Do you look at other Boards users profile page and if so why?

pablomakaveli

So opened my profile page earlier and noticed the recent visitorsbox that shows you the most recent posters to look at your profile page. Which got me thinking as to why these posters were looking at my profile page?

The only times i ever really look at someones profile page is usually due to accidentally clicking on their username or so sometimes when i see a familiar poster has been banned or closed their account just as a curiousity to see what their most recent posts were to maybe shed some light on why they got banned or closed their account.

It's only very very rarely i'd go to search through someones post for any other reason.

So for those of you that do, what reasons do you usually look at another users profile page for?

Supergurrier

Because boobs and or possibility of boobs.

wazky

To see where they live.....

Mr. Incognito

Where's the poll?

I love surveys for useless vacuous wonderings.

We need to get to the bones of this issue.

LynnGrace

Accidental clicks, in my case.

pablomakaveli

Supergurrier wrote: »

Because boobs and or possibility of boobs.

Is there a secret Boards Gonewild forum i don't know about?

Pwindedd

I don't know why either, yours gives nothing away. Apart from location. Had to look, sorry !

Techno_Toaster

For funsies

Maphisto

Like you, by mistake, if I'm trying to click on a post and hit the username by mistake. Must learn to not mash the mouse. :pac:

I don't recall ever seeing anything remotely interesting though.

Grandpa Hassan

Accidental clicks all the time as the screen on the iPhone moves as the advert banner loads up. So what you clicked (tapped) on is not what you intended

pablomakaveli

Pwindedd wrote: »

I don't know why either, yours gives nothing away. Apart from location. Had to look, sorry !

If someone filled in all the info in the About me section they'd really want a hard lesson on internet security.

woodchuck

Maybe you've been nominated for a private forum and the current members are looking you up to see if you're good enough for them :P

Maphisto

woodchuck wrote: »

Maybe you've been nominated for a private forum and the current members are looking you up to see if you're good enough for them :P

And you never are?:pac:

PizzamanIRL

To look at their most thanked post and laugh.

woodchuck

Maphisto wrote: »

And you never are?:pac:

Or I'm silently judging your application :pac:

FullblownRose

Ive never acidentally clicked through. I might have looked at 5 or so profiles because i thought i might know the user. ive had 344 visitors and i havent directly conversed with most of them.

jubella

Accidental clicks, or sometimes I do a bit of detective work if I think I might know someone in real life :pac:

longhalloween

To point out hypocrisy.

Hotale.com

jubella wrote: »

Accidental clicks, or sometimes I do a bit of detective work if I think I might know someone in real life :pac:

This. Usually accidental clickes, sometimes "detective work", but then I get paranoid about them figuring out who I am if they see I looked at there page :pac:

auldgranny

Supergurrier wrote: »

Because boobs and or possibility of boobs.

See my mistake. One user has visited my page.
If I had called my self Tits McGee or 36DD Dora you be all looking.

BearBanjer

Grandpa Hassan wrote: »

Accidental clicks all the time as the screen on the iPhone moves as the advert banner loads up. So what you clicked (tapped) on is not what you intended

Same. Only reason I'd ever click someone's profile or *shudder* ads.

Hotale.com

auldgranny wrote: »

See my mistake. One user has visited my page.
If I had called my self Tits McGee or 36DD Dora you be all looking.

Auld Granny tits aren't good. Sorry.

Hotale.com

Lads, how does the star system work under our usernames? :pac: I really don't get it!

auldgranny

Hotale.com wrote: »

Auld Granny tits aren't good. Sorry.

That's the reason I never should have called myself that! Too honest
If I called myself Tits McGee I could pretend to be 25 and drive all the young lads here mad:)

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

"Accidental clicks" me arse.

You're all a bunch of stalkers, be honest.

woodchuck

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller wrote: »

"Accidental clicks" me arse.

You're all a bunch of stalkers, lets be honest.

A little from column A and a little from column B :pac:

Ted_YNWA

Hotale.com wrote: »

Lads, how does the star system work under our usernames? :pac: I really don't get it!

Something to do with the number of posts you have, hit a certain target, get another one.

Subscribers get red stars.

BearBanjer

Hotale.com wrote: »

Lads, how does the star system work under our usernames? :pac: I really don't get it!

If you subscribe you get those fancy pink stars.

Then I guess it's simply the more posts you have the more stars you get.

Hotale.com

Ted_YNWA wrote: »

Something to do with the number of posts you have, hit a certain target, get another one.

Subscribers get red stars.

But you nearly have 5000, I've 800 and something, and we have the same amount of stars...? Bit of a silly system really.

pablomakaveli

Hotale.com wrote: »

But you nearly have 5000, I've 800 and something, and we have the same amount of stars...? Bit of a silly system really.

I think 4 stars might be subscribers and 5 stars for mods,admins etc. At least i think thats how it works anyway.

Hotale.com

pablomakaveli wrote: »

I think 4 stars might be subscribersand 5 stars for mods,admins etc. At least i think thats how it works anyway.

I feel excluded.

Peregrine

Hotale.com wrote: »

But you nearly have 5000, I've 800 and something, and we have the same amount of stars...? Bit of a silly system really.

I think it's 2 stars for 100 posts, 3 stars for 500 posts and 4 stars for 10,000 posts. Not sure about the first star, maybe 50 posts.

4 silver stars for all mods and 4 red stars for all subscribers.

5 silver stars for CMods, 5 gold stars for admins and 5 lighter blue stars for Boards employees.

jubella

2 people have been stalking on my page since I posted on this thread. Coincidence? I think not!

YFlyer

auldgranny wrote: »

See my mistake. One user has visited my page.
If I had called my self Tits McGee or 36DD Dora you be all looking.

Rayne Wooney?

woodchuck

jubella wrote: »

2 people have been stalking on my page since I posted on this thread. Coincidence? I think not!

Make that 3...

jubella

woodchuck wrote: »

Make that 3...

Now you're going to tell me it was 'accidental'.
People on boards seem to be a clumsy bunch.

woodchuck

jubella wrote: »

Now you're going to tell me it was 'accidental'.
People on boards seem to be a clumsy bunch.

I blame my phone :pac:

Legs.Eleven

Do your own clicks count?


I've had 2500 views on my profile in just over a year. That's a lot.



I usually look at other profiles to confirm they're trolls or not.

kowloon

If a new poster pops up and sound familiar I'll look at their other posts and try to figure out who they were. If I find someone has closed their accounts I check their last posts to see if there's a reason for them quitting.

ratmouse

LynnGrace wrote: »

Accidental clicks, in my case.

Same in my case

Temptamperu

Only to see if they are girls... or can be dressed up like a girl.

shruikan2553

The touchscreen version of a website makes it very easy. Now and again I may look at someone's posts to confirm they are a troll or just very stupid.

Turtwig

Either when moderating. Wanting to send a pm. Or accidentally clicking the username when I mean to click the thread title. Plus some various other touch site mishaps.

ryan101

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

I think it's 2 stars for 100 posts, 3 stars for 500 posts and 4 stars for 10,000 posts. Not sure about the first star, maybe 50 posts.

4 silver stars for all mods and 4 red stars for all subscribers.

5 silver stars for CMods, 5 gold stars for admins and 5 lighter blue stars for Boards employees.

And 6 stars if you get a job in McDonalds

It's usually accidental but if someone posts something interesting or seems interesting generally, I might look up their posts to see what else they have to say.

Sometimes I check out the kind of poster you find with 9 posts but who seems very familiar in the kinds of threads that often have 'new' posters. They usually give themselves away pretty quickly and wind up with 'banned' under their name before too long.

Mainly it's accidental, banana-hand syndrome.

FunLover18

Hotale.com wrote: »

Lads, how does the star system work under our usernames? :pac: I really don't get it!

"There came a time I has to aks myself, did I even want to be a three? Or did I just hate myself for being a two? I don't know. All I know is I sure love them apples! "

stefan idiot jones

I never look, I rarely look at who posted what where anyway.

When I occasionally go onto a pc and see my own list of last visitors, dr. bollocko is inevitably there. Either he is a fan or checking my stupid/offensive posts debating a ban.

Alf. A. Male

I look at profiles because the username suggests they might be a woman, same as the liars claiming accidental clicks.

FunLover18

Alf. A. Male wrote: »

I look at profiles because the username suggests they might be a woman, same as the liars claiming accidental clicks.

Just replace 'liked' with 'thanked'

http://cdn.hsmemes.com/2012/3/31/89e202c805a973679504685839c1b804.jpg

Alf. A. Male

FunLover18 wrote: »

Just replace 'liked' with 'thanked'

http://cdn.hsmemes.com/2012/3/31/89e202c805a973679504685839c1b804.jpg

I want to thank your post and check your profile, but now it'd be wrong :-P

G_R

Usually deciding if someone gets into Ranting and Raving. When you click a name and the last views were all other mods/cmods/admins it's never a good sign!

That and by mistake.