the hidden boards?

[Touchstone]

it sounds okay but often the original is quoted in the reply and if there's no tags it can still be googled.

i think the spoiler tag we use would do the same thing,

in hindsight, if it were quoted in a reply, it would still be in a spoiler tag wouldn't it

you can't see me

i think

No, there's a significant difference between hide tags and spoiler tags.

With spoiler tags, the server sends the "hidden" text down to the browser (or to google) along with an instruction not to display it. But it's still there, and google will index it. You can see for yourself by right-clicking on the page, selecting "view source" and then searching for cawk.

With hide tags, the server doesn't send the hidden text at all. So there is nothing to display, and nothing for the search engine to index.



EDIT. Also, when people quote posts containing text within hide tags, the text is NOT copied forward (as it is with spoiler tags).