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Old Feb 15, 2022 | 10:54 am
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What does the number in a circle next to my user name mean?
What is this 3 in a circle and why does it change colors?

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Old Feb 15, 2022 | 11:59 am
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It's the first character of your username and it just switches between colors randomly
bhomburg and superboi like this.
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Old Feb 15, 2022 | 12:43 pm
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
It's the first character of your username and it just switches between colors randomly
LoL...I feel stupid considering I've been very active for years on here and never knew!

Thank you!
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Old Feb 16, 2022 | 1:02 am
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Originally Posted by 355F1
LoL...I feel stupid considering I've been very active for years on here and never knew!

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It's a fairly recent "enhancement". No use to users but helped keep the programmers in their jobs.
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Old Feb 16, 2022 | 2:00 am
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Originally Posted by IBJoel
It's the first character of your username and it just switches between colors randomly
Ah, and here I was wondering why the color changing with no apparent reason.---
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Old Feb 17, 2022 | 5:43 pm
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Ah, and here I was wondering why the color changing with no apparent reason.---
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Old Mar 18, 2022 | 7:12 am
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Why is it not the profile picture rather than the first character of the user name?
Then I could show I am wandering
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Old Mar 18, 2022 | 1:09 pm
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Originally Posted by wandering_fred
Why is it not the profile picture rather than the first character of the user name?
Then I could show I am wandering
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Well, that would then be accurate.

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