# Bolding usernames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605>\
**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:** 9\
**Page:** 3

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**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/41 "2003-11-18T18:11:37Z")

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I saw everyone else do it, and like the pathetic follower I am, I joined in. 🙂

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**Author:** ![slu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@slu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slu)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/42 "2003-11-18T18:35:47Z")

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Wait a minute! You can _bold_ things in your messages???

I thought you could only **italicize**. Boy was I wrong…

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/43 "2003-11-18T18:40:55Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by slu \*  
> Wait a minute! You can _bold_ things in your messages???
> 
> I thought you could only **italicize**. Boy was I wrong…

Green  
Blue

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/44 "2003-11-18T23:07:00Z")

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**aGIANT[sub]dwarf[/sub]**

;j

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**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 19, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/45 "2003-11-19T03:06:34Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Eve \*  
> \*\*Whu—_huh?_ Not to hijack, but “decling health?” What’s up, hon? \*\*

Just a general falling apart related to my diabetes that I’ve not posted about here. There have been some really bad declines and problems lately, but one symptom that has been exacerbated as of late is a severe stiffness in the hands and fingers, which is accompanied by numbness and tingling as if they are asleep. It takes sometimes a good two hours before my hands work properly lately when I wake up in the morning, and it’s hard to type certain keys, which leads to embarassing typos, and me not using the [and] sometimes because that little finger on the right hand sometimes refuses to move. On the grand scheme of things, it’s no big deal. There are much worse issues.

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**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/46 "2003-11-19T07:50:29Z")

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I suspect **agiantdwarf** is reading this, even if just for grins. I like to think most of us have the good sense to see why bolding usernames is a decent courtesy here.

In addition to bold and italic you can also _ **underline** _.

And I have _got_ to start attending Dopefests! 😃 🆒

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**Author:** ![Henry\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Henry\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_B)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/47 "2003-11-19T07:58:38Z")

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**Una Persson!**  
You do not need to use the (Alt Gr + Shift 8) for [.  
Use the B at **vB code**  
Then You get a window up left.  
Write Your text there and push OK.

Btw. Swedish? I also have a Swedish keyboard.

Henry

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**Author:** ![Henry\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d78d45/32.png) [@Henry\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_B)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/48 "2003-11-19T07:59:58Z")

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Yes, I almost forgot. It is polite to make the other guys name in bold letters.

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**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolding-usernames/213605/49 "2003-11-19T08:23:57Z")

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Well, I put other people’s names in “all caps,” out of force of long habit, dating back to when Grandpa was a little shaver and the internet didn’t have fancy coding, so you had to underline _like this_ and bold LIKE THIS.

Now people think I’m randomly shouting people’s names, when really it’s that I’m too mentally challenged to remember to bold instead.

Thanks for asking, AGIANTDWARF.

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