# Custom titles now available! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 16, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262 "2010-02-16T23:19:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/101 "2010-02-18T18:45:23Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > By the way, a certain message board is all over this. Their ad at the bottom of the page (for those of you who see ads) says, “What kind of moron pays for a custom title?” What kind of moron pays for an ad to ask a question like that? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/102 "2010-02-18T18:52:48Z")
Dude, what does mine say? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/103 "2010-02-18T19:35:12Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > What kind of moron pays for an ad to ask a question like that? Exactly. They’re the ones paying us in order to insult us.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/104 "2010-02-18T19:39:19Z")
And nobody who has a custom title is seeing the ad. Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/105 "2010-02-18T19:48:16Z")
Will title changes behave the same as username changes for old posts, or will they persistent with the post? What I mean is - if I make a post and my title at the time is “Vegemite Hoarder”, but I later change my title to something else, like “Death from the Side”, will the original post have the old title or the new title? And yes, I’m asking this because of the opportunities involved in changing the title to make it more post-appropriate, or post-humorous. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/106 "2010-02-18T19:54:19Z")
Like your user name, post count, location, and subscription status, your current custom title will show up on all of your posts. So if you change it to “Vegemite Hoarder” now, people will see that on every post you’ve made here. If you change it to “Death from the Side,” that will show up on on all of your posts. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/107 "2010-02-18T20:07:14Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > Would you reconsider guests not having access to a custom title please? > > (Obviously for a fee!) Bump ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/108 "2010-02-18T20:10:19Z")
But guests do have access to a custom title, for a fee. The fee for them includes the annual fee to become a member. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/109 "2010-02-18T20:21:51Z")
Giles, what does that say? ETA: Oh, it’s _geek_! ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/110 "2010-02-18T20:45:07Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > Would you reconsider guests not having access to a custom title please? > > (Obviously for a fee!) As Giles said, all you need to do is become a member, then you can get a custom title. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/111 "2010-02-18T20:47:26Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > As Giles said, all you need to do is become a member, then you can get a custom title. Well I did it because I needed to show that I was a usenet nerd once. But I think that most folk aren’t as drunk as me, and allowing this to guests may be a good idea, honestly Ed, I do 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/112 "2010-02-18T21:00:02Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > Well I did it because I needed to show that I was a usenet nerd once. But I think that most folk aren’t as drunk as me Well, we’ll prey on some other weakness then. Seriously, glad to have you aboard. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/113 "2010-02-18T21:11:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Giles, what does that say? > > ETA: Oh, it’s _geek_! You ain’t just whistlin’ the theme from “Najica-Blitz Tactics”, partner. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/114 "2010-02-19T19:26:16Z")
If I were on the SD staff, I would use either “Graphite” or “Deuterium Oxide” (“heavy water”) on the grounds that they’ve been scientifically demonstrated to be excellent moderators. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/115 "2010-02-19T19:55:36Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > If I were on the SD staff, I would use either “Graphite” or “Deuterium Oxide” (“heavy water”) on the grounds that they’ve been scientifically demonstrated to be excellent moderators. 🙂 On other boards, puns this [del]good[/del] bad would have caused a chain reaction amongst the posters. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/116 "2010-02-19T20:02:30Z")
[On the subject of new titles…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552891) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/117 "2010-02-20T08:05:49Z")
This is more fun than I thought it would be . . . and I thought it would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/118 "2010-02-20T13:05:50Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > This is more fun than I thought it would be . . . and I thought it would be fun. Yes, it’s amazing what we can be amused by! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/119 "2010-02-20T19:44:04Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > This is more fun than I thought it would be . . . and I thought it would be fun. Yes. Yes it is. Although I’m not nearly as funny as I thought I was before I shelled out the dough. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262/120 "2010-02-20T22:01:02Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Although I’m not nearly as funny as I thought I was before I shelled out the dough. It does go well with your username though. I keed. I keed. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/custom-titles-now-available/529262.md?page=7)