Font of Usernames: What do they mean?

[TylerH]

I recently read that a username being stricken through means the user is banned. I know that gold means the user has a subscription, green means they are a moderator, and blue means they are an admin, but what does it mean when they are not bold?

 

[JaredJames]

That's the new way of showing a banned person. No more strikethrough.

 

[Borek]

Not bold means either banned OR account awaiting confirmation (confirmation mail has been sent, but the user has not yet clicked link that was sent).

 

[TylerH]

Oh, thanks.

The practice of marking users is kinda funny, IMHO. It reminds me of The Scarlet Letter.

 

[Redbelly98]

Oh, thanks.

The practice of marking users is kinda funny, IMHO. It reminds me of The Scarlet Letter.

Perhaps, but those members are not actively participating in the forum, whereas Hester Prynne still had to live and interact with her townspeople.

It helps save current members from wasting time trying to interact with a member that cannot respond.

 

[TylerH]

Oh, well that's different. I didn't know it meant banned forever. The explanation of strike through that I read explained it to mean banned, but not necessarily permanently banned.

I guess it also has the use of alerting us to post by users who were latter deemed to be dubious.

 

[Vanadium 50]

I hope, and I pray
For Hester to win just one more A
The sadder but wiser girl's the girl for me
The sadder but wiser girl for me!

---Meredith Wilson

 

[Redbelly98]

Oh, well that's different. I didn't know it meant banned forever.

Actually, it's for temporarily banned too, sorry if I was unclear. Once the ban is over the username appears in boldface again, so for those members the unbolded font is not permanent.