How to Hide the Sandbox (discussion)

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Edit by Sokwe: this thread is for discussing the "Sandless" group described here.

nice

[LuveelVoom]

hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox

[unname4798]

hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox

In the future, Nathaniel would implement the ability to hide any forum from your view.

[hotcrystal0]

Can we make this an announcement?

[confocaloid]

hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox

One problem with such a sentiment is that someone might not want to hide the Sandbox in its entirety.

There are interesting threads in the Sandbox. They might be in the Sandbox due to being only tangentially related to Life/CA, but still high-effort and thought-provoking. Or they might be in the Sandbox merely due to the author being unsure whether the topic is of interest to the community.
It's just that such threads are few (compared to the many low-effort "gaming" or "chatting" threads) and quickly disappear from the first page.

I don't want to hide the Sandbox entirely, but I believe the many gaming/chatting threads are objectively problematic.

[LuveelVoom]

hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox

One problem with such a sentiment is that someone might not want to hide the Sandbox in its entirety.

There are interesting threads in the Sandbox. They might be in the Sandbox due to being only tangentially related to Life/CA, but still high-effort and thought-provoking. Or they might be in the Sandbox merely due to the author being unsure whether the topic is of interest to the community.
It's just that such threads are few (compared to the many low-effort "gaming" or "chatting" threads) and quickly disappear from the first page.

I don't want to hide the Sandbox entirely, but I believe the many gaming/chatting threads are objectively problematic.

Do direct links to forum posts in sandbox still work?

[confocaloid]

hopefully sandbox haters actually use this instead of hating on the sandbox

One problem with such a sentiment is that someone might not want to hide the Sandbox in its entirety.
[...] I don't want to hide the Sandbox entirely, but I believe the many gaming/chatting threads are objectively problematic.

Do direct links to forum posts in sandbox still work?

I did not try, but the first post in this topic appears to imply that
(a) you can try it yourself and see whether it works, and reverse the changes later if you choose to,
(b) it will not work ("you won't be able to see any content from the Sandbox forum, no matter how you try to access it").

[Nathaniel]

Can we make this an announcement?

Done.

Do direct links to forum posts in sandbox still work?

confocaloid guessed correctly: direct links to posts in the Sandbox won't work; you'll be greeted by a "You don't have permission to view this thread" message.

[d/dx]

Thank you magical red text man, although I will not be using this feature it seems quite important

[Haycat2009]

Will it be possible for admins to force this option on for users who spam the sandbox?

[hotcrystal0]

Will it be possible for admins to force this option on for users who spam the sandbox?

They probably have this power, but they probably won’t use it.

[tommyaweosme]

Will it be possible for admins to force this option on for users who spam the sandbox?

seems like a misuse