# What are: User Cards, Profile Headers, and Featured Topics?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128 "2020-06-22T23:37:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128/1 "2020-06-22T23:37:58Z")

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They’re things you set in your profile. But WTF **are** they?

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128/2 "2020-06-22T23:41:15Z")

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Click on someone’s username. A little mini-profile pops up. That’s the Card. It can take a graphic background.

Click on the username on the card. That will take you to their profile. The very top part of that page can have an image as the header.

Not sure about the featured topic.

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128/3 "2020-06-22T23:43:51Z")

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Thanks!

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128/4 "2020-06-23T00:54:33Z")

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It says right there under featured topic: "A link to this topic will be on your user card, and profile.

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128/5 "2020-06-23T01:29:32Z")

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I’ve been playing around with mine.  
If you click on someone’s username or avatar in a thread, you can see what they’ve put on their card.

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128/6 "2020-06-23T01:57:40Z")

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Admin can also set custom fields for the card and profile. Pronouns is a common one, as is languages spoken.

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-user-cards-profile-headers-and-featured-topics/912128/7 "2020-06-25T02:38:20Z")

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Pronouns would be nice. Although since I have a female username, hardly anyone here mistakes me for a man (unlike in real life.)