[wp-forums] My forum username is not linked

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On 9/6/06, Jeremy Visser <jeremy.visser at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>
I personally haven't a clue.   Podz?