New Tags

Because if the visible portion doesn't interest or concern you the hidden portion probably doesn't either.



See, what you did there was stupid. You purposefully went out of your way to use it to hide something you wanted an answer to.

Here are some off the top of my head simple scenarios;

Current events; post the story, keep your own thoughts on the matter hidden except to someone else willing to share their thoughts.
Site Discussion: post your idea and keep certain aspects of it reply only
Shenanigans obviously has abusive uses for it.
Speakeasy, similar to current affairs, except instead of a news article, your own whatever you want to tell about & talk about.
Shady Tree, separate your commentary on the story from the actual story
forum games, keep stuff hidden from people who aren't actually playing the game. or haven't started playing the game.

Is it really so hard to think of legitimate reasonable uses for a feature because it's so new you want to do nothing but screw around with it and be a nuisance?

it's not that it's hard to come with legitimate reason it's just that...

current events: what if it's your thoughts that make me post? i'd still be a post behind, can be achieved with spoiler tags
site discusion: not allowed to see the whole idea until i post, meaning i don't have the full info to post an appropiate response to his idea.
shenanigans: abuse, lol ofc it's useful here
speakeasy: you're now hiding the very topic you want to discuss until someone posts
shady tree: can be achieved with spoilers, i don't have to post
forum games: sure, i guess it works here?

most of the time you can achieve the same or better with spoiler tags, i don't mind vote because it allows you to post without being influenced by the inner meaning of the poll.

how did you know i hid it though? that part interests me most.

edit: only use i can really see for it, is if we're discussing some sort of touch-sensitive information, like specifics of a hack to explain how it affects you (say someone here figured out account hacking)

but that's something that is banned for discussion here (and other places too) so...