# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/101 "2011-11-30T23:10:22Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > **AuntiePam** , I took the liberty of looking at your Join Date and the others who joined then. > > Here’s a copy of what I found: > > # ======================================== #34 Yesterday, 07:51 PM AuntiePam (14 joined) My number is 2058 Join Date: 08-05-1999 \<\< clipped \>\> > > I did this lookup so I could have your data in a new sort I’m working on, which will have everybody’s “total joined” from most to least. > [@Zeldar](#): > > Whether it’s time zone differences or some other magic, the Join Date and Last Activity Date make some of the lookups we’ve had reported in this thread to differ substantially from what appears on your upload. So making any definitive statements about Biggest Day or Biggest BANNED Day or any of those things would be a bit suspect. We might need all the analysis done by one person (or at least people in the same time zone) if we wanted to be able to claim any superlatives or other hotsy-totsy trivia. Because of what appears to be a time-zone component to how individuals will see other people’s Join Date and Last Activity Date I have dispensed with the idea of that sort based on “Number Joined Same Date” that so many have provided in this thread. Thanks for doing the work, all who did. Please use your own examination of the posts in the thread to come to your own conclusions about such things. My apologies if you were looking forward to that sort from me. But **ntucker** ’s file can provide the data in a handy to examine form if you want that. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/102 "2011-11-30T23:52:51Z")
Here’s the basic sort of User Number, Join Date, Julian Day after 47 Individuals have posted: ```auto UserName Join Date User Number Julian Day ================================================================================================================== TubaDiva Join Date: 03-10-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=32 2451247 OpalCat Join Date: 3/11/1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=36 2451248 kunilou Join Date: April 7, 1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=535 2451275 pricciar Join Date: 04-11-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=581 2451279 JBDivmstr Join Date: 6/14/1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1458 2451343 Joey P Join Date: 6/15/1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1478 2451344 Earl Snake-Hips Tucker Join Date: 07-29-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1972 2451388 rowrrbazzle Join Date: 07-31-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=1990 2451390 AuntiePam Join Date: 08-05-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2058 2451395 Sparky812 Join Date: 08-31-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2338 2451421 Eureka Join Date: 9/24/1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2661 2451445 Rhythmdvl Join Date: 10-13-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2845 2451464 Musicat Join Date:10-20-1999 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=2917 2451471 Chronos Join Date: 01-22-2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=4176 2451565 Ceejaytee Join Date: 4/26/2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=6004 2451660 Clothahump Join Date: 05-24-2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=6642 2451688 Jack Batty Join Date: 6/28/2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=7603 2451723 Tamex Join Date: 7/19/2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=8146 2451744 MEBuckner Join Date: August 3, 2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=8547 2451759 Spoons Join Date: September 21, 2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=9680 2451808 Gyrate Join Date: November 13, 2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=10829 2451861 malkavia Join Date: 11-17-2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=10931 2451865 Cazzle Join Date: 12-27-2000 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=11733 2451905 amarone Join Date: 3-30-2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=13774 2451998 Cicero Join Date: 2nd April 2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=13806 2452001 Omega Glory Join Date: 4/20/2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=14145 2452019 brewha Join Date: 4-24-2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=14216 2452023 don't ask Join Date: 31st of May 2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=14776 2452060 ZipperJJ Join Date: 8-15-2001 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=16467 2452136 Biffy the Elephant Shrew Join Date: 3-29-02 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=20699 2452362 Nametag Join Date: 04/13/2002 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=21252 2452377 MissTake Join Date: 07-30-02 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=24180 2452485 ntucker Join Date: 11-25-2002 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=27180 2452603 Zeldar Join Date: 06-18-2003 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=36386 2452808 Starving Artist Join Date: 12-27-03 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=42779 2453000 DfrntBreign Join Date: Feb. 21, 2004 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=44274 2453056 Lord Mondegreen Join Date: 03-04-2004 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=44581 2453068 RollOutTheBarrel Join Date: May 1st, 2005 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=52702 2453491 Crotalus Join Date: 6/30/2005 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=53607 2453551 Bob Ducca Join Date: 1/2/2006 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=56822 2453737 steronz Join Date: Feb 21, 2007 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=64260 2454152 Half Man Half Wit Join Date: 6-14-2007 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=67227 2454265 Panurge Join Date: 7-30-2007 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=68877 2454311 Blank Slate Join Date: 4-13-2008 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=75852 2454569 Zyanthia Join Date: 09/01/2009 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=85536 2455075 Darth Panda Join Date: 03-09-2010 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=89080 2455264 Moonlitherial Join Date: 03-09-2010 http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?u=89087 2455264 ``` ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/103 "2011-12-01T00:01:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I’m pretty sure that that’s the same person as **Karen Lingel** , who still posts sporadically. Back in the day, sometimes when a person changed their name, it was processed as a new user. > [@OpalCat](#): > > I don’t know that name. I know her as Karen Hickerson, and I visited her down in NC when Dominic was just a little kid. She married a guy off the boards named Dan. Karen Lingel was/is SDStaff from the early days. Look up staff reports on the front page. Type in Lingel. PhD in Physics. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/104 "2011-12-01T00:05:51Z")
I don’t think it’s the same person. Karen Hickerson is a sculptor. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/105 "2011-12-01T00:21:55Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Whether it’s time zone differences or some other magic, the Join Date and Last Activity Date make some of the lookups we’ve had reported in this thread to differ substantially from what appears on your upload. So making any definitive statements about Biggest Day or Biggest BANNED Day or any of those things a bit suspect. We might need all the analysis done by one person (or at least people in the same time zone) if we wanted to be able to claim any superlatives or other hotsy-totsy trivia. I think I’m misunderstanding you somehow. All the data in my file **was** gathered by a single person, so it’s consistent. It doesn’t matter what timezone the data is from so long as you know it’s all from the same timezone. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/106 "2011-12-01T01:48:32Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > I think I’m misunderstanding you somehow. All the data in my file **was** gathered by a single person, so it’s consistent. It doesn’t matter what timezone the data is from so long as you know it’s all from the same timezone. What I was referring to are the individual Dopers’ lookups and how the number of others joining the same day might differ for someone else in another time zone. Your source, if everybody were to use it, would be good for that sort of analysis, but posting the contents of posts in this thread might not be. We’ve already seen specifics between Central USA time and Australian zones. The same people might show different “Join Date” in different zones. So the total shown as joining the same day would (or could) differ on either end of the range. Granted the totals wouldn’t be wildly off, but they could vary enough that when we went for superlatives (most, least, etc.) we might get answers that not all could agree to. I hope I have made my point more clearly, but I am prepared to be shown I’m in error somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/107 "2011-12-01T02:17:32Z")
Yeah, we’re on the same page. I was just confused by you continuing to post and refer to the ad hoc data chunks. It seems like a waste of time at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/108 "2011-12-01T02:31:30Z")
> [@ntucker](#): > > Yeah, we’re on the same page. I was just confused by you continuing to post and refer to the ad hoc data chunks. It seems like a waste of time at this point. I still believe there are some useful conclusions to be drawn for the data being submitted by individuals, but that the search for Most Joining The Same Day ought to be left to you or someone else using your spreadsheet data. Still out there is a reasonable guess/calculation for time period (day, month, season, year) with the highest percentage of Active Users to have joined that period. The percentages by individual poster’s findings might be useful for that sort of thing. It’s just a study I haven’t undertaken on my own just yet. When I started the thread I didn’t know quite a few things we have learned here, most especially how comprehensive the data mining could be. Thanks to you for that! I do hope it isn’t and hasn’t been a waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/109 "2011-12-01T02:41:15Z")
I am user #37428, joined 07-17-2003. 37 other people joined that day (users 37394 through 37431). Of those, only one person besides myself is ‘active’, that being **spingears** , who was last active on 10/28/11. Of the 38 of us “July 17th-ers”: 20 made a total of 0 posts 11 made 1-9 posts 4 made 10-99 posts 1 made 100-999 posts 2 have made 1000+ posts (myself and the aforementioned **spingears** ) 2 of us are currently Members: myself and **The world is my sea urchin.** , who has a total of 6 posts and was last active on 7/17/03. One other “fun fact”: sharing my ‘join date’ is **luluBahrain** , who lives here in Sacramento with me (or at least did the last time she updated her profile) and shares a birthday with my son (though she is a few years older). Alas, she hasn’t been active since 2006, so I’ll probably never know if she lives across the street… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/110 "2011-12-01T03:07:17Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > No! It’s not of any use! The blue renders it unusable! AAAAAHHH!!! Aw, _man_! Stupid blue! 😉 Seriously, this thread has been interesting. Mostly, the posters named are completely unknown to me. Not surprising, given that so many that have been listed made zero to few posts. But every now and then, I’ve seen one with enough posts to make me say, “Hey, I remember that poster. Wonder what ever happened to him or her?” ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/111 "2011-12-01T03:35:34Z")
I made a mistake and somehow excluded members with lower user numbers. Here’s my full corrected list. Only Jake is still active (and a Charter Member) # BlueIce #1987 Last Activity: 04-28-2000 06:05 PM Join Date 07-31-1999 Total Posts 1 # Jake #1988 Last Activity: Today 12:57 PM Join Date 07-31-1999 Total Posts 2,799 # slim #1989 Last Activity: 04-28-2000 06:05 PM Join Date 07-31-1999 Total Posts 1 # Astroglide #1991 Last Activity: 02-06-2004 08:39 PM Join Date 07-31-1999 Total Posts 108 nene227 #1992 Last Activity: 11-21-2001 09:21 PM Join Date 07-31-1999 Total Posts 31 ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/112 "2011-12-01T03:41:27Z")
I lost my post. I’m not doing it again. I joined 7-11-2002, along with 32 others. I am 23639. **sunstone** , **mistee** and **SlowMindThinking** are still active. **taggert** was banned after two months or so. Of the rest, over half of them never posted or only posted on their join date. The remainder were all inactive by 2006, and none of them were tremendously active posters. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/113 "2011-12-02T05:34:35Z")
Due to the file size limitations in my version of Excel, I asked **ntucker** to trim off from the file he uploaded (see [here)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14514319&postcount=88) all users who had zero posts. From that file I gathered these gee-whiz numbers which may help in determining what constitutes an “Active User”: ```auto As of Nov/28/2011 including BANNED users Posted at least 30,000 times 20 " " " 20,000 " 62 " " " 10,000 " 259 " " " 5,000 " 685 " " " 1,000 " 2683 " " " 500 " 4008 " " " 200 " 6154 " " " 100 " 8115 " " " 50 " 10473 " " " 20 " 14457 " " " 10 " 18334 " " " 5 " 23787 " " " 1 " 55024 27152th User on Sorted List (median user) user id username total posts join date last activity 28580 "mcp" 3 2002-12-29 2003-01-03 ======================================================== Top 20 Posters: UserID Name #Posts 25781 "Diogenes the Cynic" 58797 21437 "Marley23" 54218 32062 "BrainGlutton" 50390 14424 "Mangetout" 43518 27822 "John Mace" 42608 8080 "Guinastasia" 41860 3925 "Johnny L.A." 41805 4176 "Chronos" 41227 3284 "Liberal" 39401 35413 "Really Not All That Bright" 38830 3516 "Little Nemo" 37074 10463 "Cat Whisperer" 36542 10914 "Bryan Ekers" 36122 4762 "elucidator" 34374 24510 "twickster" 33248 82 "tomndebb" 32025 35658 "silenus" 31578 3665 "Bricker" 30646 4504 "tdn" 30345 46809 "Elendil's Heir" 30038 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/114 "2011-12-02T06:24:39Z")
I just installed Tapatalk in order to read the SDMB on my iPhone, and it brings an interesting take on the “active users” question. For whatever reason, this app will tell you what the web SDMB will not. Under “Statistics”, it says we have 126,899 members and 6771 active members. Not sure how this is calculated, but there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Tess\_Trueheart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Tess\_Trueheart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tess_Trueheart)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/115 "2011-12-02T07:27:07Z")
I found this thread idea to be a very interesting one. Even if you don’t use it, here’s my info: Tess Trueheart 64826 Join Date: 03-16-2007 There were 32 of us on March 16th, 2007 (probably a Spring Break day - was for me in high school) 64794 Rainbow 6 gone by the end of the year 64795 JLC\_2007 1 gone the same day 64796 lineary 0 “registered user” 64797 Crim Son 0 gone the same day 64798 TKahn85 7 BANNED in a month 64799 NuovoFfresco 1 BANNED the same day 64800 BlogBusters 1 BANNED the same day 64801 TaoCat 1 gone in a month 64802 VinterDzhinserS 0 BANNED the same day 64803 securitysystemm 1 BANNED the next day 64804 rebsound 0 “registered user” 64805 KerrySlade 0 gone the same day 64806 MatthewGivens 1 gone the same day 64807 AdmiralUS 0 gone the same day 64808 Angel-xan 1 BANNED the same day 64809angrybert 0 gone the same day 64810 Skara\_Brae 916 Last activity: yesterday 64811 Marisa 8 gone the same day 64812 OwMyToe 1 gone the same day 64813 ewener 1 gone in 2 weeks 64814 a as in æon 12 BANNED the next day 64815 qtygvbxdllk 0 BANNED the same day 64816 usitozuf 0 gone the same day 64817 Tonyenjoyingnewlife 1 BANNED same day 64818 Moscow Discow 20 gone by 2009 64819 The Spirit of Radio 62 gone in a month 64820 scaricare 0 gone the same day 64821 SexPromo 0 BANNED same day 64822 Cheers My Corn 11 BANNED 2 days later 64823 FloridaTime 1 gone the next day 64824 bruceejenkins 0 gone the same day 64825 krosevand 1 gone the next day Of interest (maybe only to me) - I was the very last person on this day. - A name as common as ‘Rainbow’ wasn’t taken until 2007. - Quite a few people got their asses banned within 24 hours - some with 0 posts (maybe disappeared?) - The current poster **Nzinga, Seated** joined the day before I did. - The only poster even remotely still around (and it’s only been a few years) is **Skara\_Brae** , and I have never encountered that name before! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2011, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/116 "2011-12-02T14:10:04Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > I made a mistake and somehow excluded members with lower user numbers. Here’s my full corrected list. Only Jake is still active (and a Charter Member) > > \<\< clipped \>\> Thanks for that additional data. I’m still trying to decide the most effective way to summarize those details from everybody. > [@Frank](#): > > I lost my post. I’m not doing it again. > > I joined 7-11-2002, along with 32 others. I am 23639. > > \<\< clipped\>\> Same comments and thanks, **Frank**. > [@Tamex](#): > > I just installed Tapatalk in order to read the SDMB on my iPhone, and it brings an interesting take on the “active users” question. For whatever reason, this app will tell you what the web SDMB will not. > > Under “Statistics”, it says we have 126,899 members and 6771 active members. Not sure how this is calculated, but there you go. You might be amused by comparing those stats to the ones in the OP to see how they have changed in such a short time. Thanks. > [@Tess\_Trueheart](#): > > I found this thread idea to be a very interesting one. Even if you don’t use it, here’s my info: > > Tess Trueheart > 64826 > Join Date: 03-16-2007 > > There were 32 of us on March 16th, 2007 (probably a Spring Break day - was for me in high school) > > \<\< clipped \>\> > > Of interest (maybe only to me) > > - I was the very last person on this day. > - A name as common as ‘Rainbow’ wasn’t taken until 2007. > - Quite a few people got their asses banned within 24 hours - some with 0 posts (maybe disappeared?) > - The current poster **Nzinga, Seated** joined the day before I did. > - The only poster even remotely still around (and it’s only been a few years) is **Skara\_Brae** , and I have never encountered that name before! Thanks to you, too, **Tess Trueheart** , and I do intend to put that sort of data to use in this thread, once I can decide how best to summarize it that doesn’t duplicate the file that **ntucker** has built and uploaded. I suspect that not everyone has made their own personal spreadsheet from his data. At the very worst, the contributions by everybody who has posted here are available to all to see and analyze and form opinions about. The participation has been rewarding and informative to me – and I hope others. ---
**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/117 "2011-12-04T09:02:37Z")
Late to the party! Not sure if you can use my info, but here it is. Toucanna ([Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)) Besides me, 110 people joined the SDMB on 19 May 2011. > **[Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest,...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** > > Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 UNThomasRO BANNED Last Activity: 05-22-2011 07:26 PM Total Posts: 0 Posts Per Day: 0 Last Activity: 05-22-2011 07:26 PM Join Date: 05-19-2011 to > **[Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest,...](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php)** > > Fighting Ignorance Since 1973 fraskas Registered User Last Activity: 05-28-2011 05:56 PM Total Posts: 0 Posts Per Day: 0 Last Activity: 05-28-2011 05:56 PM Join Date: 05-19-2011 After eliminating all users who were banned and whose post count is 0 and, all users whose last activity is 05-19-2011 and whose post count is 0 (I did not note who was a “Registered User” and who was a “Guest”), we are left with the following 17 users: Three were banned after posting: smartlook ; Last Activity: 05-19-2011 03:49 AM ; Total Posts: 1 Quaalude Charlie ; Last Activity: 08-15-2011 10:12 PM; Total Posts: 6 SvetaJisaeva ; Last Activity: 06-25-2011 05:59 AM ; Total Posts: 1 Five had one post shortly after joining, then no more activity. (Usernames have been omitted to avoid giving offense.) \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 05-19-2011 03:01 AM ; Total Posts: 1 \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 05-19-2011 10:43 PM ; Total Posts: 1 \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 05-19-2011 11:54 PM ; Total Posts: 1 \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 05-20-2011 12:13 AM ; Total Posts: 1 \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 05-25-2011 08:00 PM ; Total Posts: 1 One posted 5 times: \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 06-09-2011 ; Total Posts: 5 One posted 19 times: \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 08-03-2011 06:23 PM ; Total Posts: 19 Four never posted: \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 06-02-2011 06:44 AM ; Total Posts: 0 \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 06-07-2011 05:47 PM ; Total Posts: 0 \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 07-01-2011 ; Total Posts: 0 \*\*\*\* ; Last Activity: 07-30-2011 07:06 AM ; Total Posts: 0 Active users in this range: andrew. ; Last Activity: 12-02-2011 07:00 PM ; Total Posts: 17 allyn ; Last Activity: 12-03-2011 05:28 PM ; Total Posts: 15 Toucanna: Last Acitivy: 12-04-2011 ; Total Posts: 544 (not including this one) Wow, I guess that makes me the “Chatty Cathy” of my group! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/118 "2011-12-04T09:08:43Z")
Outstanding post, **Toucanna**! Thanks for some fine work. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/119 "2011-12-28T19:52:51Z")
Hi, I’m Johanna. User number=2971 I joined on October 24, 1999. There were eight of us that day. Seven didn’t make it. ```auto **ID** **Post count** **Last Activity** 2966 3 4-28-2000 2697 0 4-28-2000 2968 1 4-28-2000 2969 1 4-28-2000 2970 0 4-28-2000 2971 9,412 <—me 12-28-2011 2972 0 4-28-2000 2973 2 4-28-2000 ``` ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133/120 "2011-12-28T21:24:32Z")
Joined on 09/28/1999\_\_\_\_\_Last activity \_\_Last posting date Talullah \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_04/28/2000\_\_\_\_09/29/1999 Wife of lion\* \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 04/28/2000\_\_\_\_(none) Absynthetic \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 10/06/2006\_\_\_\_06/04/2003 Ayesha (RIP) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 11/17/2005\_\_\_\_10/18/2005 GuanYu \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 04/28/2000 \_\_\_\_11/03/1999 Anson2995\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ today \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ today WhiteNight \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_04/28/2000\_\_\_\_04/11/2000 Me (kaylasdad99)\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ today \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ today SoMoMom \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_12/13/2002\_\_\_\_07/03/2002 Pikerfish \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_04/28/2000\_\_\_\_09/29/1999 Klaus\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_04/28/2000\_\_\_\_09/29/1999 HokumPokum\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_04/28/2000\_\_\_\_(none) jseigle \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_11/05/2001\_\_\_\_11/02/2001 - I suspect that Wife of lion was also Ayseha, possibly with an abortive registration. I also suspect that April 28, 2000 had some modification to the board, because it appears to have automatically logged a bunch pf people off that day. Hell, maybe it logged everybody off that day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-look-at-active-users-at-sdmb/604133.md?page=7)