# Bolding usernames **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 16, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605 "2003-11-16T23:33:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mac\_Guffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Mac\_Guffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac_Guffin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/21 "2003-11-17T08:20:49Z")
Perhaps [sub]agiantdwarf [/sub]would prefer things this way? Works for me. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/22 "2003-11-17T09:08:03Z")
Personally I do it so morons like **agiantdwarf** shall not miss my insults when they skim the page. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/23 "2003-11-17T09:22:59Z")
**I just type in bold all the time, because I’m a total whore for attention.** ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/24 "2003-11-17T10:42:10Z")
**agiantdwarf** … It’s just the way we do things around here man. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/25 "2003-11-17T11:04:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by World Eater \* > \*\*Fuck off. \*\* Don’t you mean Fuck **off**? I hear she’s a babe. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/26 "2003-11-17T14:05:25Z")
Hmm… **agiantdwarf** … because we can. And it really does increase your odds of carnal knowledge at Dopefests. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/27 "2003-11-17T18:16:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr2001 \* > Bolding usernames in your own writing gives your posts a clean, consistent, professional look, thus increasing your Board Popularity Quotient and your chances of getting laid at Dopefests. **Mr2001** does this knowledge come from personal expierence? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/28 "2003-11-18T00:40:44Z")
To **boldly** go where no one has gone before … 😃 ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/29 "2003-11-18T01:03:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > \*\*Don’t you mean Fuck **off**? > > I hear she’s a babe. \*\* 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/30 "2003-11-18T01:22:01Z")
I don’t think **agiantdwarf** is coming back. The OP has the stink of a drive-by pitting, in which a (usually new) member thinks up some trivial complaint just so they can have the excitement of starting a thread in the pit. However, I’ll still answer the OP anyway: I type usernames in bold because it significantly increases the amount of formatting tags in any given message and thus the risk of a typo which will produce an embarassing expanse of bold following a [b/] tag. This allows me to live on the thrilling edge of danger. Truly, you haven’t lived until you’ve typed out a response mentioning three users with names bolded, and then submitted it before you can check your formatting. The adrenaline rush has a kick like a mule. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/31 "2003-11-18T01:36:20Z")
I used to do it all the time purely as a matter of habit because everyone else did it. However, my declining health makes it harder to type many days (especially that “reach” to [and]), and thus I have been reducing the number of times I use the bracket keys. ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/32 "2003-11-18T01:54:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by misstee \* > **Mr2001** does this knowledge come from personal expierence? If you keep bolding my name like that, you just might find out first hand… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/33 "2003-11-18T02:32:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr2001 \* > \*\*Because usernames are bolded on the forum index, the thread list, and the left column of thread views like this one. > > Bolding usernames in your own writing gives your posts a clean, consistent, professional look, thus increasing your Board Popularity Quotient and your chances of getting laid at Dopefests. \*\* Wait a minute, you can get laid at a dopefest?:smack: ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/34 "2003-11-18T04:59:57Z")
Of course, _a_ **Gi** aNt **D** w_ar **f** _, it could be worse. I will never try that again. Maybe.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/35 "2003-11-18T13:50:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr2001 \* > \*\*If you keep bolding my name like that, you just might find out first hand… 😉 \*\* Oh, really **Mr2001**? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/36 "2003-11-18T15:04:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Una Persson \* > \*\*I used to do it all the time purely as a matter of habit because everyone else did it. However, my declining health makes it harder to type many days (especially that “reach” to [and]), and thus I have been reducing the number of times I use the bracket keys. \*\* Whu—_huh?_ Not to hijack, but “decling health?” What’s up, hon? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/37 "2003-11-18T16:32:00Z")
I’m quite sure he was using hyperbole, **Eve**. I could be wrong though. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/38 "2003-11-18T17:05:36Z")
Er… “she” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/39 "2003-11-18T17:13:15Z")
I am sooooo going to the wrong Dopefests. ---
**Author:** ![Genghis\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/45deac/32.png) [@Genghis\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genghis_Bob)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/40 "2003-11-18T17:14:24Z")
Don’t you mean “Oh for **Christ’s** sake. It’s the custom over here and it makes for clarity. Notice that it’s not required.”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605.md?page=3)