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Topic: Update Social References in Profile Page - page 2. (Read 346 times)

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October 03, 2024, 04:43:42 PM
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This would significantly improve the chance of getting the right profile for forum users without risking falling for scammers squatting their username handles on other social media.
I also agree with you on this; that's for those who are into doing business in the forum; that will really help them a lot, but for those who don't use social media and just want to remain anonymous, that won't matter to them. 
 
To me, I see X, Telegram, Reddit, and Discord, and one of the most used social media nowadays. I haven't seen anyone make mention of Keet and Simplex as someone they will want to be contacted.
legendary
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October 03, 2024, 04:33:31 PM
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I am not particularly young, and I have fond memories of ICQ, but damn, these social links in profile page are useless:



ICQ, AIM, MSN, and YIM have all been dead for a long time.
I challenge you out there, having had a profile on those (I think there is a profile of mine on every one of those, but AIM).

We could change these profiles with the following:

  • Telegram
  • X
  • Keet
  • Nostr
In a rough order of importance

The list could even be customisable by the user.

This would significantly improve the chance of getting the right profile for forum users without risking falling for scammers squatting their username handles on other social media.

The fix should be pretty straightforward.
Those fields would be optional, meaning to be filled only by users who would like to have their identities tied to such a social network. Nothing would be compulsory, of course.


Actually the proposal is not new, as many other have aldready requested it:
[proposal] Update Profile > Social Networks ICQ/AIM/MSN/YIM
Add a Telegram contact method.
Can the mod add GetGems Messenger to Forum Profile Information?
Profile information
The profile page should be changed. No one uses ICQ, AIM, MSN or YIM.]
Adding Telegram on the profile page
Suggestion to change the obsolete social media from account info
Why do we still have options for MSN, YIM etc?

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