Not all members get the nickname question in profiles

June 24, 2005 10:18 PM

How come members whose number is higher than 20149 don't get the explanatory "What's the deal with your nickname?" in their profiles?
posted by Rash to Etiquette/Policy at 10:18 PM (16 comments total)

Because we don't care about y'all.

/kidding
posted by scarabic at 10:35 PM on June 24, 2005

If you answer that question on the customize page, it will show up in your profile.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:09 PM on June 24, 2005

How come members whose number is higher than 20149 don't get the explanatory "What's the deal with your nickname?" in their profiles?

The line had to be drawn somewhere, beta. You should be grateful - the gammas won't get contacts, the deltas won't get webpage URLs, and the epsilons won't even get a gender field.
posted by Ryvar at 3:54 AM on June 25, 2005

I got one. My mom always told me I was pretty special. (Before I climbed onto the short bus when going to school.)

And apparently I'm still in the 'teens.

Ryvar, is that a reference to post-apocalyptic distopian science-fiction or a sorority?
posted by Colloquial Collision at 4:12 AM on June 25, 2005

It's from Brave New World, Colloquial (nice nick, btw).
posted by Ryvar at 4:50 AM on June 25, 2005

Yeah it's a great nick, wish I knew the deal with it though.
posted by nomad at 5:02 AM on June 25, 2005

Thanks Ryvar. I thought that sounded familiar.

Now I'll have to read The Doors of Perception so I get all the drug in-jokes.

Nomad, I took this off my user page (I don't remember why), but...Colloquial Collision sounds like a pretty good name for a band. Of course, anything sounds like a good name for a band.

So, Colloquial Collision is the name of an imaginary band. I'm sure it's a little more complicated than that, but I'm learning Dvorak, so I've been typing this for the last ten minutes.
posted by Colloquial Collision at 5:31 AM on June 25, 2005

I want to know the deal with Rash's nick.


Wait, no I don't.
posted by languagehat at 6:36 AM on June 25, 2005

once Rash masters the "What's the deal with your nickname?" fu, he/she will be the only one to have this in the explanation field:



*gives Rash friendly big-sister noogies; washes hands*
posted by taz at 7:11 AM on June 25, 2005

How come members whose number is higher than 20149 don't get the explanatory "What's the deal with your nickname?" in their profiles?

that's one user number after mine! But 20149 answered the question, too. These 5 dollars noobs need to get with it.
posted by puke & cry at 9:12 AM on June 25, 2005

Like #1 said - you need to log in, and "customize" your profile. (don't forget to click on the "change your preferences" box at the bottom.)
posted by jlkr at 9:37 AM on June 26, 2005

How come members whose number is higher than 20149 don't get...

Wait, how would you know this unless...
dupe account! Exterminate!
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 12:22 PM on June 26, 2005

Aren't they all sock puppets anyway?
posted by caddis at 6:32 PM on June 26, 2005

Yes, but we're more sock than puppet.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:00 AM on June 27, 2005

Thanks for your answers, all. A quick check will indicate that I've learned how to Customize. Civil_Disobedient, I checked various profiles, thought I'd detected a pattern, obviously not. And taz, I guess it's good thing, having a big sister in the MeFi community?
posted by Rash at 2:25 PM on June 27, 2005

It's a very good thing to have taz as a big sister. I envy you.

I only have her as my Pope.
posted by languagehat at 2:44 PM on June 27, 2005