# What comes up when you search for your user name? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 16, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364 "2010-12-16T15:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/1 "2010-12-16T15:42:47Z")
Whenever I do an advanced search on this board and am looking for threads where I’ve posted, I get a dropdown list of similar user names. **Tdngflge** always comes up as an option. Apparently this is a Doper who has never posted anything. Who comes up for you? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/2 "2010-12-16T16:55:41Z")
Wheel Wheel Nut WHEELER wheelerguy wheelie Wheeljack WHEELLACER wheelman wheelnut53 Wheel\_of\_Ixion I’ve seen **Wheeljack** around here, but don’t recognize any of the others. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/3 "2010-12-16T17:21:29Z")
I get [gilesjuk](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php), who has posted just once, in 2003. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/4 "2010-12-16T17:38:17Z")
I don’t see any such drop down menu. Where is it on the page? Or perhaps there are no similar names, so therefore, no drop down menu? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/5 "2010-12-16T17:40:15Z")
> [@Simmerdown](#): > > I don’t see any such drop down menu. Where is it on the page? Or perhaps there are no similar names, so therefore, no drop down menu? Search/Advanced Searh/Search for user name. In the textbox, when I type my name, I get a menu with two names on it, obscuring the dropdown right below it. Try typing in tdn to see what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/6 "2010-12-16T17:41:35Z")
I’ve been cloned?!?! There’s a **Twoflower2** that hasn’t posted. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/7 "2010-12-16T21:11:06Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Search/Advanced Searh/Search for user name. > > In the textbox, when I type my name, I get a menu with two names on it, obscuring the dropdown right below it. > > Try typing in tdn to see what I mean. Yup, I see it now. I guess there is no Simmerdown2, or Simmerdown-nah. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/8 "2010-12-16T21:14:37Z")
For ‘lobs’ I get lobster LobsterKaro LobsterLass lobstermobster lobstrocity For ‘lob’ I get loba27 lobby Lobelia Overhill lobersa lobert loblolly Loblolly37 Lobo Lobo Rojo lobo007 loboalbino Lobohan loboloco Lobot Lobotome lobstrocity As soon as I put the next ‘a’ (‘lobsa’) it narrows it down to just Lobsang. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/9 "2010-12-16T21:14:41Z")
It pops my username and nothing else. Which doesn’t surprise me. It kind of surprises me that **tdn** does get something. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/10 "2010-12-16T21:28:03Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > It kind of surprises me that **tdn** does get something. Yeah, I think that **Tdngflge** probably just made up a keyboard mash username, and it’s just a very weird coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/11 "2010-12-16T23:27:25Z")
For Cong: **congee**** congo ****congodwarf** Once I add the o, it’s just me and good ol’ **congo**. Add the d and I’m all alone. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/12 "2010-12-16T23:30:42Z")
A golf place. Odd. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/13 "2010-12-16T23:47:55Z")
I appear to have a bit of company here in the suburbs… suburban refugee Suburbanbanshee Suburban Bliss Suburban\_Rythm And to think I moved out here to get away from the crowds… ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/14 "2010-12-16T23:52:55Z")
Nothing. My name’s too short for a search. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/15 "2010-12-16T23:57:38Z")
I’m the webmaster for a porn site, apparently. Q ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/16 "2010-12-17T00:04:37Z")
twiceshy Twicketface ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/17 "2010-12-17T00:11:36Z")
Attackemu Attackoflance Attackofsteph AttackOfTheSmurf ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/18 "2010-12-17T00:47:31Z")
There are about 15 Digital’s…but only three Analog’s. I hear they’re going out of style anyway. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/19 "2010-12-17T00:49:49Z")
This was surprisingly interesting. Using “msw” we have: MSW the KliniK mswart99 mswas msweeney mswseezer ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364/20 "2010-12-17T02:30:12Z")
unsurprisingly, I only have to get as far as **kilv** before it’s only moi. But with [kil] it hits the apparent max of 15 IDs displayed, including three versions of **kilgore trout** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-comes-up-when-you-search-for-your-user-name/564364.md?page=2)