# Another look at "active users" at SDMB **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 26, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133 "2011-11-26T07:01:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/21 "2011-11-27T16:02:59Z")
Including me, 17 people joined on 3-30-2001. 7 never posted. 6 have not posted since 2003. 1 posted 7-23-11: Nausicaa 3 posted today: me (amarone), engineer\_comp\_geek, SCSimmons ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/22 "2011-11-27T16:12:11Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Including me, 17 people joined on 3-30-2001. > > 7 never posted. > 6 have not posted since 2003. > 1 posted 7-23-11: Nausicaa > 3 posted today: me (amarone), engineer\_comp\_geek, SCSimmons Excellent synopsis, **amarone** , and one I wish I had used in the OP. If I could edit the OP with your format, I would. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/23 "2011-11-27T20:43:15Z")
OK, I looked at the data again. Of the 32 people who joined 7/19/2000: 11 never posted. 4 posted over 100 posts. Of those, 2 posted over 1000 posts. 22 people have a last activity date in 2000. Of those, 6 have not been back since the day they joined. 2 have a last activity date in 2001 1 has a last activity date in 2002 2 have a last activity date in 2003 (I thought there were more, but I guess I was wrong) 1 has a last activity date in 2004 1 has a last activity date in 2006 1 has a last activity date in 2008 and 2 are still here in 2011. One of those people is a Charter Member. Another strange thing I found: Three people (all who have not been here since 2000) have a status as “Registered User” rather than Guest. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/24 "2011-11-27T20:55:15Z")
“Registered User” means they did not handle the confirmation email and their registrations are still sitting in the security holding queue. Some people sign up, don’t bother with the last step, and that’s the last we ever see of them. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/25 "2011-11-27T21:04:02Z")
My join date is 05-24-2000. There were 43 people who joined that day, ranging from [LordBean](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) to [(Tim)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php). The vast majority of those folks have no posts. Some have three or less. The active ones of the group, besides me, appear to be Shawn1767 - Last Activity: Yesterday 11:33 PM AmbushBug - Last Activity: 11-12-2011 10:39 PM little\*bit - Last Activity: 08-01-2011 10:24 AM shimmery - Last Activity: 11-21-2011 05:50 PM ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/26 "2011-11-27T21:13:18Z")
I am # 10931, join date 11-17-2000. Range for this join date: 10911-10933 \ ***Beer and Roses** - Last Activity: 12-08-2000 04:21 PM \*\*ndps \*\*- Last Activity: 12-30-2000 06:40 AM \*\*prei \*\*- Last Activity: 11-26-2000 08:39 PM \*\*nolt \*\*- Last Activity: 04-20-2011 10:29 AM \*\*\*FatWitch \*\*- Last Activity: 04-12-2001 05:45 PM \*\*\*BigFish \*\*- Last Activity: 11-17-2000 03:18 PM \*\*\*socalgurl \*\*- Last Activity: 11-17-2000 02:35 PM \*\*\*kaliforniagurl \*\*- Last Activity: 11-17-2000 02:23 PM - Same person as socalgurl, maybe? \*\*CSmith \*\*- Last Activity: 03-08-2001 09:20 AM \*\*spaz \*\*- Last Activity: 10-01-2001 12:54 PM \*\*Wallflower \*\*- Last Activity: Today 08:25 AM - ACTIVE **The Assailant** - Last Activity: 11-24-2000 10:14 AM - BANNED after 32 posts \*\*MissBHaven \*\*- Last Activity: 07-19-2010 10:41 PM \*\*Morgyn \*\*- Last Activity: Today 01:46 PM - ACTIVE \*\*kanga99 \*\*- Last Activity: 08-19-2005 01:53 AM \*\*Gemini \*\*- Last Activity: 01-30-2001 11:17 PM **Bryan Ekers** - Last Activity: Today 09:02 AM - ACTIVE and has the dubious distinction of being the only person on this list whose name I recognize. \*\*swampy \*\*- Last Activity: 04-05-2001 07:39 AM \*\*Tejota \*\*- Last Activity: 02-17-2006 10:29 PM \*\*starling \*\*- Last Activity: 02-14-2001 09:05 PM \*\*agatz \*\*- Last Activity: 08-16-2001 10:58 PM \*\*\*Rose Secrest \*\*- Last Activity: 12-17-2000 08:03 PM \*indicates folks with 0 posts. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/27 "2011-11-27T21:18:51Z")
I joined 4/20/2001 Twenty-one people, including me, joined that day, but I’m the only active user. The most recent sign in date after mine was in 2008. ---
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/28 "2011-11-27T21:19:44Z")
First non-OG to respond? I’m user # 64260 Join Date: Feb 21, 2007 User range for this date: 64234 to me! I was the last person to join that day. Users still active this year: 2 Users active for more than a month after joining: 2 That leaves, by my math, 22 users who were flashes in the pan, so to speak, either not posting much or at all, or posting a bit for a week or so and then disappearing. 5 users who stuck around for a year or more, 3 of which (myself included) who are still somewhat active. Special shout out to fellow 2-21-2007er **sh1bu1** , whose name I at least recognized. ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/29 "2011-11-28T00:20:36Z")
**Zeldar** , the things I do for you… **°(-\_-)°** \*\*°(^O^)° \*\* During Feb. 21, 2004, twenty-nine people (or some reasonable facsimile) threw in with you lot. _**°[J]°**_ User Numbers 44258 - 44286 (inclusive) Of those; 4 remain what I would consider active: **dalej42** - 7457 posts; **cwthree** - 1527 posts; **Random Letters** - 1453 posts; **DfrntBreign** (me) - 1284 posts. All are active as of 11-21-11 and/or Today. 1 poster ( **WCOT©** ) had 74 posts, but was last active on 3-30-05. 7 posters had 10 posts or less, sticking around for a day or a week or (in one case) 5 months. 17 had 0 posts; 5 of these were Registered Users as defined by **TubaDiva**. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/30 "2011-11-28T01:05:56Z")
> [@malkavia](#): > > join date 11-17-2000. > [@Clothahump](#): > > My join date is 05-24-2000. > [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > I joined 4/20/2001 > [@steronz](#): > > Join Date: Feb 21, 2007 [QUOTE=DfrntBreign] Feb. 21, 2004 [/QUOTE] Thanks to all of you for the input! ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/31 "2011-11-28T01:22:27Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > What I was hoping to find (among as much other useless info as y’all care to share on this issue and others) is what portion of a given day’s “Joiners” are still “active” in the sense of “recent” activity. You’re in step with that goal by posting: > > 1. Your Join Date (member number is optional since it will appear with a mouseover on your post!) > 2. The Usernames of other who Joined that same date AND who are still “active” in your judgment (those with a **Last Activity:** that you deem “recent.”) > 3. A count (as a minimum detail) of ALL who Joined that same date. > > In deference to the wishes of those who may be sensitive to the mention of Dopers who may no longer share our breathing space, listing the names of “inactive” Dopers may be in bad taste. **Tuba Diva** pointed that out in the thread I linked to in the OP that was the source for my interest. _ **MY** _ join date was 6/14/1999. (I was a ‘lurker’ for a _ **very** _ long time.) 😃 As I’ve already said, **zuma** is the only person that is still posting (as of 10/02/2011) out of 15 or 16 total, that also joined on 6/14/1999. All of the others were either one time posters, or posted just a few times and then disappeared. Does that suffice? (It took me a bit of fumbling (sp?) around to finally figure out how to see my ‘member number’. :p) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/32 "2011-11-28T01:32:47Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > Does this translate to my being the one thousand four hundred and fifty eighth person to join the SD that is still actively posting? 😕 I have to assume the assignment of “member number” is more or less automatic and is a sequential number. There do appear to be some deleted or “disappeared” numbers along the way which would make your number perhaps a little less than the actual number to have signed up before you did. > [@JBDivmstr](#): > > Ooooookay. I figured out how to do all of that! 😃 > **zuma** joined the same day I did and last posted 10-02-2011. > Other than that, everyone else that has the same join date as mine seems to have posted either a very few times or none at all. > Is that what you were looking for? Yes. Excellent. > [@JBDivmstr](#): > > _ **MY** _ join date was 6/14/1999. (I was a ‘lurker’ for a _ **very** _ long time.) 😃 > As I’ve already said, **zuma** is the only person that is still posting (as of 10/02/2011) out of 15 or 16 total, that also joined on 6/14/1999. > All of the others were either one time posters, or posted just a few times and then disappeared. > Does that suffice? (It took me a bit of fumbling (sp?) around to finally figure out how to see my ‘member number’. :p) If you click on (or just mouseover on) your name in a post you’ve made, or on the list of threads if it’s visible there, your number is displayed. I assume you found that way? Thanks for your participation and interest. Are there other questions about any of this “magic” that I may be able to answer for you? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/33 "2011-11-28T01:48:42Z")
It was way back on April 7, 1999. My smugness at being one of the few, the proud, the Class of '99, is now somnewhat diluted with the knowledge that the still-active \*\*Strainger, John Bredin, Chef Troy \*\*and \*\*Soul Frost \*\*were also among the 14 people who joined the same day. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/34 "2011-11-28T01:51:29Z")
My number is 2058 (forgot the join date already, sometime in 1999). I went up to #2100 and found only one active member – Johnny Angel, who’s posted recently. **Dorfmont** joined at the same time and was active in June this year, but has made only 11 posts since 1999. 11 posts in 12 years. **The Ryan** was banned in 2004 after 3759 posts. I vaguely remember him. **Globetrotter** was last active in June 2010, with 1169 total posts. ETA: Everyone else who joined that day made just one or two posts, some none. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/35 "2011-11-28T04:31:56Z")
11 people (including myself) registered on May 1st, 2005, with member numbers from 52693 to 52703. 2 of us have logged in within the past 2 months. 8 have no activity since May of 2005 and 1 has not logged in since January of 2007. 7 have never posted. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/36 "2011-11-28T04:58:29Z")
Including me ( **Blank Slate** #75852) 33 joined on 4-13-2008 Range: #75821 ( **justine** ) - #75853 ( **Katttak** ) 23 never posted 6 only posted in the first month after joining (including **Dyslexics Untie!** , who was banned) 4 active within the past week, including me and: \*\*DCTrekkie \*\* #75843 (Last Activity: Today 07:51 PM) **put down the sabre** #75840 (Last Activity: 11-24-2011 10:46 AM) \*\*Gray Ghost \*\* #75836 (Last Activity: 11-23-2011 12:35 PM) ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/37 "2011-11-28T09:12:54Z")
Join date: 7-30-2007 Range: 68848-68880 (33 members) 0 post-members: 23 Active: 2 (me and **Juliette: Culture Junkie** whose last activity was on 11-24-2011) The rest all had less than 20 posts. Several were banned. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/38 "2011-11-28T12:32:49Z")
Including me, 36 posters joined on 12-27-03. 14 never posted. 18 posted occaisionally during their first year then stopped. 1 posted till 2010. 3 have remained active till this year, though one has posted sporadically over the years and was last logged in this past July. That leaves 2 of the original 36 as currently active, as we were both logged in yesterday. Of those two, one is primarily a lurker, having posted just 116 times since '03, and me, who still posts regularly. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/39 "2011-11-28T12:44:53Z")
Pardon, make that “occasionally”. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/40 "2011-11-28T12:59:32Z")
I joined November 13, 2000. Of the other 17 people that joined that day, only two made it more than a year and none past 2003. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133.md?page=3)