# Are Guests ever going to be upgraded to members?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-ever-going-to-be-upgraded-to-members/475083>\
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**Created:** [November 30, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-ever-going-to-be-upgraded-to-members/475083 "2008-11-30T19:52:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Mr\_Buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Buttons)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-ever-going-to-be-upgraded-to-members/475083/1 "2008-11-30T19:52:04Z")

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Just wondering whether us free-loaders are going to be upgraded so we can have info like post counts/location in our posts.

Don’t get me wrong, i love that i can post for free, but I’m sure some of us would like to have a reputable post count, and maybe display our location and such. Maybe we could turn ‘regular’ members into "super-members’ or “paying-members”, and the rest of us lowly guests could be upgraded to regular members.

ETA: It’s also be nice to subscribe to posts and stuff like that.

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**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-ever-going-to-be-upgraded-to-members/475083/2 "2008-11-30T23:22:37Z")

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Theory 1: If you’re visiting the house but not paying the rent, you’re a guest. (Okay, that was a super-lousy comparison, unless we change ‘member’ to ‘tenant’. I’ll try again.)

Theory 2: (Bear in mind I know nothing about how these things work) Perhaps it helps with generating funding reports for tax purposes: report on ‘members’ would tell you how much $$ they’ve generated; same for a report searching on ‘charter’.

Totally WAGuesses both times. Happy for someone intelligent and informed (I’m only here to maintain the balance) to come by and correct me.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-guests-ever-going-to-be-upgraded-to-members/475083/3 "2008-12-01T00:56:41Z")

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I believe it’s on the list, but below other things of more importance. Check the sticky at the top of the forum.