# 30 Years a Member and No Screen Name?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-a-member-and-no-screen-name/33014>\
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**Created:** [September 13, 2000, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-a-member-and-no-screen-name/33014 "2000-09-13T11:59:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-a-member-and-no-screen-name/33014/1 "2000-09-13T11:59:59Z")

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In the GQ thread about the origins of the Christian Trinity [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38013](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38013) – please note the post at 9:51 AM on 9/11/2000, just before Dex’s post.

According to the information on my screen, there is no poster name, this unidentified entity has been a member since 1969, and has no number of posts.

Sounds like a hack to my uneducated eyes.

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2000, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-a-member-and-no-screen-name/33014/2 "2000-09-13T12:10:43Z")

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**Polycarp** : this is being discussed here in this forum as [The ghost poster](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38248).

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**Author:** ![ShakeNBake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@ShakeNBake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShakeNBake)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2000, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-a-member-and-no-screen-name/33014/3 "2000-09-14T23:41:57Z")

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If he was on the web 30 years ago, maybe it was Al Gore.

That would also explain the blank name: he was an Unknown then.

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**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-a-member-and-no-screen-name/33014/4 "2000-09-16T20:56:31Z")

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> [@](#):
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> If he was on the web 30 years ago, maybe it was Al Gore.
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> That would also explain the blank name: he was an Unknown then.
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> ```

Ahhhh, humor at the expense of a political figure, with a healthy dose of Urban Legend.  
How refreshing.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-years-a-member-and-no-screen-name/33014/5 "2000-09-17T00:13:50Z")

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This has been done in another thread. Here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38248](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38248)