What's Your Metafilter moment?
For me, it was the dumb realization that after ten some years of seeing the name Benny Andajetz in posts/comments etc, that it was not just some weird assed Serbian name I would never really be called on to pronounce right out loud.
It was fuckin Benny and The Jets.
Christ what an asshole.
Ten fuckin years yo.
Yours?
posted by timsteil
on Apr 12, 2013 -
252 comments
So, who is a Mefite and also a subscriber (or developer) over at App.net?
I am here (as you can tell) and there, and go by Faintdreams at both locations.
I was just wondering who else might also fit into the thin slice of technical Venn?
A refactoring of the subscription system and the release of Netbot (an Alpha mobile client from the makers of Tapbot), has caused a mini surge in activity over at App.net.
If you too are over there, feel free to find me and say 'ello'.
::waves::
posted by Faintdreams
on Oct 4, 2012 -
14 comments
What's a fun anagram of your username? Mine scrambles into
Daily Nonstop and
Dons Ponytail both of which seem apt. Who is
Orienting Enfranchised Loners? Whose alter-ego is the
Hit Run Shopkeeper? Who
Yens Jams? There is no
Ell Poop Cabal! Which one of you
Gobbled Poison Rice? Was it the
Glaze Raven?
posted by not_on_display
on Feb 17, 2012 -
361 comments
MeFi offers a lot of ways to format "the same" user name, thanks to the fact that spaces and caps are fair game. Mister Foo could also be misterfoo or MisterFoo or mister foo or MISTER FOO or.... So I'm wondering: has a namespace collision ever occurred? Have we ever had, say, a Mister Foo and a misterfoo active on the site at the same time?
posted by nebulawindphone
on Jan 17, 2011 -
184 comments
MemoryFilter: without looking at the site, how many MetaFilter usernames can you recall from memory? Set the timer for 10 minutes.
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posted by hermitosis
on Nov 30, 2010 -
182 comments
Is it possible to change my username or should I close my account and pay another 5 bucks?
(Reason: I want less anger in my life)
posted by angrybeaver
on Aug 26, 2008 -
103 comments
I'm terrible at remembering names. It would be great to have usernames that are favorites show up as a different color. Is there a way?
posted by stbalbach
on Apr 29, 2008 -
82 comments
It's important that I change my username--the reason deals with online identity cleanup. Is this possible, or must I create a new account?
Thanks in advance.
posted by boeing82
on Apr 4, 2008 -
27 comments
Capitalization issue: why is my username capitalized differently in different places on Metafilter?
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posted by Pastabagel
on Dec 14, 2007 -
33 comments
Did I miss the memo? Are we now required to do eponysterical front page posts?
posted by googly
on Aug 13, 2007 -
121 comments
Okay, fess up.
Who are
you, with no comments, posts or anything else, but
19 favorites (and counting?)
Hmmm?
posted by yhbc
on Jan 6, 2007 -
53 comments
When you hover / mouse over the [+ 2 favorites] text, you see more text that says "2 users marked this as favorites" Would it be useful if the pop-up text actually showed the usernames of those who favorited it? Small pony i know, only saving a few mouse clicks, but i think it would be cool. Any thoughts?
posted by kev23f
on Dec 15, 2006 -
10 comments
Similar names. There are multiple active users with my name or a variation of my name. I'm SpecialK, there's Special-K, and SpecialK420. I've had people email me about askme questions and answers posted by both of these other users.
I obviously wouldn't ask anyone to give up their identity, but in the future can we get some sort of policy from admins? I mean, otherwise, I'm going to start snapping up names like Ouonsar and mattowie before they're all gone...
posted by SpecialK
on Dec 12, 2006 -
125 comments
Which MetaFilter members can you identify by their writing style/content combination alone? [more inside]
posted by louigi
on Nov 29, 2006 -
184 comments
@mathowie: Why are people starting to put commercial at signs before usernames when they are directly addressing other MeFites? Is this a convention from Digg or something? Am I the only one who finds this annoying, even more annoying than putting other usernames in
boldface? Even more annoying than Todd Lokkenning? Can we make it stop?
posted by grouse
on Jun 9, 2006 -
99 comments
Pony: any chance of having the ability to look up a user by appending their username name to the "/user/" URL? The user number is okay, but being able to have the name as well would be really helpful.
posted by TheDonF
on Feb 5, 2006 -
9 comments
Did someone try to steal my awesome account? I just got my password emailed to me, with a statement that I requested it, but... I didn't request it.
posted by The Monkey
on Oct 19, 2005 -
18 comments
Nitpicking: The text that says "You are logged in as: Username" uppercases your username, while everywhere else in the site it keeps it in the original case.
posted by smackfu
on Oct 16, 2005 -
29 comments
Hey, MeFite Detectives! A request: Please think before you "out" someone. In our personal lives, most of us have learned that just because we
can do something, it doesn't necessarily mean we should, and the same is true here. If a user (or perhaps the subject of a post, etc.) has caught your attention for some reason, and they have revealed (or you have figured out) their real life identity, and you go poking around to see what you can find, please think twice before publishing your big scoop. [more]
posted by taz
on Sep 28, 2005 -
163 comments
Are usernames becoming recycled? I noticed
a new user that I could have sworn had a taken username- it's a username I use often and almost always check for first when signing up places. Or am I imagining all of this?
posted by mkultra
on Sep 9, 2005 -
38 comments
How can I cancel my account? If I can't, how can I change my nick? And if I can't do that, then how can I cancel my account? I kind of ashamed of being a $5 MeFite.
posted by Tlahtolli
on Jul 22, 2005 -
116 comments
I'd like to open a discussion on the seemingly growing trend of
new users choosing
a phrase as
a username. My opinion of these username choices is _____. My suggestion to Matt is _____.
posted by Witty
on Jun 2, 2005 -
98 comments
I was out at Jillian's in Boston yesterday, and I saw another MeFite there who I recognized from a previous MeFi meetup. Thing is, I didn't remember her real name, and I'm not sure that she'd remember mine. Should I have said hi, and if so, what would be the rules on having friends of MeFites meet each other? Do we introduce other MeFites as friends, acquaintances, or what?
posted by sachinag
on Apr 9, 2005 -
45 comments
Who is
this...how exactly do they log in...and where have they been all this time?
posted by Jimbob
on Apr 6, 2005 -
36 comments
PetPeeve Filter: I would like to use this post to encourage members to refer to other members by their full usernames in comments.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero
on Mar 2, 2005 -
137 comments
When I click on the username in this archived MeFi thread I am taken to an old post with the same number as the user, i.e. the url says 'mefi' instead of 'user'. Only true for the original post, not for comments.
posted by Pigpen
on Jan 28, 2005 -
4 comments
What is the policy on giving away usernames? I purchased a spare during the Great November Influx and now its just sitting there, rotting on Matt's server. I really have no use for it. It was an impulse buy and I'd like to give it away.
posted by KevinSkomsvold
on Jan 25, 2005 -
26 comments
Bug: old threads have the
poster username linking to the
thread with the same number as their usernumber.
Example (working).
Example (nonworking). Only in the post; the username links in comments are fine.
posted by dhartung
on Jan 18, 2005 -
2 comments
Do you ever wish you could change your username? What would you change it to?
posted by PrinceValium
on Oct 1, 2004 -
127 comments
Would it be possible to add usernames to the spell checker? Misspelling someone's name is insulting, and it would be nice if the Spell Checker did its bit to help us all get along.
posted by Capn
on Apr 29, 2004 -
32 comments
We know that
nofundy usually posts about
"Fundies",
hama7 has posted
Hama-Net, and
Vidiot's first post was about
TV newscasts, but hasn't the relationship between posts and the posters' usernames gotten a little strange lately?
First, I saw
Keyser Soze's AskMe about
"my friend getting busted by the cops" and its
MetaTalk follow-up. But then I noticed posts from
PenDevil about
rewriting the Chinese Constitution,
Dome-O-Rama about
an Act of Congress,
psychotic venom about
these depressing times,
loquacious about
Rumsfeld's words,
ferociouskitty about
howwasshe.com, and
four panels about
China's Building Blitz.
And AskMe has
a problem with the French from
staggernation and
a mouse in a messy room from
Slimemonster.
Am I just going overboard when I see the connections between a car insurance site and mr crash davis, Jay-Z and soundofsuburbia, or Sudden Oak Death and barkle (oops, that should be bargle) ? If so, just say "adjust your meds, Wendell", and we'll leave it at that. If not, I'll be back tonight with a post about Wendell Willkie.
posted by wendell
on Mar 20, 2004 -
78 comments
Colored usernames. How about a per-user defined option to have usernames show up in custom colors to keep track of users I want to read (red) and users I don't (gray) and everyone else (default). Or some other way to highlight when a user I really like posts without having to memorize lots of names.
posted by stbalbach
on Nov 21, 2003 -
42 comments
Could we have the name of the poster in the RSS feed?
Oh and happy Christmas
posted by none
on Dec 20, 2002 -
8 comments
A minor etiquette question, really, regarding punctuation and capitalization. Join me inside, won't you?
posted by mr_crash_davis
on Jan 15, 2002 -
28 comments
Would it be out of line to ask new member
( . )( . ) to choose another handle? It's annoying and embarrassing to type; vaguely sexist and makes it difficult to address his comments seriously because it's so graphically distracting.
Come on, Jason Kent, do yourself and all of us a favour and choose a sobriquet with some letters in it. It can be as juvenile as you like, but minimally verbal. You seem keen and have points to make. We'd appreciate the gesture, believe me.
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Dec 28, 2001 -
78 comments
What is the correct form of address here at MetaFilter? Or isn't there one? Real names seem to be used more and more. In
this thread holgate and ljromanoff address each other as Lance and Nick. Can we use a real name when we know it - by exchanging emails with someone, for instance? Isn't it confusing for everyone else? Does it make others feel left out? (
Examples inside.)
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Nov 6, 2001 -
59 comments
my old username is now my newusername.reclycling is good. but can i change my name again and not get flogged for name hopping?(first post warning)
posted by newnameintown
on Oct 5, 2001 -
23 comments
