Search for profile?
Mar 9, 2015, 11:15 am
#1
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Search for profile?
To find someone's profile when I know their username, I go to advanced search to find posts by the person, go to a random post, and then click on the username to see the profile.
However, if someone has joined FT but has not yet posted anything, is there a way to find their profile? Nothing seems to work, even though when I start to type the username, it appears on the list and I can click on it (which seems to verify that it is an active FT account and that I am spelling everything correctly). I haven't been able to find a list of all usernames on FT, which would be a logical place to click through to the profile.
However, if someone has joined FT but has not yet posted anything, is there a way to find their profile? Nothing seems to work, even though when I start to type the username, it appears on the list and I can click on it (which seems to verify that it is an active FT account and that I am spelling everything correctly). I haven't been able to find a list of all usernames on FT, which would be a logical place to click through to the profile.
Mar 9, 2015, 11:21 am
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If you know the profile name you can just use: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/membe...economist.html and change the username to suit.
There doesn't seem to be a public list of members or way to search for them other than using Advanced Search as you've found.
There doesn't seem to be a public list of members or way to search for them other than using Advanced Search as you've found.
Mar 9, 2015, 1:31 pm
#3
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If you know the profile name you can just use: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/membe...economist.html and change the username to suit.
There doesn't seem to be a public list of members or way to search for them other than using Advanced Search as you've found.
There doesn't seem to be a public list of members or way to search for them other than using Advanced Search as you've found.
Thanks.
Mar 9, 2015, 3:19 pm
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Am I correct that there's no link for this anywhere on the FT website so that one must simply be aware of the syntax in the IRLs for profile pages? So I suppose I should have examined my own profile page and then made a good guess about how to bring them up in general?
Thanks.
Thanks.
If someone has signed up for a FT account merely to send PMs (they are throttled back initially), they should, IMO, be viewed with suspicion; if a member receives a PM with a spurious or suspicious request, suggestion, offer etc. the member should report the PM - best by forwarding it to Senior a Moderators, so the matter can be investigated and properly dealt with.
In the case of the occasional scam-spammer who signs up, with a member report Admin can delete all PMs sent by scammers, and their accounts can be suspended.