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Title: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: plushroo on September 06, 2012, 06:45:50 PM
In several different posts of different topics lately I've been seeing my username posted. Is this a glitch? It's freaking me out! LOL!

Just a couple of examples:

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Hi plushroo and welcome to my sales thread!

I've done a head count again, and this is how many ponies I have:

G1: 107
G2: 2
G3: 50
G4: 7
G4 blind bags: 7
Customs: 18 (2 custom plushies)
Fakies: 8

Total: 199

How many do you have plushroo?
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: StoryDreamer on September 06, 2012, 06:54:55 PM
it's a gimmick that makes your username display :)
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: SourdoughStomper on September 06, 2012, 06:58:13 PM
What she said. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: saply on September 06, 2012, 07:11:46 PM
It's a bit of code that displays the username of whoever it reading it. You type [*you] without the asterisk for it to work. For instance:

Dear [you],
I've always secretly harbored an earnest sort of love for you, but up until now I've been too afraid to express it. I hope you will read this and finally understand my feelings.
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: Takoto on September 06, 2012, 07:15:16 PM
When I first came across this is confused me massively! I was looking at someone's signature, and it said "Hi, Takoto!" I was like, WHAT? I'M A NEWBIE HOW DOES THIS PERSON KNOW ME. xD
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: True on September 06, 2012, 07:16:17 PM
Gee Saply I never knew you felt that way about me! XD
Yep it's a code, it kinda bothered me at first lol but now I'm used to seeing it everywhere.
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: SourdoughStomper on September 06, 2012, 07:19:01 PM
D'awww, Saply. :-*
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: plushroo on September 06, 2012, 09:00:56 PM
Ahh! Thanks for clearing it up! Boy, this new forum sure has a lot of surprises! I was starting to think I was being  monitored  lol!
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: rybett on September 07, 2012, 02:50:47 PM
Aww Saply!!  You made my day!  ;)
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: tuneful87 on September 14, 2012, 12:22:02 AM
It's a bit of code that displays the username of whoever it reading it. You type [*you] without the asterisk for it to work. For instance:

Dear [you],
I've always secretly harbored an earnest sort of love for you, but up until now I've been too afraid to express it. I hope you will read this and finally understand my feelings.

Love it!

This threw me off too the first time I saw it. I first noticed it in one if the eliminated ANTM contestants' siggies. It said something like: "Hope you're having a nice day tuneful87" - I thought it was some sort of angry dig at me! Hehe. I had to ask around before realizing what a fool I'd been!
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: OLumeVaSti on September 14, 2012, 01:04:08 AM
It's a bit of code that displays the username of whoever it reading it. You type [*you] without the asterisk for it to work. For instance:

Dear [you],
I've always secretly harbored an earnest sort of love for you, but up until now I've been too afraid to express it. I hope you will read this and finally understand my feelings.

Now that creeps me out  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: Tulips on September 17, 2012, 05:45:16 AM
Dear [you],
I've always secretly harbored an earnest sort of love for you, but up until now I've been too afraid to express it. I hope you will read this and finally understand my feelings.

Out of every single time I've seen this code used... this has made me lol the hardest!  XD
Good to know what the code is, I'm tossing up whether or not to use it since it weirded me out at first and some others find it strange too :P
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: PrincessStarlily on September 21, 2012, 03:29:09 PM
Pfffft--hahahaha! ROFL...this totally threw me off. I was getting all these mysterious compliments and hellos from random ponies' signatures and all the while I was like "Whaaaaaa...?"

Okay. Now I'm good. :P
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: FlitterRose on September 25, 2012, 07:27:52 AM
It was a big confuse for everybody,who didn't know  :lol: I even embarraced myself without wanting  :lol:
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: Sarahlacewing on September 25, 2012, 07:31:48 AM
I was a little confused at first but now I'm on the bandwagon.  I often get messages from confused folks asking 'why are you posting strange comments about me?" "do we know each other?" that sort of thing.
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: Galactica on September 25, 2012, 07:34:40 AM
I was very confused at first too- 
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: HoustonCollector72 on October 04, 2012, 05:00:38 PM
Ahh! Thanks for clearing it up! Boy, this new forum sure has a lot of surprises! I was starting to think I was being  monitored  lol!


well you are being monitored :) LOL  JK!
I even messaged a member about this, she did explain LOL
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: Vulpy on October 05, 2012, 08:00:55 AM
Lol. It freaked me out too. Almost every signature was like "Hi Vulpy!" :D" and I was like "0.0....They know me?" XD
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: hokuspokus on October 05, 2012, 10:38:25 AM
hehe, i finally get it! ;) i was like 'how they do that??!!! Thought i was just extremely popular.  :lookround:
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: cobalte on October 08, 2012, 01:53:09 AM
Even though I know what it is I still get bothered somehow. I don't really understand why lol
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: Fräulein_Kim on November 08, 2012, 12:50:33 PM
Ah this! I came back after having been absent from the arena for a month or two and suddenly saw my name EVERYWHERE! o^o
I was like.. What the.. Have they been talking about me? HAVE I DONE SOMETHING WRONG? For a while I even tought someone had hacked my account and used it for whatever while I was away since I didn't even know some of the people who were suddenly greeting me.. Hahaha. xD;

Glad I wasn't the only one that got fooled by it, tho! 030
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: Mango on November 23, 2012, 05:18:32 PM
Ohhhh I GET it!!! :D well that's a relief. lol
Title: Re: Seeing my name in threads?
Post by: nmmoon on November 23, 2012, 09:14:44 PM
LOL I freaked out too but now that I'm in the know. It's pretty funny.
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