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Here's a question: is there any purpose of having personal details, such as age and gender, on our profiles? I used to think there was - if I post something, people's reading of that post can be justifiably coloured by knowing that it was written by a 39-year-old man. Folk may think I'm...

i have an avatar that i would like to use, but its too big. So i was wondering if anyone could tell me how to make it smaller, or could maybe do it for me??:D ;) its one of those moving ones, if that helps any....:D

NOTE: This thread was established for inquiries and discussion about members who seem to have gone silent or drifted away for a notable length of time. This thread is not intended to contain material concerning the following specific cases - cases for which we have other dedicated threads...

Speed of the board has been pants this afternoon, I've had a few time outs (even on the front page). Anything going on? (Before anyone asks I checked other websites at the same time and they fine so it wasn't my connection).

Folowing the closure of the "Where have you lived?" thread, we thought it would be useful to open a thread about how much info the membership think is appropriate to post to the net, as we're thinking of adding something about the subject to the guidelines. So, what do you think?

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Just a question - there's a been a rash of self-inflicted deletions recently (or did the mods grow tired of their insolence? :D) and wondered if there was a common cause?

Just a question - would those who've changed identity like to own up - it's not a big deal but it's nice to know who some people previously were so I don't have to reform my low opinion of them* :D *Joke

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Following the somewhat confusing events of the last couple of weeks, there are some points that need to be clarified. Warnings: Before anyone is banned, they will be warned: any more than three warnings and they will be banned for an indefinite period until the moderators and/or...

Does anyone know who was the first member to join the mb, I had a quick look and thought it might be evilsprout, joined 27.7.01.

While we have the user moderators in place, we think it would be good to sort out the board by merging redundant threads and moving misplaced ones. Since we are fully occupied processing new threads which wind up in the wrong forum, and holding down jobs and family life, some help in...

Click on 'control panel'. Along the top you will see a list of options. Click on 'edit ignore list'. Add a user name. Posts by that user will magically vanish. Sorted. :) Oh, and do not feed the trolls.