one possibility is...docjohn is doing maintenance this weekend and it might be a result of what's going on in that process right now? just thinking on white.
i know that it generally shows "reading a post in flat mode", stuffs regarding pm's etc. i've never noticed it to show me as private before. i've not changed my profile, so i would think that it has something to do the the maintenance going on.
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