# Are you a member or a customer of the SDMB? An informal poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 5, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461 "2006-09-05T01:41:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/41 "2006-09-06T09:40:35Z")
Having done the maths, I reckon SD is ‘not for profit’, so I regard myself as a member - also that is what turns up under my tag ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/42 "2006-09-06T10:47:36Z")
[QUOTE=Cicero] And btw, where would I stand if one of the members had coughed up on my behalf (as they offered to do)? Would that make me ambiguous? [/QUOTE] Only if you can drink from the cup using either hand. ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/43 "2006-09-06T13:40:15Z")
Customer. I used to be a member several years ago when I was actively posting, but now I mostly lurk and I rarely post. I don’t really participate enough to consider myself a member – I get way more out of the board then I put in, so in my mind that makes me a customer. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/44 "2006-09-06T13:47:25Z")
Hi, my name is **Nava** and I’m a member of the Dope, says so up there. It’s a social hangout with fees, not a place I go to buy stuff. The membership fee buys me the right to post lots of stupidity, some occasional wisdom and you guys the right to ignore either. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/45 "2006-09-06T14:02:49Z")
I like ScissorJack’s post - perfecto. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/46 "2006-09-06T14:08:56Z")
I have joined a real club in the past few months, a proper one with leather armchairs and booze and so on (though I’d have to pay an extra £2,000 to be allowed upstairs into the private lounge). I’m a member of that, so I’d say I’m a member of this one. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/47 "2006-09-06T14:17:00Z")
[QUOTE=Nava] Hi, my name is **Nava** and I’m a member of the Dope, says so up there. It’s a social hangout with fees, not a place I go to buy stuff. The membership fee buys me the right to post lots of stupidity, some occasional wisdom and you guys the right to ignore either. [/QUOTE] I have seen no stupidity in your posts, I enjoy the perspective from Spain and I am amazed by your excellent English skills. They surpass mine by a lot and I only speak English. I am assuming English is your second language to Spanish. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/48 "2006-09-06T14:44:49Z")
Member, I’ve been posting for nearly three years I think I might just allow myself that much. Also since I was a plain _member_ before it went to a pay-for service then I don’t see how my status has changed. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/49 "2006-09-06T14:54:52Z")
I’m a member of the community and a customer of the messageboard. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/50 "2006-09-06T16:26:37Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] I have joined a real club in the past few months, a proper one with leather armchairs and booze and so on (though I’d have to pay an extra £2,000 to be allowed upstairs into the private lounge). [/QUOTE] Through members (and customers) here, one can experience other’s activities as diverse as “leather armchairs and booze” to “extended voulunteer efforts for tsunami victims.” That’s pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461/51 "2006-09-06T17:26:30Z")
I’ll echo everything **QtM** said in the OP. For better or worse, this place is a part of my life, and without Cecil’s and the board’s influences, I’d be a different person, possibly much different. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-member-or-a-customer-of-the-sdmb-an-informal-poll/371461.md?page=2)