# Show a user's reputation/user level next to their name

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-a-users-reputation-user-level-next-to-their-name/29459>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Maio 30, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-a-users-reputation-user-level-next-to-their-name/29459 "2015-05-30T20:05:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![JJames](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jjames/32/106650_2.png) [@JJames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JJames)\
**Post date:** [Maio 30, 2015, 11:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-a-users-reputation-user-level-next-to-their-name/29459/3 "2015-05-30T23:53:26Z")

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Two problems with this approach:

1. It’s not easily visible. I want to look at a thread and quickly see who’s who without clicking on the user’s name.

It also took me sometime to realize that you can actually click on the username. I bet most users don’t bother clicking unless they need to contact the user for something.

1. User levels (i.e., Member) as a metric are too coarse. I have users that are in Level 0, 1 and 2. Most of the active users are at Level 2. It doesn’t tell me anything when most of the active threads are being discussed by Level 2 people.

I think displaying something right next to the user’s avatar is the ideal solution. When I browse other forums, the user’s reputation/# of posts/custom label is the first thing that catches my eye when I try to figure out who the user is.

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