# Charter Member — I'm seeing ads and other weird stuff? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 25, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-im-seeing-ads-and-other-weird-stuff/720804 "2015-05-25T16:10:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-im-seeing-ads-and-other-weird-stuff/720804/1 "2015-05-25T16:10:34Z")
Jumped onto the SDMB this morning and I’m seeing adds, my PM box capacity was reduced from 500 to 250, and my location or post count doesn’t show up in my posts. What’s up with that? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-im-seeing-ads-and-other-weird-stuff/720804/2 "2015-05-25T16:24:46Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Jumped onto the SDMB this morning and I’m seeing adds, my PM box capacity was reduced from 500 to 250, and my location or post count doesn’t show up in my posts. > > What’s up with that? Nevermind, I just realized it’s expired. The Expired Notices were being sent to my Junk Mail folder for some reason, and I completely didn’t notice. Any chance I can retain my Charter Membership status? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-im-seeing-ads-and-other-weird-stuff/720804/3 "2015-05-25T16:25:18Z")
No ads for me, my PM box is unchanged and my profile seems unchanged. Did you get logged out somehow? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-im-seeing-ads-and-other-weird-stuff/720804/4 "2015-05-25T16:28:59Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > No ads for me, my PM box is unchanged and my profile seems unchanged. Did you get logged out somehow? See post above. But yeh, it was a completely honest oversight. I wish there was a way the expiry notice could be sent to our PMs here. I rarely even bother to look in my Junk Mail folder. 😕 ETA: I just paid through PayPal, and things already seem to be back to normal. Even the “Charter Membership.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-im-seeing-ads-and-other-weird-stuff/720804/5 "2015-05-25T16:31:20Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Nevermind, I just realized it’s expired. The Expired Notices were being sent to my Junk Mail folder for some reason, and I completely didn’t notice. > > Any chance I can retain my Charter Membership status? I still see Charter Member as your status. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-im-seeing-ads-and-other-weird-stuff/720804/6 "2015-05-25T16:34:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I still see Charter Member as your status. Thanks! Good to know. I wasn’t sure if that was just a cookie thing or what. Hopefully it’ll stick, although I had to pony up for the full $15, rather than the half-off for CMs. Unless they got rid of that deal? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-im-seeing-ads-and-other-weird-stuff/720804/7 "2015-05-25T17:52:01Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Thanks! Good to know. I wasn’t sure if that was just a cookie thing or what. Hopefully it’ll stick, although I had to pony up for the full $15, rather than the half-off for CMs. Unless they got rid of that deal? The deal still exits.