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Identity Crisis?

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vikinger
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vikinger Posted: Mon, May 19 2014 10:41 AM

A number of us appear to have a log-on name that is different from our forum names. 

For some reason, when someone is doing a reply to a post it seems that sometimes the forum name is included in the post, but sometimes the log- on name appears instead. Why does that happen, and is there a way of changing your log-on name to match your forum name?

As two examples, my name Vikinger sometimes appears in replies as my log-on Vikinguk. Jeff's name in responses sometimes comes up as Severian. There are several others that do the same.

Graham

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elephant replied on Mon, May 19 2014 12:10 PM

I had not noticed

Is it an affliction that only affects WedThreaders ?

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moxxey replied on Mon, May 19 2014 1:27 PM

vikinger:

A number of us appear to have a log-on name that is different from our forum names. 

One thing that confuses me, is that this board allows multiple users with the same username. I've seen multiple 'Michael' 'John' etc, which can prove to be very confusing.

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I have just checked and it seems that when you reply from the app, you'll see the user's login name, and when you reply with the forum, you'll see the user's display name.

As I developed the app I'll have a look at that.

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I mostly identify the users by their avatar-pic.

Therefore it is a bit confusing, when people change their avatar-pic (often).

 

Sorry Phil - I had a look at the app long ago, but just one time and never again.

I use the web version!

 

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PhilLondon
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What I meant is that the problem comes from any other person using the app to reply to a post. In that case, the reply will show the the login name rather than the full name, even if you use the web interface.

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vikinger
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vikinger replied on Mon, May 19 2014 4:27 PM

elephant:

I had not noticed

Is it an affliction that only affects WedThreaders ?

There are many Wedthred afflictions, but this is not one of them!

In fact the Wedthred has its own strange afflictions, such as different post counts, recording members as Gold when they have actually dropped to Bronze...... .

Graham

PhilLondon
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The wednesday thread is hosted on a different server, that's why you notice these issues.

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PhilLondon
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PhilLondon:

The wednesday thread is hosted on a different server, that's why you notice these issues.

I am about to submit the new version of the app to Apple and if the quote above here appears correctly, that'll mean the bug is fixed!

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Luke replied on Wed, May 21 2014 10:18 PM

At some point, my post count went back to zero. 

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henrik replied on Sat, May 24 2014 9:58 AM

moxxey:
One thing that confuses me, is that this board allows multiple users with the same username. I've seen multiple 'Michael' 'John' etc, which can prove to be very confusing.

 

Yes, that's very confusing! This is the only board I've ever seen that actually allows this, btw.

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