestand why it is there. Is there a general problem with BTinternet.com at the moment ?

Re: Community

-Richie- — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 20:43:14 GMT

This post suggests it's not just you, see Is BT Email down