Charter Members: Who and how many are left?

[NineToTheSky]

@whitetho

Back on November 28, 2011, spinky, using computer skills that are beyond my keen, produced an 11 megabyte text file, http://sdmbexample.nfshost.com/profiles2.csv , which included the member listing as of that date. If I’ve done my research correctly, that file has 730 Charter Members, including a handful who have never posted. (Their favorite movie is “Run Silent, Run Deep”.)

Perhaps if we ask nicely spinky will update the list.

Who is number 1? (He or she is probably not a free man.)

[Amateur_Barbarian]

@NineToTheSky

Who is number 1? (He or she is probably not a free man.)

You can check any user by changing the number at the end of the link. There is no user #1, which is somehow… fitting. Lynn Bodoni is/was number 2.

Ed the Z seems to be the only active member in the first 10 (#6).

[Colibri]

@Amateur_Barbarian

Are there many other active users below 1000 that aren’t mods?

GusNSpot has the lowest number of anyone who isn’t staff, 33.

[ZipperJJ]

I’m a charter member but not a 99er. 2000 I think? (On Tapatalk, can’t see)

[Colibri]

@ZipperJJ

2000 I think? (On Tapatalk, can’t see)

August 2001, newbie!

[Johnny_Bravo]

@aldiboronti

Another ex-charter member whose title lapsed through inadvertently neglecting payment. When the sky didn’t fall in I figured what the hell? It’s only a name.

Ditto.

[LSLGuy]

@Hedda_Rosa

… I pay for the SDMB like I donate to NPR or pay for Pandora. Yeah it could be free, but I get tremendous value and enjoyment out of it, so I vote for continuation of the service with my dollars.

This. On a dollars / hour basis SDMB is *really *a bargain.

[OttoDaFe]

@LSLGuy

@Hedda_Rosa

… I pay for the SDMB like I donate to NPR or pay for Pandora. Yeah it could be free, but I get tremendous value and enjoyment out of it, so I vote for continuation of the service with my dollars.

This. On a dollars / hour basis SDMB is *really *a bargain.

The above encapsulate my outlook pretty accurately. Fairly sure I’m paid up till 2017, but no time like the present to check.

[Kent_Clark]

@kaylasdad99

I’m happy with my Charter Member status, the no ads, and the discounted subscription fee.

What I’m unsure of is whether '99er refers merely to the calendar year of registration, or if it implies being a member when the board was on AOL. Whenever I see a reference to '99ers, I hesitate to count myself among their number.

I never saw the AOL version of the Board, and I have no problem calling myself a '99er.

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

I’ve spent a lot more money on a lot of so-called ‘fun’ things that gave me a lot less pleasure than my charter membership has given to me.

[Mona_Lott]

I’ve been a member here since October 2001.
I pay for membership because for me, it is
worth it.

[Tripler]

@Spoons

Well, I’m still here, as a Charter Member. Hard to believe that I’m coming up on 15 years of membership, but there you go.

Holy crap. It has been fifteen years. Holy moley.

Tripler
Well, I plan on stickin’ around too.

[Princhester]

@engineer_comp_geek

I was a Charter Member up until the point where I became a Moderator.

… and got demoted.

[SpoilerVirgin]

I’m another Charter Member who stays paid up two years in advance so that I never lose it. Now I’m really curious about my join number.

[Tripler]

@SpoilerVirgin

I’m another Charter Member who stays paid up two years in advance so that I never lose it. Now I’m really curious about my join number.

I got ya beat–6687.

Tripler
A little ways off from GusNSpot though.

[Satchmo]

I’m still here, though I don’t post a lot most of the time. I have to agree with all the folks that say it’s well worth the money.

[tomndebb]

@Tripler

I got ya beat–6687.

Tripler
A little ways off from GusNSpot though.

Yeah. There are periodic references to the '99ers, but the real elite club is of those with two-digit join numbers.

[aruvqan]

I have been a charter member, and I actually lurked prior to that but I have no idea if there are any posts I can search for to find out my absolute earliest post. Oh, and 44346 is my member number

[Colibri]

@aruvqan

I have been a charter member, and I actually lurked prior to that but I have no idea if there are any posts I can search for to find out my absolute earliest post. Oh, and 44346 is my member number

Here’s your first post. February 2004.

[D-bear]

Still here, though I mostly lurk…