# Charter member vs guest in each header **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 14, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747 "2016-08-14T00:44:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/21 "2016-08-15T04:05:37Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > I think message boards are just not cutting edge any more. There’s more social media options. I remember there was a drop when LiveJournal came out, and Facebook, and so on. Yes, I basically only returned because I quit Facebook, and had to get creative in how I waste my time. At least here I actually learn new things. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/22 "2016-08-16T00:41:29Z")
Where else can I go to be a 15-year guest? They haven’t made me leave the couch or pick up my soiled underwear yet. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/23 "2016-08-16T01:31:06Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Where else can I go to be a 15-year guest? They haven’t made me leave the couch or pick up my soiled underwear yet. That was yours? FOUND HIM! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/24 "2016-08-16T01:59:44Z")
I don’t know as I said before I took a forced 10 year brea…k last time I was here was bush junior was in his 2nd turn and the board was down for a month in a half…it wasn’t long after we came back that my personal life went to a hell its never recovered from … ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/25 "2016-08-16T21:17:34Z")
Looks like pay-to-post started sometime in 2004, and ended either late 2008 or early 2009. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2016, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/26 "2016-08-16T23:25:53Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > Looks like pay-to-post started […] ended either late 2008 or early 2009. This I know. It ended October 2008. That’s when I joined. I waited right until Pay to Post ended. Well, to be more exact, I got the 30 trial at the end of August through September, knowing it would be free in October. And, yeah, I got a few free days, too. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/27 "2016-08-17T07:34:15Z")
This is interesting. If you guys’s dates are right, and I assume that they are, then that means that I must have been paying to post at one point. Which is a bit disconcerting to me, since I have no memory of having done that. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/28 "2016-08-17T09:22:29Z")
I bailed during that whole dark period. At first, I ponied up because I wanted to keep my Member status. But events conspired and I lost interest in posting and/or paying completely. But I wandered back after a few years. ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/29 "2016-08-17T23:43:53Z")
I was paying all along, since I have Charter membership, that is probably why I didn’t realize it was pay to post. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747/30 "2016-08-18T00:27:30Z")
I’ve been paying the $15 per year, for the entertainment value. But still, no matter what your level, I think you’re still limited to one search in 2 minutes. Bummer. Hey, do the mods get to search more frequently? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-member-vs-guest-in-each-header/762747.md?page=1)