# User Card Background holdouts: are you going to stick to your guns or get one? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408 "2021-04-20T23:30:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/21 "2021-04-22T17:52:33Z")
I had no idea this was even A Thing! But now I am a proud user-card-carrying member. EDIT: I think the info on the bottom of the card “breaks” the QR code. Also, my avatar is super fuzzy when it’s larger. ☹ Back to the drawing boad… ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/22 "2021-04-22T21:08:50Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Also, my avatar is super fuzzy when it’s larger. ☹ Back to the drawing boad… At least right now, 3 hours after you posted, the larger version of your avatar looks perfectly sharp to me on my big monitor. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/23 "2021-04-22T21:34:04Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > At least right now, 3 hours after you posted, the larger version of your avatar looks perfectly sharp to me on my big monitor. Agreed. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/24 "2021-04-23T17:08:55Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > At least right now, 3 hours after you posted, the larger version of your avatar looks perfectly sharp to me on my big monitor. > [@squeegee](#): > > Agreed. Thanks! I fixed that part shortly after I posted; it’s nice to know that others think it’s fixed, too. 🙂 I’m leaving the QR code background for now. I’ll find something better one of these days, but it’s not high on my to-do list. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/25 "2021-04-24T19:34:32Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > I had no idea this was even A Thing! But now I am a proud user-card-carrying member. +1. Well, not _sure_ about the “proud” bit, but otherwise spot on.\* Now, can someone explain what a Profile Header is and does? j \* - persons of a certain age (who do not already know) may now figure out what the cryptic avatar is. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/26 "2021-04-24T19:37:50Z")
If you have a profile header, when someone clicks on your profile there will be an Expand button. Click the expand button and see the Profile Header Pic. Try mine. Better yet, **squeegee’s** profile header doesn’t require the expand button. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/27 "2021-04-24T19:44:16Z")
Neither does yours. If I click on your profile (not the user card, the entire profile page), at the top I see a sketch of a cat possibly smoking a pipe. No expand button. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/28 "2021-04-24T19:45:39Z")
Interesting, I need to hit expand to see my own. Probably a weird mod thing. That cat does indeed have a pipe. In fact I believe his nickname is Smokey. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/29 "2021-04-24T19:47:46Z")
Aha, I have the expand button on my own page. Apparently it only appears for your own profile. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/30 "2021-04-24T19:54:06Z")
That seems to be the case; I see an [expand] on mine, but don’t see it or need it on either of you two’s profiles. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/31 "2021-04-24T21:04:33Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Try mine. Got it. That’s a job for tomorrow. j ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/32 "2021-04-25T21:22:18Z")
OK, I got a placeholder Profile Header done - a photo repeated 4 times. There’s a reason. This is my new medlar tree, and as its appearance changes during the year, I’ll sub in new photos, so that by the autumn my PH will record its first year. Well, it appeals to me. j ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/33 "2021-04-25T21:25:33Z")
Nice idea, I just loaded a pic I had handy at the time for the Profile Header, I should revisit it and change it to something else. My avatar I had put work into to make and the Middle Earth Map fit very well. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/34 "2021-04-25T21:54:51Z")
Oh, hmm, maybe i should get one of these. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/35 "2021-04-25T22:03:06Z")
I updated mine. Fits much better. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/36 "2021-04-25T22:04:48Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Oh, hmm, maybe i should get one of these. Might I suggest [this?](https://www.letspuzz.com) It’s legal. 😆 ---
**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:** [April 25, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/37 "2021-04-25T22:06:41Z")
Yes, but what part of New Jersey is that? JK. Pretty picture of a lovely day. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408/38 "2021-04-25T22:40:34Z")
A view from the Bay, I see it every day now. Well not quite, but close enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-card-background-holdouts-are-you-going-to-stick-to-your-guns-or-get-one/940408.md?page=1)