# Profile Contact Options: add Skype?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-contact-options-add-skype/379380>\
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**Created:** [November 7, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-contact-options-add-skype/379380 "2006-11-07T02:10:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-contact-options-add-skype/379380/1 "2006-11-07T02:10:03Z")

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So in the Profile there’s a space to input my AIM identity, my MSN identity, my ICQ identity, and my Yahoo identity.

May I suggest that it would be modern-era appropriate to add a space for inputting one’s Skype ID?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-contact-options-add-skype/379380/2 "2006-11-07T04:59:07Z")

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The SDMB runs vBulletin. Unless the feature is built into vBulletin by Jelsoft (the makers of vBulletin) there is a very low chance that the SDMB would modify the vB installation to support the feature. I don’t believe vBulletin supports this feature at this time, although hacks do exist to add such support.

Feature requests for the vBulletin software can be made at [www.vbulletin.org](http://www.vbulletin.org). Someone has already requested this feature in their feedback forum:

[http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130792](http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130792)

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Feldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mr\_Feldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Feldman)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-contact-options-add-skype/379380/3 "2006-11-07T16:03:08Z")

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I’m confused as to why you would want someone to start phoning you?

Are you offering specialist services?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2006, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profile-contact-options-add-skype/379380/4 "2006-11-07T21:44:36Z")

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Just as some people wish to list their phone numbers in the directory, there are some who do not object to having their Skype ID numbers listed somewhere. It’s a tad closer to listing personal information but personal privacy is not exactly a given on the Internet.

That being said I can’t see much difference at this point.

Listing Skype is not a current option but may be an option in the future; if there was enough of a call for it we could probably put it in as another field somewhere in the profile; however, this is the first call we’ve had for it from anyone.