It is not uncommon to ignore old pals. Happens to me all the time. Some drunk with questionable hygiene, wraps his arm around me at a bar and tells me he is an old pal and offers to let me buy him a drink. I usually just give a shove and he staggers away into the smokey darkness.
If the forum is not recognizing you, perhaps you need to sober up and take a bath.
btw this kind of thing never happens to the 1%. Lose the ethnic headgear, get a clean shave and one of these: