Idea: We should at least be able to view a DUers start date and number of threads

[Flabbergasted]

It helps out in determining how likely a certain member is a troll or how credible a member is.

This information is not in anyway intrusive.

Just a thought.

Many times, I want to look up a members profile just to see when they started.

[IndyOp]

1. You can - just click the little icon

next to their name -- the icon that looks like an address card.

[Flabbergasted]

7. You can choose to hide it.

[IndyOp]

12. True dat. (n/t)

[angstlessk]

8. I think he is referring to those who have disabled their profiles. n/t

[NC_Nurse]

2. You can.

Click on the user profile button next to their name. It looks like a rolodex card.

[Flabbergasted]

13. see post 8

[angstlessk]

3. I saw one with single digit posts...been here since 2005!!!

obviously I disagreed, which is why I checked them out...but you are correct, number of posts has very little to do with their start date.

[Capn Sunshine]

22. Sleeper cell

!

[PeaceNikki]

4. I'd like to think that length of time active here is not a litmus test to credibility

Nor are number of posts.

:shrug:

[emilyg]

15. Imo - you think right.

[PeaceNikki]

18. No, no, no. I think left.

You're not calling me a troll, are you? ;)

[emilyg]

50. LOL

:pals:

[Flabbergasted]

19. No, but it can be insightful.

Did a poster join during the last year and extremely is this person extraordinarily committed to one candidate or idea.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

20. Exactly.

Although when a poster's join date happens to coincide with the current date and they're using they're first five, ten, twenty posts to explain how any of the Democratic candidates are "looosers", well, my trolldar is activated.

However, I also know we have long time members who rarely post so numbers should not be a litmus test.

And, newbies who come on board and express their frustration with the lack of progress that Democrats have made on huge issues like the Iraq occupation should not be penalized for expressing their view, either.

MKJ

[Flabbergasted]

25. I don't judge a member from their start date or posts

but it does provide a reference pont.

[IndyOp]

5. You, for example...

Joined on Dec 22nd 2005
Number of posts 5335
Gender male
City Portland
State OR
Country USA
Hobby Music, Business, Politics
Comment "Never underestimate a desperate president," said Rep. Harold Solomon, (R-NY)

[tekisui]

6. If posters have their profile turned off, it is telling in itself.

[Flabbergasted]

28. Good point tekisui.

[cboy4]

9. I agree. All Obama supporters should unhide their

profiles.





A JOKE

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. You can.

Click on the little thingy that looks like a Rolodex card for "author's profile." That will show the number of posts and when they joined.

[Flabbergasted]

14. see post 8

[bicentennial_baby]

11. You must not remember Seventhson, then...

:rofl:

[angstlessk]

21. I remember him..and I bet we will find a few who are really freepers

AFTER the primaries..and they will howl with laughter cause they turned us against each other!

[Flabbergasted]

36. No I don't. Care to share? nt

[madrchsod]

49. how about ductapefatwa.. i think he outed himself nov4th 2004

i did a search and that`s the last posts i can find..
alas he`s under the dreaded tombstone..

i forgot about seventhson

[uppityperson]

16. If you hover cursor over envelope, a number will show at bottom of page

that is their join number, you can compare it with others whose info you can see to get and approximate join time. Hide is annoying.

[Flabbergasted]

23. Ok you mean...

I am id=182409

and you are

id=153408

signifying you started well before me.

[uppityperson]

38. Right. Numbers are in relation to each other like that.

[Flabbergasted]

39. Thanks for your time. nt

[scarletwoman]

29. Actually, you have to subtract 100,000 from that number to get the real sign-up #.

All the numbers from the beginning of this board started with 100,000 -- for example, if you are registered user #2345, the number that shows is 102,345.

The numbering has gone into the two hundred thousands, now. So if you are registered user #123,456, the number that shows is 223,456.

My true registration number from joining in 2001, before there were even 10,000 registered users, is 6679, but it shows as 106,679.

sw

(edited because I posted my own number wrong -- duh!)

[Flabbergasted]

35. Thank You very much, and that clears things up quite well.

[TomInTib]

17. Heck, I was here for years before I figured out how to join or post.

I just thought it was sort of like a club that made its members musings available to the public.

[Flabbergasted]

26. I bet it took a bit of schooling to make you see the light...?

:)

[Cleita]

24. It used to be that way and there were I have more posts than

you wars, so shaddup! That's why it isn't done anymore.

[Flabbergasted]

27. Ok. That makes sense. nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

33. ...

:-)

[jkshaw]

47. It does?

[scarletwoman]

31. I think the OP is talking about users who disable their profiles. If you click on someone's profile

you can still see exactly how many posts they have and the date they joined DU. But when someone disables their profile, there's nothing to click on.

sw

[TheJizzaking]

30. That's not nice.

Just because I'm new, it doesn't necessarily mean I'm a troll. I'm a long time lurker, who finally decided to register. And I'm a Obama supporter also.

[Flabbergasted]

34. Welcome to DU

I never implied that new members are trolls. But I like to know when a member joined. It helps to get a more complete picture. I found out how to do this.

[scarletwoman]

43. The OP is talking about people with their profiles disabled, you have your profile enabled,

so what the OP is talking about doesn't apply to you.

Welcome to DU!
:hi:

sw

[TreasonousBastard]

32. I disagree-- it's not up to you or me to...

decide who's a troll. That's the mods' job, and they have all the tools they need to do it.

A post should simply stand or fall on its own merits, without regard to who posts. Trolls succeed because we're dumb enough to fall into their traps and keep arguing.

[Flabbergasted]

37. Good point.

[LWolf]

40. Help yourself.

Just what kind of posts do you think reveals a "troll?"

What is a troll, anyway? Someone who doesn't drink the current koolaid? What?

[Flabbergasted]

41. It's difficult to tell I admit...

Those who specifically post attack threads against nominees and joined over the last year are suspect to me.

[rug]

42. I'm holding out for verifiable DU ID cards.

[Flabbergasted]

44. What good would it do without enforceable laws...

We should be throwing these bastards in jail.

:)

[rug]

45. First jail, then exile.

Oh, wait . . . I've got to stop watching Romney ads.

[Flabbergasted]

46. I thought we had "camps" set up for that?

[Skip Intro]

48. I'm with ya. Used to be that way. Many newcomers' profiles are hidden.

It's been my experience that they shill for Obama.