# becoming a member

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-member/710761>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 24, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-member/710761 "2015-01-24T16:04:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![cedman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cedman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cedman)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-member/710761/1 "2015-01-24T16:04:56Z")

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I’m registered and have the title “Guest”.

I wish to subscribe and become a “Member”

How is this done?

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-member/710761/2 "2015-01-24T16:06:38Z")

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Mods please move to the ‘About the Message Board’ forum

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**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-member/710761/3 "2015-01-24T16:09:14Z")

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On the toolbar at the top, on the far left, click on “User CP.”

On the sidebar on the left, the last option is “Paid Subscriptions”. Click there and it is straightforward.

I’ll get this moved to the About This Message Board forum, which is where questions of this nature go.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-member/710761/4 "2015-01-24T18:27:18Z")

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**Moderator Action**

Moving thread from General Questions to About This Message Board.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-member/710761/5 "2015-01-24T19:45:05Z")

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> [@cedman](#):
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> I’m registered and have the title “Guest”.
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> I wish to subscribe and become a “Member”
> 
> How is this done?

In anticipation of a frequently asked question, subscription payments are done with PayPal, but you don’t need a Paypal account to buy a subscription (a credit card works just fine - the system will ask you if you want to sign up for PayPal, but there’s no requirement to do so).

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**Author:** ![taz\_twister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@taz\_twister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taz_twister)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-a-member/710761/6 "2015-01-24T21:29:02Z")

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Thats easy…you just need to log enough posts and whine about being insulted about post that don’t matter.