Profiles

[Pete999]

I'm probably going to get some flak over this thread, but, here goes, is there any way the Moderators can get the offenders, and I say offenders with tongue in cheek, to update their profiles?

I understand some members may not like to add to much detail, but things like :are you a trainee, DIYer, etc etc, the number of time when you look at the profiles, there isn't any info, it could lead to less people getting grief from the more experienced members, if they know who and what the experience the OP has, just a thought, don't know if it's feasible, but hey ho. :wheelchair:

 

[Engineer54]

I'm probably going to get some flak over this thread, but, here goes, is there any way the Moderators can get the offenders, and I say offenders with tongue in cheek, to update their profiles?

I understand some members may not like to add to much detail, but things like :are you a trainee, DIYer, etc etc, the number of time when you look at the profiles, there isn't any info, it could lead to less people getting grief from the more experienced members, if they know who and what the experience the OP has, just a thought, don't know if it's feasible, but hey ho. :wheelchair:

And at least what county they live in. Come to that what country they are posting from!! lol!!

 

[PEG]

I understand your point,but do you believe everything you read on the internet? Everyone is tall,dark and handsome,until you see them carrying a rose,where you arranged to meet....then it's down to who can blag the most :conehead: What do you list? It turns into a pi**ing competition and eventually,people get to their 50m front crawl,and cycling proficiency badge. I,for instance,can hit a golf-ball with a base-ball bat,further than anyone i know who plays golf. Can i list that? ...because i am prouder of that,than many of the other money-for-the-boys certificates and cards i have had to stump for over the years. If anyone gives a squids-trump about what training and qualifications i possess,then they can ask me directly,and i will be as honest as i was brought up to be.....but then,you just don't know,do you? :smart:

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

On the internet nobody know you're a cat. Nobody.

Yeah on the internet people chat a load of :icon_bs:Most of the time... Not me though. I really am 6foot tall and ripped.

 

[Spoon]

I have to agree with what Peg says on this. I understand that filling in a profile about training might be useful but how can you tell its the truth. My FB profile is all lies. wrong age, where I live...

 

[Pete999]

I have to agree with what Peg says on this. I understand that filling in a profile about training might be useful but how can you tell its the truth. My FB profile is all lies. wrong age, where I live...

Shouldn't have bothered then should I?

 

[D00DY_T00DY]

Shouldn't have bothered then should I?

They'll be regular forum users that'll take time to fill out their profile but for DIYers coming in for one post to ask how to do this and that they're probably just get a username and that's it

 

[Spoon]

Everyone is different Pete999. I have just checked out your profile and you have filled in everything. I have pretty much bugger all filled in on mine.

 

[Slowhand]

Shouldn't have bothered then should I?

Pete it's like employing someone who says they're the mutts nuts at installation and qualified to the point they advise C&G on exam questions. ( I've had someone who claimed that ) Once you've talked and worked with them for an hour you know how truthful they are.
If people want to lie about themselves on here then ultimately they're only fooling themselves.

 

[PEG]

Shouldn't have bothered then should I?

I disagree,Pete,your view is both respected and pertinent. Look at us lot chatting like girls at a wedding...Probably my cynical wirings' insulation breaking down,but cast a glance at that web site,i think it's Linkedin? find someone you know,and check out what they have put on their CV...every time i have done it,i expect to see noses growing...there was even one local charmer,who i have known all my life,listed for all the world to see as a "Rail Management Executive"......and he's doing 16 years of porridge presently :bobby:

 

[ian.settle1]

Be like an online dating site description I'm tall, blond and beautiful; when you actually meet them they turn out to be short, fat and a face like a bag of scanners.

This is the internet so how can it be proved what you are until the questions get asked.

P.S. before you ask no I am not talking from experience about an online dating site, anyone who uses them are sad buggers just like old men who go to Thailand looking for young women.

 

[Spoon]

before you ask no I am not talking from experience about an online dating site, anyone who uses them are sad buggers .

I know quite a lot of people who have used them. I don't have a problem with the idea of dating sites. I also know a few lads that have used the 'just meet up for sex' sites. everyone to their own.

 

[Besoeker]

I'm probably going to get some flak over this thread, but, here goes, is there any way the Moderators can get the offenders, and I say offenders with tongue in cheek, to update their profiles?

I'd like to know how to change my avatar........

 

[telectrix]

what avatar? is it the invisible man?

 

[Knobhead]

The moderators would be on a very sticky legal wicket if they altered a profile and put misinformation in.