[wp-forums] My forum username is not linked

[Jeremy Visser]

On Fri, 2006-08-25 at 09:12 -0500, spencer wrote:
> > Over a month ago I posted this on the forums, but it got no replies so 
> > I've decided to ask here, as it would probably be better to ask here 
> > anyway.
> >
> > I was just wondering why in a thread so many users have links to their 
> > website on their username but on my posts it doesn't! Sorry if I am being 
> > unclear. Next to my posts it lists the username JeremyVisser followed by 
> > the word "Member". If I click the word Member I get to my forum profile 
> > and it lists my site there.
> >
> > Is it because I haven't made enough posts? Or is it because a moderator 
> > needs to enable it? Or is it to do with the age of the account? Spencerp 
> > has not had an account for as long as me and he gets linked on his 
> > username.
> >
> > It's not really that important (and it won't improve my PageRank, I know 
> > that), but it does look link of ugly in a thread with every username 
> > except mine being blue and mine being black.
> >
> > -- 
> > Jeremy Visser
> 
> Yeah, I've been wondering the same thing myself actually.. =/  I thought 
> maybe it had to do with that change, Matt had done to the forums.. to help 
> keep the "spammers" from gaining PR from Google or whatever.. but, I could 
> be wrong.. =/
> 
> It also *might* have to do with how active you were, *before* and such.. I 
> dunno.. there for a while, "we" had a rash of users from waaay back...come 
> back and start posting *more* then usually... and they seem to be spamming, 
> rather then doing anything else..
> 
> It's all hard to say though Jeremy.. =/  It would be nice if some how, all 
> this could/would be fixed though.. ;) =)  Thanks for choosing me as an 
> example though.. hahaha.. =P  (Stands up, and takes a bow to the audience).. 
> ok, I'm sitting down now.. =P
> 
> spencerp

I hate to nag, but does anyone know the answer? It's about to burn a
hole in my skull after months of reading the forums and seeing so many
different variants on the usernames.

-- 
Jeremy Visser 
Email: jeremy.visser at gmail.com
Website: http://narnia.bounceme.net/jeremy/