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the option seems to have disappeared from my profile. Anybody else affected?
Can't be bothered to check, but it seems some members have their names in bold for some reason.
Yep, can't change my name.
And sanity was restored.
Premier members have their names in bold? Seems to break a few rules about readability doing that, but wth.
Yup I just went to see if I could stick strong tags around my name and noticed that the feature had gone.
Ooooh, will it make me an attention-seeking whore [s]more so than I am already[/s]
It's gone because some people were abusing their privileges. Hey ho.
cinnamon_girl:Ooooh, will it make me an attention-seeking whore
WGAF?
Tom dB:It's gone because some people were abusing their privileges. Hey ho.
Understandable. Bold usernames though? Looks wrong.
Yeah, what's the bold thing about?
I was assuming it was now a premier thing, but if vinnyeh also has the same problem it would seem not.
WGAF?
My ego of course 🙄
Bold indicates premier members I think...
bold = thread started by premier member, i guess
It's gone because some people were abusing their privileges. Hey ho.
Not arguing Tom, just wondering, but how can you possibly abuse changing your own screen name? I've never seen one that's anything other than silly, TBH, and silly is good, IMO.... 🙂
Premier Users boldy go... 🙂
i got mine in a flashing banner so ner ner ner 😉
Premier Users boldy go...
...back to a regular font?
Mark - Are classifieds donators acknowledged anymore? Sure there used to be a thread for this.
It's gone because some people were abusing their privileges. Hey ho.
Thank **** the silly names were a bit tiring especially when buying from the classifieds.
Not arguing Tom, just wondering, but how can you possibly abuse changing your own screen name? I've never seen one that's anything other than silly, TBH, and silly is good, IMO....
Some people were impersonating others, and some were making really long names that messed up the flow of things.
I'm surprised you've taken so long to pick up on it in that case, Tom - I'm sure I did impersonating somebody else ages ago!
Tom has just got back from a three week holiday... Lets give him chance to catch up eh? 🙂
Tom has just got back from a three week holiday... Lets give him chance to catch up eh?
Nah, its always best to hit the ground running.
Oh and Premier Users have supplied us with a valid payment and a verified billing address, which if I was buying from a Premier User in the classifieds would give me one extra bit of reassurance.
isn't "Premier Member" after their name enough? 🙄
Pook:
isn't "Premier Member" after their name enough?
^This.
That doesn't show up in the forum index.
Some people were impersonating others
Ahh. Fairy nuff.
Oh and Premier Users have supplied us with a valid payment and a verified billing address, which if I was buying from a Premier User in the classifieds would give me one extra bit of reassurance.
It's a good point, and well made...... 🙂
hmm. i never liked the premier member tag, and this seems even worse. seems i won't be getting 'upgraded' then. :shrug:
Tom: are they stuck with whatever stupid name they last set?
😀
A bit like when you mum says "Don't pull a face, if the wind changes you'll stay like it!"
The wind has changed.
I'm in the bold looks crap camp too, sorry Mark but it really looks out of place.
it may not show up in the forum index, but it does show up in the post within the classifieds. After their name. When you're buying stuff. And that.
Seems a bit over kill IMHO and makes the page visually less appealing.
Don't fear change 🙂
The classifieds bold is also to give more prominence to the ads of Premier users. Like bolding your ad in yellow pages. Except it's all part of the Premier service and we don;t charge extra 🙂
Since Resident Grumpys don't also get bold for their threads, does that mean they're untrustworthy?
Hand me your wallet and lets see 🙂
Mark:
Don't fear change
Depends on whether the change looks nice or not.
Can you not just have the prem members names in bold in the classifieds section?
how about a little arrow and boldness in the classifieds?
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I was going to change my name to "captainflashearts love child" and keep it that way.
I'm all for change when it's good but changing to something that looks crap is no good.
Tom a nice box around their name, a different colour maybe but not bold.
[img]/common/images/picon.gif[/img] Ooh little arrows now [img]/common/images/picon.gif[/img]
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Maybe just have the bold in the classifieds. What purpose does shouting who the premier members are in the main forums have? Once in the thread you can see who is what.
How about making premier member names in the listings link to their profiles?
Then they'd be [color=#437C17][b]bold and green[/b][/color] which looks rather nicer.
[...took a few edits but got the colour right eventually...]
How about a little crown icon?
how about they could change the 'premier member' bit to something witty and urbane (with a capped amount of text/letters allowed)? that'd be fun...