# Mentioning other Dopers in a post **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874 "2011-05-31T18:46:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/21 "2011-05-31T23:39:50Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > I…just had a vision of **Skald** as a [Centauri,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centauri_%28Babylon_5%29#Reproductive_biology). That would make perfect sense… I have been making that reference for years, and somebody finally gets it! Remind me to send you some cheesecake. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/22 "2011-05-31T23:41:38Z")
I try to if I remember. If I don’t, it’s no big deal. I realize it’s a Doper tradition, but it isn’t mandatory. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/23 "2011-05-31T23:57:21Z")
My username is pretty bold already. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/24 "2011-05-31T23:59:24Z")
I always bold usernames. I think it’s a nice practice. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/25 "2011-06-01T02:38:38Z")
I always do. Since ctrl+b works it’s really easy. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/26 "2011-06-01T04:49:22Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > I always do. Since ctrl+b works it’s really easy. Interesting. I never knew that. It doesn’t work for me in Chrome (my standard browser) or Safari, but it does in Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/27 "2011-06-01T05:20:26Z")
I do. Have since I began posting. It seems to just be a convention here, though; I don’t remember seeing it anywhere else. However, given that I’ve been here over ten years, it’s pretty thoroughly ingrained. I think that it makes it easier to scan a post, too. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/28 "2011-06-01T22:45:10Z")
Between board names that don’t look like real world names, and the fact that many board names are not capitalized like real world names, I find it much easier to identify **Tastes of Chocolate** as a board name, while Tastes of Chocolate could be a collection of words. So yes, user names get bolded. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/29 "2011-06-01T22:56:30Z")
I do, because if I put a username at the beginning of a sentence, it looks funny if I don’t capitalize it, and it’s just wrong if I do. etv78, is there a particular reason you’re asking this? (See? It looks wrong.) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/30 "2011-06-01T23:08:54Z")
No special reason, just fits the Mundane Pointless definition to a “T”. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/31 "2011-06-01T23:27:12Z")
I do, and I like it. The only time I don’t is when I post from the phone; PITA. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/32 "2011-06-01T23:59:33Z")
> [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](#): > > …while Tastes of Chocolate could be a collection of words. Or a band name from the eighties. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/33 "2011-06-02T08:52:33Z")
When some people Really Aren’t All That Bright and pick the Least Original User Name Ever, it’s because they could be overlyverbose, an IvoryTowerDenizen or an ugly ripe tomato. I’ve learned that even though I want to Reply, it’s Implicit if I don’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874/34 "2011-06-02T10:12:26Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > When some people Really Aren’t All That Bright and pick the Least Original User Name Ever, it’s because they could be overlyverbose, an IvoryTowerDenizen or an ugly ripe tomato. I’ve learned that even though I want to Reply, it’s Implicit if I don’t ask. You’ve been waiting a long time to post something like that, haven’t you? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentioning-other-dopers-in-a-post/583874.md?page=1)