Why do some forum users have names in italic?

[Redconer]

Whenever I look at the Users Online box in the Forum Index, users like tails and Doorman have their names with the italic font. I've been wondering why do they have italic names.

[Ad Bot]

[portify]

They ticked the "Don't show my online status" setting in their profile when it was still there.

[Starkiller]

Blockland gold

[Blockaium]

maybe they have an ID to a certain low they can be considered special for surviving all that time

[Gatysh]

They ticked the "Don't show my online status" setting in their profile when it was still there.

[DrenDran]

It's people who got the game though steam, guys.

[Jubel]

I thought it also meant that they were now offline, even though they were on in the past 15 minutes.

[XR-7]

It just means that those accounts are active from Rotondo's computer.

[Satan From Wreck-It-Ralph]

It just means that those accounts are active from Rotondo's computer.

if thats true
why don't we all have italicized names

[XR-7]

if thats true
why don't we all have italicized names

He can only have so many tabs open at once.

[Jubel]

I thought it was when someone went offline in the past 15 minutes.

[Freek]

I thought it was when someone went offline in the past 15 minutes.

it is, but older users who had "Don't show my online status" have it permanently