# 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:** 3
**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, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/41 "2011-11-28T13:21:06Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > It was way back on April 7, 1999. > [@AuntiePam](#): > > My number is 2058 (forgot the join date already, sometime in 1999). I looked and found this: AuntiePam Charter Member Last Activity: Yesterday 10:47 PM Total Posts: 15,480 Posts Per Day: 3.44 Join Date: 08-05-1999 > [@RollOutTheBarrel](#): > > 11 people (including myself) registered on May 1st, 2005, with member numbers from 52693 to 52703. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > Including me ( **Blank Slate** #75852) 33 joined on 4-13-2008 > [@Panurge](#): > > Join date: 7-30-2007 > Range: 68848-68880 (33 members) > [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Including me, 36 posters joined on 12-27-03. > [@Gyrate](#): > > 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. Thanks to all of you for the details. We’re beginning to get a good picture of how many have stayed and how many never intended to. I suspect that with a sample of maybe 100 Dopers (including some of the more recent ones) we might have a good grasp on the Active Member issue. Those who have read that linked-to thread in the OP with the “Calling Zeldar” title may be aware that the Admins and Mods may have access to the big picture numbers with simple queries. But whether they have an accurate breakdown of the per day join rates, or the per day survival rates, is an issue I’m hoping one or more of them will share with us. Meanwhile, we can continue building up some data and doing our own research! At the very least it’s some fun to see how many are curious about the concept. Thanks, Everybody! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/42 "2011-11-28T13:42:48Z")
1.) 08-31-1999 2.) I am the only active member 3.) 22 members joined on August 31, 1999. Here is the data: Range 2335-2356 **nessie** - 04-28-2000 7:05 PM - 6 posts **cake** - 04-28-2000 7:05 PM - 0 posts \*\*# 00: The Fool - \*\*04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 94 posts \*\*OtisAbi - \*\*04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 1 post **SEAL6** - 04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 1 post \*\*Dopester - \*\*04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 3 posts **Toby Threadgill** - 04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 0 posts **Action Jackson -** 07-31-2000 02:31 PM - 30 posts **dirt\_sleeze** - 04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 0 posts **dyester -** 04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 2 posts \*\*allychick \*\*- 04-28-2000 07:05 PM -2 posts **Geenius** - 11-14-2005 07:28 PM - 158 posts \*\*Charmeleon - \*\*04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 0 posts \*\*TheoremHead - \*\*04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 1 post \*\*lilly - \*\*04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 1 post \*\*zamtheman \*\*- 04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 0 posts **skishe** - 04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 0 posts \*\*millsy \*\*- 04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 4 posts **drasaid** - 11-28-2001 09:04 PM - 8 posts **realm505** - 07-18-2000 01:45 AM - 108 posts **Never Know** - 04-28-2000 07:05 PM - 2 posts IIRC, the last activity date 04-28-2000 does not reflect any of the users actual last action but some administrative change on that date. ---
**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/43 "2011-11-28T14:25:30Z")
Join date 09/01/2009 ```auto **ID** **User Name** **Last Activity** 88527 bham4ua 09-01-2009 03:25 AM 88528 tatzaana 09-01-2009 04:14 AM 88529 Palmer Eldritch No last activity given **88530 LAV25 11-25-2011 09:15 PM** 88531 lealealea 09-04-2009 12:58 AM 88532 tusntuk2 09-01-2009 11:52 AM 88533 kjon 09-01-2009 11:16 AM 88534 sweetsinglemomdotcom 09-03-2009 10:39 AM 88535 Aquilla No last activity given **88536 Zyanthia 11-28-2011 09:09 AM** 88537 thrushblossom 09-01-2009 08:43 PM 88538 vaha130 09-24-2009 06:44 PM 88539 slaagheap 09-04-2009 07:33 PM 88540 lawl 09-01-2009 08:38 PM **88541 DaveBfd 11-26-2011 01:23 AM** **88542 Disgruntled Penguin 11-27-2011 05:45 PM** 88543 ijkl514 09-01-2009 11:58 PM ``` 4 out of 17 still active for an activity rate of 23.5% still active with the possibility that we have 2 more active, since I can’t see a last active date on them. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/44 "2011-11-28T15:01:35Z")
Eureka–user # 2661, Join Date 9/24/1999 12 users joined. I’m still active, and one person’s date of last activity was in October (two months ago). None of the other ten are still active, many never posted anything. ---
**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, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/45 "2011-11-28T15:16:15Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > 1.) 08-31-1999 > 2.) I am the only active member > 3.) 22 members joined on August 31, 1999. > > IIRC, the last activity date 04-28-2000 does not reflect any of the users actual last action but some administrative change on that date. It would appear from your list that a few (I counted 4) survived whatever “administrative change” that was. It does point to the possibility that other such disruptions to the sequential numbering may be a factor elsewhere. > [@Zyanthia](#): > > Join date 09/01/2009 > 4 out of 17 still active for an activity rate of 23.5% still active with the possibility that we have 2 more active, since I can’t see a last active date on them. Nicely done listing! > [@Eureka](#): > > Eureka–user # 2661, Join Date 9/24/1999 Thanks, all. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/46 "2011-11-28T15:57:54Z")
My join date is 6-14-2007, user-no: 67227; the first to join on that date has user-no 67214, the last 67241. Active posters from that day are: **MsPumpkin** , user-no 67221, last activity 08-15-2011; **Galwegian** , user-no 67222, last activity 11-28-2011; **The Walking Dud** , user-no 67229, last activity 11-22-2011; and **Moriarty** , user-no 67241, last activity 11-19-2011. Happy data-mining! 🙂 ---
**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, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/47 "2011-11-28T16:54:21Z")
Here’s a sort on Join Date for those who have posted in this thread: ```auto Post Number Post Date/Time UserName Join Date ========================================= #24 Yesterday, 02:55 PM TubaDiva Join Date: 03-10-1999 #33 Yesterday, 07:48 PM kunilou Join Date: April 7, 1999 #15 Yesterday, 04:30 AM JBDivmstr Join Date: 6/14/1999 #7 Yesterday, 12:42 AM Joey P Join Date: 6/15/1999 #34 Yesterday, 07:51 PM AuntiePam Join Date: 08-05-1999 #42 Today, 07:42 AM Sparky812 Join Date: 08-31-1999 #44 Today, 09:01 AM Eureka Join Date: 9/24/1999 #10 Yesterday, 01:19 AM Rhythmdvl Join Date: 10-13-1999 #25 Yesterday, 03:04 PM Clothahump Join Date: 05-24-2000 #5 Yesterday, 12:27 AM Tamex Join Date: 7/19/2000 #40 Today, 06:59 AM Gyrate Join Date: November 13, 2000 #26 Yesterday, 03:13 PM malkavia Join Date: 11-17-2000 #12 Yesterday, 03:53 AM Cazzle Join Date: 28th of December 2000 Cazzle Join Date: 12-27-2000 #14 Yesterday, 04:17 AM Cazzle It was 28th in my time zone when I joined #21 Yesterday, 10:02 AM amarone Join Date: 3-30-2001 #2 11-26-2011, 01:57 AM Cicero Join Date: 2nd April 2001 #27 Yesterday, 03:18 PM Omega Glory Join Date: 4/20/2001 #16 Yesterday, 05:32 AM don't ask Join Date: 31st of May 2001 #3 11-26-2011, 02:13 AM Nametag Join Date: 04/13/2002 #1 11-26-2011, 01:01 AM Zeldar Join Date: 06-18-2003 #38 Today, 06:32 AM Starving Artist Join Date: 12-27-03 #29 Yesterday, 06:20 PM DfrntBreign Join Date: Feb. 21, 2004 #35 Yesterday, 10:31 PM RollOutTheBarrel Join Date: May 1st, 2005 #28 Yesterday, 03:19 PM steronz Join Date: Feb 21, 2007 #46 Today, 09:57 AM Half Man Half Wit Join Date: 6-14-2007 #37 Today, 03:12 AM Panurge Join Date: 7-30-2007 #36 Yesterday, 10:58 PM Blank Slate Join Date: 4-13-2008 #43 Today, 08:25 AM Zyanthia Join Date: 09/01/2009 ``` Next step will be to attach User Numbers (which I should have done already!) which should provide some clue as to how those things have changed over time. What else should summary data include? ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/48 "2011-11-28T17:17:52Z")
I would think that the number of users who joined on the particular dates and the number of users who are still active would be relevant. More relevant than the info for the users who posted here, at least. If your sample gets large enough the figures I mentioned could help you find out a: the rate of new members to the boards over timeb, and b: what our percentage of staying (active) users are. I still think the admins ought to pull this info directly from the database, though. ---
**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, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/49 "2011-11-28T17:35:42Z")
> [@Panurge](#): > > I would think that the number of users who joined on the particular dates and the number of users who are still active would be relevant. More relevant than the info for the users who posted here, at least. > > If your sample gets large enough the figures I mentioned could help you find out a: the rate of new members to the boards over timeb, and b: what our percentage of staying (active) users are. > > I still think the admins ought to pull this info directly from the database, though. Good points, I agree. I’ll PM one of the Admins and see if one will join in here. Thanks. ---
**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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/50 "2011-11-28T18:12:46Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Good points, I agree. I’ll PM one of the Admins and see if one will join in here. I have PM’ed three of the participants in [Calling Zeldar, or any other statisticians: how many of us are there?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=556041) asking them for help here. Meanwhile here’s the sort with the user numbers added: ```auto UserName Join Date User Number ========================================= TubaDiva Join Date: 03-10-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=32 kunilou Join Date: April 7, 1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=535 JBDivmstr Join Date: 6/14/1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1458 Joey P Join Date: 6/15/1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1478 AuntiePam Join Date: 08-05-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2058 Sparky812 Join Date: 08-31-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2338 Eureka Join Date: 9/24/1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2661 Rhythmdvl Join Date: 10-13-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2845 Clothahump Join Date: 05-24-2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=6642 Tamex Join Date: 7/19/2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=8146 Gyrate Join Date: November 13, 2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=10829 malkavia Join Date: 11-17-2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=10931 Cazzle Join Date: 12-27-2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=11733 amarone Join Date: 3-30-2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=13774 Cicero Join Date: 2nd April 2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=13806 Omega Glory Join Date: 4/20/2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=14145 don't ask Join Date: 31st of May 2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=14776 Nametag Join Date: 04/13/2002 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=21252 Zeldar Join Date: 06-18-2003 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=36386 Starving Artist Join Date: 12-27-03 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=42779 DfrntBreign Join Date: Feb. 21, 2004 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=44274 RollOutTheBarrel Join Date: May 1st, 2005 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=52702 steronz Join Date: Feb 21, 2007 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=64260 Half Man Half Wit Join Date: 6-14-2007 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=67227 Panurge Join Date: 7-30-2007 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=68877 Blank Slate Join Date: 4-13-2008 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=75852 Zyanthia Join Date: 09/01/2009 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=85536 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/51 "2011-11-28T19:05:19Z")
A datapoint for a late joiner: Total Posts: 2,115 Posts Per Day: 3.36 Last Activity: Today 01:30 PM Join Date: 03-09-2010 User number 89087 89071 - 89099 woodsjacker - 2 posts, last activity 11/9/11 HaystackCaldoon - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10 pprakashjhaa - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10, BANNED famliotz - 0 posts, last activity 3/14/10 Fiexia - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10, BANNED Axovetix - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10, BANNED incuff - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10, BANNED kendall.luther - 0 posts, last activity 4/9/10, BANNED Vopcoifs - 0 posts, BANNED Darth Panda - 2017 posts, last activity today Amy\_in\_TX - 0 posts Zek46 - 2 posts, last activity 3/10/10 Johnny Feelgood - 1 post, last activity 3/9/10 random6X7 - 75 posts, last activity today anschoo - 1 post, BANNED Travelgirl2010 - 0 posts ME! villas - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10 octoquad - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10 trish29 - 1 post, last activity 3/9/10, BANNED dohebert - 2 posts, last activity 3/9/10 Peaches - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10 CookieMomster - 3 posts, last activity 3/10/10 Antemientep - 0 posts, last activity 3/9/10, BANNED poissinkime - 0 posts, last activity 2/9/11, BANNED vincentius - 2 posts, last activity 3/10/10 itarseflatt - 0 posts, last activity 8/29/10, BANNED michaelpaul - 2 posts, last activity 2/11/10 DeeX - 1 post, last activity 3/10/10 I found a couple of interesting ones - what can a user with no posts at all with a months after creation last activity date do to get banned? Other than that only **Darth Panda** and myself are fairly active. Two others, **woodsjacker** with 2 posts and **random6X7** with 75 posts have logged in this month. ---
**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, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/52 "2011-11-28T19:14:06Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > I found a couple of interesting ones - what can a user with no posts at all with a months after creation last activity date do to get banned? Most likely the mods spotted a sock by way of IP address and just zapped the intruder before he/she could fire the first shot. If not that, then something along those lines, perhaps. Thanks for all the data! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/53 "2011-11-28T19:18:45Z")
Join date: 1/2/2006 19 other users signed up on that date. User #'s 56811 - 56829. Only one poster besides myself had any activity much past the sign-up date: **Proghead** - last activity was 8/17/2007. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/54 "2011-11-28T19:51:49Z")
My join date - 6/30/2005, user number 53607, total posts 3,248. Nineteen others joined that day. Eight never posted at all, five posted once. The most prolific was Amaranta, who posted 626 times ending in October 2006. The most recently active is kingbighair, with 316 posts and last activity 8/9/2011. The user number range on my join date was 53599 to 53618. ---
**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, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/55 "2011-11-28T21:34:54Z")
Some of the data might be skewed around the time I joined in the pay to post days, with 30 day guest privileges. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/56 "2011-11-28T21:59:13Z")
These are all my friends from 8-15-2001. The ones in **blue** are still “active” as it were but they’re pretty much lurkers. The ones in **red** are the other current active users who signed up the same day. Hip hip, hooray! Icabod: 2 posts, last activity 8-28-02 nichie: 2 posts, last activity 8-15-01 WortMeWorry: 158 posts, last activity 05-01-2005 (also from Ohio!) **bookbabe** : 26 posts, last activity 06-08-2011 Ins&Outs&What-have-yous: 718 posts, last activity 06-10-2009 January: 26 posts, last activity 12-08-2006 gfloyd: 985 posts, last activity 04-18-2008 Heaving Mass: 16 posts, last activity 10-23-2001 **ZipperJJ** : 14,057 posts, last activity NOW **postcards** : 2,625 posts, last activity Today 03:00 PM darkgarden: 11 posts, last activity 08-30-2001 Gorgon Heap: 3,566 posts, last activity 05-30-2010 Arwen: 302 posts, last activity 10-27-2004 born2run: 9 posts, last activity 11-13-2002 fantastic jack: 0 posts, last activity 05-12-2008 duffman: 25 posts, last activity 08-02-2002 **CookingWithGas** : 7,893 posts, last activity 11-26-2011 Beagle: 3,775 posts, last activity 01-24-2005 **lieu** : 21,175 posts, last activity Today 04:12 PM RAVasquez: 0 posts, last activity 08-15-2001 Trey: 0 posts, last activity 01-01-2005 megasad: 1 posts, last activity 08-15-2001 jstultz: 1 posts, last activity 08-15-2001 **Anni** : 16 posts, last activity Yesterday 09:25 AM chiaria2000: 0 posts, last activity 06-18-2007 Deej: 149 posts, last activity 03-25-2009 Lorien: 0 posts, last activity 10-21-2001 Catlyn: 4 posts, last activity 09-19-2001 **Thunder** : 225 posts, last activity 10-23-2011 JCavalieri70: 1 posts, last activity 08-16-2001 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/57 "2011-11-28T22:09:33Z")
I was one of 17 people who signed up on my date. Of those, 13 have a “last activity” of 4-28-2002 One posted 9-28-2002 The only ones that are still active are Duke, whose name I am familiar with, and Xgemina (353 posts), whom I have never seen. ---
**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, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/58 "2011-11-28T22:46:17Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > Join Date: 03-09-2010 > [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Join date: 1/2/2006 > [@Crotalus](#): > > My join date - 6/30/2005 > [@BlankSlate](#): > > Some of the data might be skewed around the time I joined in the pay to post days, with 30 day guest privileges. That’s good to know. Thanks > [@ZipperJJ](#): > > 8-15-2001. > [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > I was one of 17 people who signed up on my date. I see that that was Join Date 07-29-1999 ====================== Thanks all for the data! I’m merging the new arrivals’ data into the sort which I will repost later, hopefully after we have passed 100. ========================= Here’s an idea that I’m thinking of doing: using Julian Day conversions for the Join Dates, we can get a days-between-two-dates difference to compare with the User Numbers differences. Something ought to emerge from that sort of comparison. How’s that sound? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/59 "2011-11-28T23:22:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Zeldar** : > It would be a cute piece of trivia if we could locate the DAY when most people joined up. I don’t feel like doing all of the digging right now, but I’d be willing to bet that it’s within a few days after January 7, 2003. That was the date that the epic “[If LotR Had Been Written By Someone Else!?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=138905)” thread was linked from Slashdot, leading to a huge flurry of activity here. I’m not sure how many of those new joins would have remained active, though. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/60 "2011-11-28T23:45:35Z")
44 users joined on 3-29-02. Most of them posted only once or not at all. Most of the remainder disappeared within a year or two. Six of the 44 have 2011 activity, although half of these have made only about a couple of dozen posts in the nine and a half years. That leaves three truly active posters. **Witch haardvark HPL doublehelix** (18 posts, last activity in July) **Trathena** (23 posts, last activity in July) **kivrin** (32 posts, but active today) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133.md?page=4)