# Anyone else noticing the plethora of 'guests'? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846 "2005-12-31T14:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rwhbyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@rwhbyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwhbyu)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/21 "2006-01-02T22:00:03Z")
I was a “guest” until last week or soething like that, but I have been a long time lurker. I sold some stuff on eBay and had 15 extra bucks so I finally ponied up the cash to join. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/22 "2006-01-02T22:45:12Z")
> [@rwhbyu](#): > > I was a “guest” until last week or soething like that, but I have been a long time lurker. I sold some stuff on eBay and had 15 extra bucks so I finally ponied up the cash to join. C’mon, admit it – you _want_ us to bring out the goat, don’t you? Welcome to you, and to all our other guests and (esp.) our new members. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/23 "2006-01-03T11:36:07Z")
> [@PsychoWench](#): > > Someone posted something to which I just had to respond Me too. I’ve lurked here for years, but even before the pay to play, I just didn’t feel like I had so much to say that I needed to register. Glad to be here now, though, and I think I’ll probably pay up at the end of my 30 days. Hi y’all! ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/24 "2006-01-03T13:36:14Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > I been here, & it’s a mystery to me. 😕 Knock, Knock, Hello!! The Google ads at the bottom of the pages. The ones that got everyone in a rip-roar. 😉 Now that google has its grips on the SDMB I would think that linking to this site would be more common in searches and such. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/25 "2006-01-03T13:47:53Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#): > > Knock, Knock, Hello!! > > The Google ads at the bottom of the pages. The ones that got everyone in a rip-roar. > 😉 > > Now that google has its grips on the SDMB I would think that linking to this site would be more common in searches and such. Oh. Sorry. Forgot all about em. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/26 "2006-01-03T14:02:46Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Oh. > > Sorry. Forgot all about em. :smack: Me, too. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/27 "2006-01-03T16:26:23Z")
I’d also like to chime in with a welcome to any new eyeballs and fingertips. Whether you’ve been lurking or just stumbled upon our crazy corner of the ether, we, and the goat, are happy to have you. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/28 "2006-01-03T18:00:27Z")
Yes, welcome guests! We love new people here. I’ve also noticed a lot of guest posters, but I didn’t really think much of it. Slight de-rail, but sometimes when I open a thread ALL of the posters will be “Guest”. Like, instead of saying **raz** it will say “Guest”, except all of the names will be like that. What’s up with that? Just some sort of glitch? ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/29 "2006-01-03T18:28:13Z")
I, for one, welcome our new Guest Overlords. I’m too lazy to search for and link to “trite and overused SDMB clichés”. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/30 "2006-01-04T14:59:04Z")
another lurker delurking :::waves to assemblage:::: greetings all. i hasn’t posted until very recently, tho i’ve wandered around in here with the rest of the inmates for over a year. thank the very fine website ‘museum of hoaxes’ for finding the dopers for me. i have had a bit of trouble trying to figure out where the posts and threads go a_after_ fter i posted (some board discussions seem to simply vanish into thin air and they don’t seem to be in the archives), but that’s a minor quibble. the rest of this place is too much darn fun to be concerned about. i promise i’ll wipe my feet before coming in. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846/31 "2006-01-04T15:24:41Z")
Welcome to all! _smooch_ I, resident goddess of love, will start collecting those sacrifices and tributes now… 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-noticing-the-plethora-of-guests/337846.md?page=1)