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jstan
climber
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 16, 2013 - 09:26pm PT
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Some here whom I would like to follow have three letter avatars that can't be searched on.
If you have a three letter avatar, please consider adding an additional letter.
Tx
John
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Jun 16, 2013 - 09:36pm PT
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Flying low as usual
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Jun 16, 2013 - 09:54pm PT
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This is a good point jstan! Like, if I wanted to cyberstalk Harrison H on supertopo, even in a good friendly respectful way, it would be close to impossible!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 16, 2013 - 09:57pm PT
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Oh, phy, Phyl. Four?
I say change the search engine. :)
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jun 16, 2013 - 10:05pm PT
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I nominate the Letter "Z".
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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Jun 16, 2013 - 10:10pm PT
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Scally-wagg LEB is no longer employed here Stan, thankfully.
And I've already got 5 litters….
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jun 16, 2013 - 10:22pm PT
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A new trend that I see more and more frequently is that forums are requiring your real first and last name as your avatar or user ID.
I am in favor of this trend. Maybe the taco should require such?
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jun 16, 2013 - 10:24pm PT
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^^^^Only seen that on NSA.Gov/Forums
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monolith
climber
SF bay area
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Jun 16, 2013 - 10:24pm PT
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You can make links to their post history. Works better than searching.
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Jun 16, 2013 - 10:26pm PT
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Only seen that on NSA.Gov/Forums
Naw. Other forums as well, non-professional, non-governmental.
e.g. Recreation forums, sports forums, history forums, etc.
If I could change my avatar name here on the taco, I would
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jun 16, 2013 - 10:37pm PT
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And that concept will work up until someone gets nailed by a Stalker and their lawyer links the assault to a forum requiring full name disclosure.
Really dude - do you want some of these whackjobs knowing who you really are?
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Jun 17, 2013 - 12:15am PT
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Why?
So Big Sis can find me?
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jun 17, 2013 - 02:04am PT
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You can search for three-letter author nicknames, if what you want is everything posted by the author. Click the GO button of the search field without putting anything in the search field. This will bring up the Forum Search page shown below. Then type the three-letter author nickname in the provided field and click the Search button.
This search will not turn up posts not made by the author but which contain the author's nickname in the body of the post. However, you can get those too by clicking the Search entire site using Google button. You can also go straight to the Google search (which, however, is not what you usually want) by putting a question-mark after the three-letter name typed into the original search field.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jun 17, 2013 - 11:28am PT
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No, you're not. The same method works for you.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Jun 17, 2013 - 02:18pm PT
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rgold to the resCUE ... rgold to the REScue!
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jun 17, 2013 - 09:12pm PT
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Make that RSQ. Now that you can't find via a forum search.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jun 17, 2013 - 10:25pm PT
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When I want to read what someone has written, I click on their avatar which takes me to a page where I can click on their forum posts or send them an email?
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Jun 17, 2013 - 11:04pm PT
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That works if you have an avatar to click on, but could be a problem if the person in question posts only occasionally or hasn't posted for a long time.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Jun 17, 2013 - 11:15pm PT
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I see. In that case, they probably won't even see this request let alone change things, so the best route might be to ask ST if they can change the protocol?
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ec
climber
ca
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Jun 17, 2013 - 11:19pm PT
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Sh*t happens for a reason...
 ec
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