Frequently Asked Questions
This is a single FAQ from the MetaFilter FAQ.
How do I find someone's profile page if I only know their username not their user number?
There are three ways:
1. You can search for their username in the search box, then click on the tab "Users" within the search results.
2. You can find a comment or post by them, and click on their username in the byline.
3. You can do it manually, by adding their username to the end of a string like this:
http://www.metafilter.com/username/cortex
This will still work with usernames with spaces, and with some special/punctuation characters, and is not case sensitive.
http://www.metafilter.com/username/me & my monkey
Please note that this does not work with a small subset of usernames using special characters; for example c:\awesome would not work with the above URL format.
(tags: usernames users profile ) March 23, 2007 - back to questions
1. You can search for their username in the search box, then click on the tab "Users" within the search results.
2. You can find a comment or post by them, and click on their username in the byline.
3. You can do it manually, by adding their username to the end of a string like this:
http://www.metafilter.com/username/cortex
This will still work with usernames with spaces, and with some special/punctuation characters, and is not case sensitive.
http://www.metafilter.com/username/me & my monkey
Please note that this does not work with a small subset of usernames using special characters; for example c:\awesome would not work with the above URL format.
(tags: usernames users profile ) March 23, 2007 - back to questions