chessmec: I view it as a good feature, not as a bug. Until the time that there's a list of banned people, I like knowing that someone has been put on hide even if it is indirectly. It also doesn't mean that someone is on hide, the post might be deleted at the same time you click to the discussion board. When there's 47 posts in the little number, do you really count each post to see if any are missing?

A request. I would like to be able to see hidden messages from people put on hide by the moderator. The postings revealed to me in this manner would only show on my screen, but I could make up my own decision about them. The moderator could carry on with their job of keeping the board safe and on topic. Only those people that actually wanted to view the posts would have access to them.