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Blue names

11 replies

user789653241 · 05/11/2017 14:56

When you click on active, you get a list of threads that are active at the moment.
Sometimes latest posters names are in blue, rather than black. I always thought the blue means the person is the OP.
But I have seen the occasion that my name was blue but I was not a OP.
What the blue letter mean?

OP posts:
OvO · 05/11/2017 15:00

Maybe people with public profiles are in blue?

user789653241 · 05/11/2017 15:04

It still doesn't make sense, since I don't have public profile? And I was blue on some of the thread I posted, but definitely not an OP.

OP posts:
OvO · 05/11/2017 15:08

I have no idea then! I didn't see you as blue in active when you were the last poster on this thread. The only blue ones I see are people with profiles.

It's another MN wormhole!

user789653241 · 05/11/2017 15:12

Thank you anyways. Smile
It's very weird.
I was puzzled to see my name in blue. And wanted to find out why!

OP posts:
PanPanPanPing · 05/11/2017 18:16

humpf - I want a blue name too.

ArcheryAnnie · 05/11/2017 18:19

...I see everybody's name in blue! I didn't know they also came in black.

bumpertobumper · 05/11/2017 18:21

Ime the op is in one colour, me in another, and everyone else in a third. What colours depends on the colour scheme you chose in settings... perhaps in one of them there isn’t much difference in shade in the scheme you are using?

OldWitch00 · 05/11/2017 18:23

I suspect blue names are logged in online?

PanPanPanPing · 05/11/2017 18:29

bumper, I don't think this has anything to do with the colours in our settings to show the OP and ourselves in different colours on threads.

I think the OP is talking about looking at the list of Active convos, where many names are in black - but some are in blue .... on the list.

PanPanPanPing · 05/11/2017 18:32

This is an example. Emma and Laurie's names are in blue, the rest in black.

Blue names
user789653241 · 05/11/2017 19:44

Yes, that's it, Pan.

Sorry for asking silly question. I was just curious. Thank you everyone for your response!

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