# Is there any way to show "location" anymore?

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**Created:** [November 12, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-location-anymore/925378 "2020-11-12T00:43:18Z")
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### Author: ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [November 12, 2020, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-show-location-anymore/925378/9 "2020-11-12T19:36:15Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> > [@LSLGuy](#):
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> > Maybe we need a Thread Game or something to raise awareness: “I locationed; have you?”
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> I like that idea. I would encourage you to do that and would be willing to help with it if you need any.

Done.

> [@I Locationed - Have you? A thread with a Community Benefit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-locationed-have-you-a-game-with-a-community-benefit/925454):
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> Hi folks - Just like vBulletin, Discourse has a place for you to enter your location. Which will be displayed if somebody clicks on your avatar. Try mine and look just below the big pink/purple L. Back in vBulletin most of us put something in the location in our profile. Some as a joke, most as legit info. During the conversion to Discourse that info was not transferred. So nearly everybody now has a blank location. And nearly everybody doesn’t know that, and also doesn’t know that they can…

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