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Q&A How does displaying users in the "users" tab work?

If you take a look at one of those users, you can see where they're all coming from. For instance This user was automatically created as the author of content sourced from Stack Exchange. The ...

posted 11mo ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Moshi‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2023-06-10T09:59:18Z (11 months ago)
Found the link
  • If you take a look at one of those users, you can see where they're all coming from.
  • [For instance](https://outdoors.codidact.com/users/19950)
  • > This user was automatically created as the author of content sourced from Stack Exchange.
  • >
  • > The original profile on Stack Exchange can be found here: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/u/1
  • This accounts for most major discrepancies.
  • There are also some idiosyncracies due to profiles actually being generated more or less on demand. When a user without a profile on a community visits the community, a profile is automatically created. Conversely, they won't have a profile on that community if they never visit.
  • If you take a look at one of those users, you can see where they're all coming from.
  • [For instance](https://outdoors.codidact.com/users/19950)
  • > This user was automatically created as the author of content sourced from Stack Exchange.
  • >
  • > The original profile on Stack Exchange can be found here: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/u/1
  • This accounts for most major discrepancies.
  • There are also some idiosyncracies due to [profiles actually being generated more or less on demand](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276213/276214#answer-276214). When a user without a profile on a community visits the community, a profile is automatically created. Conversely, they won't have a profile on that community if they never visit.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Moshi‭ · 2023-06-10T09:55:31Z (11 months ago)
If you take a look at one of those users, you can see where they're all coming from.

[For instance](https://outdoors.codidact.com/users/19950)

> This user was automatically created as the author of content sourced from Stack Exchange.
> 
> The original profile on Stack Exchange can be found here: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/u/1

This accounts for most major discrepancies.

There are also some idiosyncracies due to profiles actually being generated more or less on demand. When a user without a profile on a community visits the community, a profile is automatically created. Conversely, they won't have a profile on that community if they never visit.