# 29 new members joined today **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 15, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233 "2006-12-15T02:45:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/1 "2006-12-15T02:45:39Z")
And here they are: [thebristolkid](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [jeepus](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [casey3353](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [mmiklas](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)(guest) [peakyesno](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (registered user) [steve131](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (banned) [LOVEBoy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (registered user) [matvGrig](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (banned) [ann14](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [bluemanshoe](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [TestKeys](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [Certagemmy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (banned) [ghytertier](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (registered user) [XelnagaS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (banned) [tyciol](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (registered user) [brk913](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [waitingforvizzini](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [tutton](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [colbeagle](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [GenCarters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [LeeBoyeren](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [XXX-Bagration](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (registered user) [Roger Needham](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [mariannna](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (registered user) [Joshj](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [shteinky](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (registered user) [DarkDayTrucker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (guest) [DeilMikina](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (banned) [HelloDolly](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (banned) Yes sir, that’s seven new registered users today. The SDMB raked in a cool **$104.65** today! As a frequent PetSmart shopper I can certify that’s good for at least six months of hamster food. But it’s not all good news. Six new members were banned - possibly because they were all the same person. We’ll never know for sure of course. I wonder if today was an average day at the Straight Dope Registration server. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/2 "2006-12-15T02:48:58Z")
I’m curious; how did you compiole this list? Certainly not refreshing the home page all day, right? ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/3 "2006-12-15T02:55:28Z")
Member ID number, probably. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/4 "2006-12-15T02:57:23Z")
I went to the main page where it says “welcom our newest member” and opened that profile. Then I subtracted 1 from the member number in the URL until I got to the first member who joined on today’s date. By the way, [EdwardWagemann](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) just joined as a registered member. Make that $119.60!! Yeah I have too much time on my hand, so what? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Operation\_Ripper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/34f0e0/32.png) [@Operation\_Ripper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Operation_Ripper)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/5 "2006-12-15T03:04:35Z")
So this board rakes in aboot $365k+ a year? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/6 "2006-12-15T03:07:04Z")
You moved the decimal. More like 36k. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/7 "2006-12-15T03:14:41Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] You moved the decimal. More like 36k. [/QUOTE] Maybe that works out to $365k Canadian. I mean, check out the accent: > [@Operation Ripper](#): > > So this board rakes in **aboot** $365k+ a year? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/8 "2006-12-15T03:16:22Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] But it’s not all good news. Six new members were banned - possibly because they were all the same person. We’ll never know for sure of course. I wonder if today was an average day at the Straight Dope Registration server. [/QUOTE] They were all different people. Today was an extremely unusual day for the Registration server. I don’t believe that I’ve witnessed this many spammers in one day since I’ve been a mod. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/9 "2006-12-15T03:17:04Z")
And next up is [Yartttt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) (registered user). _Cha-ching!_ ---
**Author:** ![Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hypnagogic_jerk/32/4252_2.png) [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/10 "2006-12-15T05:41:03Z")
As far as I know, _Registered User_ does not mean paying member. If I remember correctly, it is the default title used by vBulletin when someone registers a name. Then, when this person answers the e-mail the system sends them, their title changes to _Guest_. If they pay, it changes to _Member_. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/11 "2006-12-15T19:23:37Z")
Registered User just means they signed up for the 30-day free trial, no guarantee of membership. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/12 "2006-12-15T20:42:37Z")
I wonder if they found this place from This is true ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/13 "2006-12-15T21:18:45Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Registered User just means they signed up for the 30-day free trial, no guarantee of membership. [/QUOTE] So what’s a “guest” then? ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/14 "2006-12-15T21:45:54Z")
By inspection of those links above, all the Registered Users have no posts. Some of the Guests also have no posts. I’m thinking that Registered User is the initial title when you sign up, then it changes to Guest when you click on the email confirmation link. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/15 "2006-12-16T01:03:39Z")
How come some people are Charter Member and others are just Member? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/16 "2006-12-16T01:11:31Z")
[QUOTE=Lobelia Overhill] How come some people are Charter Member and others are just Member? [/QUOTE] Some animals are more equal than others. 🙂 Not really. If you signed up when we went to paid subscriptions, you became a Charter Member. You can retain that title by resubscribing on time every year. New Members after the original sign up period are just called members. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/17 "2006-12-16T01:28:07Z")
I did pay up when it went subscription… although I did go away again after someone decided I was the World’s Biggest Pain in the Arse and someone else in response to party of the first part’s post called me “that person” like I was something they’d stepped on while walking their dog. Or something ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/18 "2006-12-16T01:31:02Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] Yeah I have too much time on my hand, so what? 😛 [/QUOTE] What are you doing with the _other_ hand? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/19 "2006-12-16T04:20:10Z")
And welcome VIAGRA-CIALIS, Guest. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233/20 "2006-12-16T19:38:43Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] Maybe that works out to $365k Canadian. I mean, check out the accent: [/QUOTE] The “aboot” meme is tiresome. It’s actually “a-boat”. 🙂 Seriously, of the new members, how many will stay around for more than a year? Is the number of new paid members larger than the number of those who don’t renew their memberships? I know SDMB management is less than transparent, and finances are understandably confidential, but still, this is something of a _community_, and its members have a interest in knowing what’s going on behind the scenes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/29-new-members-joined-today/384233.md?page=2)