Questions about how the site works and site management

Look, I guess it’s just not really on the table to go around sniffing out who belongs to whom or trying to figure out whose clone is whose, and honestly, if that’s where this whole line of questioning is headed, then it’s just a hard no from me.

northernpilot2 said:I guess identifying who belongs to which clone isn't really allowed, so we just don't do that if that's where this is heading.

That’s not really what I meant! I was more curious about how the authorities—who should know—actually find out? Is it maybe through an Intel address?

Honestly, there’s really no need for me to spell this out for you—as one of our most dedicated users, you probably shouldn't even be giving this much thought. 😉

Like what jadetrucker43 was getting at earlier, I guess what people really need to wrap their heads around is that having clone accounts isn't strictly off-limits, provided you aren't using them to dodge a ban or breaking the rules with them, and honestly, as long as you aren't just sitting there talking to yourself in the same thread, which would be pretty pathetic.

jadetrucker43 said:Honestly, you shouldn't even need an explanation for that! As such a model user, I guess it probably shouldn't even matter to you. 😉

I totally get that, but I guess if a family member or a friend uses my computer and logs into my account, could the authorities maybe misinterpret something?

Feel free to keep using the same computer—it’s not like everything boils down to the Intel. 🙂

Is there a way to see a ranking of the most active forum members within a specific discussion thread?

Once you pull up the subforum you're looking for, just glance to the right of the thread title. You'll see who dropped the last comment and the total number of replies in that discussion. Try clicking on that reply count 😉

I was just wondering, is there some kind of scale or maybe something similar that tracks the total number of posts made by everyone on the entire forum? Like, does a master leaderboard exist for all users across the whole site 😁

edit:actually, I think I figured it out myself

Are you talking about this specific list here: or what?

Ugh, I went back and edited my post 🙂

I'm trying to upload a new profile pic, but I keep getting stuck on "it is not a valid image."
Any idea what that actually means?

Are you uploading an avatar directly from your computer or just pasting some URL link?

northernpilot2 said:Are you uploading the avatar from your computer or just using a URL link?

I just have an emblem on my PC. It's something I touched up in Microsoft Paint..

Is there any way to see a list of all the threads started by each user? Like, looking back over the last few years... maybe some kind of registry or archive?

wanderinggull9 said:I’ve got an emblem on my computer. It was tweaked a bit using Microsoft Paint..

There's no way that thing was saved in any decent quality, honestly.
Just right-click the image - open with - Microsoft Paint
And once you've got it open, go to File - Save As - and before you actually hit save, just change the Save as type to JPEG and then save it.

wanderinggull9 said:Is there any way to see a list of all the threads started by every user? Like, going back a few years from now. Maybe like some kind of registry or something?

I'm not totally sure if the search tool goes back several years, but I guess you can still see the threads they've started.
You just head over to the user's profile - Statistics - and there should be a link right there: Find all threads started by...

northernpilot2 said:It definitely doesn't look like it was saved right.
Just right-click the image, select "open with," and pick Microsoft Paint
Once it's open, go to File - Save As. Before you hit save, change the file type to JPEG and then you're good to go.

Not sure if the search tool goes back that far, but you can check out their old threads.
Just head over to the user's profile, click on Statistics, and you'll see a link here: Find all threads started by...

May Zeus guide your way.

🙂
God willing 😁

So, what’s the deal when you click on someone’s profile (statistics) and that "Recommendations:0,1..." part pops up at the bottom?
Are those just moderator endorsements?

So 🙂

When you're going through the registration process, there's this little field where you can drop the username of whoever actually sent you to this Reddit thread in the first place.

If some current Reddit user told you about us, just type their handle right here
Referrer:

That number basically shows how many people have, you know, used your nickname as their referral when they signed up.