Hello, I know about the user page themeing and some code snippets to add features to the user profile ( http://drupal.org/node/35728 ). In this post I guess I'm looking for more ideas. Not necessarily code, just ideas. What makes a good user profile?
For example, take a look at your yahoo profile. You can have a picture, news, list your hobbies, 3 favorite links, and so on. I've heard of some people making people put a zip code, then including a google map with a mark on the map. Or how about a mini blog or diary? I'm not too crazy about their own personal blog though, as I'm on your basic shared host. Private messages between users on the site might be cool as long as I limit the inbox size and such.
I know it largly matters what type of site it is. If you're trying to make a MySpace type site, then you at least know the basic features the users should have when looking at MySpace.com. The site I'm working on is named after the school district, and encourages residents in the area to post news and classified ads (and more as I think of them (job listings?!(just thought of that!))). There is also a few forums, one for school talk, one for the river trail, one for residents to talk about stuff in their town, etc. But related to the what my site is for, I have no idea what to put in the user profile. I guess that makes my site kind of like a local online newspaper, I was thinking of making profiles look like editor/reporter bios of some sort. Maybe even let them have a resume in there?