# current figures on registered members and paid subscribers **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 1, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093 "2007-07-01T03:29:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/21 "2007-07-02T22:04:13Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] By the way, if you’re wondering about the Charter Member label, that’s someone who has stayed continually paid-up since the time when the Board went pay (in 2003, I think it was), not necessarily someone who’s been here since the founding of the Board itself (1999). There are still a few of those around, but not nearly as many as there are Charter Members. [/QUOTE] To get an idea of how long someone’s been here, hover over their name, and down at the bottom of your browser window, you’ll see something like [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=41](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=41) The number at the very end is the person’s serial number here, so mine indicates that I’m the 41[sup]st[/sup] person to sign up, way back in March of 1999. You can also click on the name and a little popup will give you the option to view the member’s public profile, or as I look at it, the “do they have a life?” page, as it will list how many posts they’ve made, as well as how many posts per day it works out to. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ryle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/22 "2007-07-03T01:51:41Z")
That’s a juicy piece of information. I notice a few close to the source in this very thread, including #2. More likely sooner than later I’ll encounter #1, unless someone would like to share. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ryle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/23 "2007-07-03T01:54:55Z")
[QUOTE=gotpasswords] You can also click on the name and a little popup will give you the option to view the member’s public profile, or as I look at it, the “do they have a life?” page, as it will list how many posts they’ve made, as well as how many posts per day it works out to. [/QUOTE] As ‘Guest’ I don’t have that privilege. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/24 "2007-07-03T02:09:54Z")
[QUOTE=Mark Ryle] That’s a juicy piece of information. I notice a few close to the source in this very thread, including #2. More likely sooner than later I’ll encounter #1, unless someone would like to share. [/QUOTE] Be glad to. User #1 was a test account, now deleted. #2 is the lowest you’ll find, and you’ve had the pleasure of her presence in your thread. To save you the trouble, I’m #207. And there is a solution to your dilemma: Register. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/25 "2007-07-03T02:34:02Z")
[QUOTE=Mark Ryle] That’s a juicy piece of information. I notice a few close to the source in this very thread, including #2. More likely sooner than later I’ll encounter #1, unless someone would like to share. [/QUOTE] There is no #1; that was also our first corrupt file of the database and it became unusable. That was my original registration. I’m further down the list now. Doesn’t matter. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/26 "2007-07-03T02:34:57Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] Be glad to. User #1 was a test account, now deleted. #2 is the lowest you’ll find, and you’ve had the pleasure of her presence in your thread. To save you the trouble, I’m #207. And there is a solution to your dilemma: Register. 😃 [/QUOTE] Cecil, of course, is lowly #31. Hell, even Ed beats that. (Says number 60,378.) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/27 "2007-07-03T03:43:47Z")
[QUOTE=Lynn Bodoni] If I’m in the mood to chat, I’ll fire up AIM. Otherwise, you can reach me by email. This is NOT an Official Admin Answer. I suspect, but do not know for sure, that the Official Admin Answer is something on the lines of board performance. Do not take that as an Official Answer, either. [/QUOTE] Want a little syrup to go with that waffle, **Lynn**? ( Ducks, tries to run, \* CAN NOT ESCAPE\* the awesome power. Is crushed much like a bug. Hell. I turn 45 in 20 minutes. Can you imagine a better way to shuffle off this mortal coil ??? 😃 ) To answer the query, I’d rather not be seen as Online or Offline either. Our posts have timestamps. If one is in a “hot thread” and one realizes that one is posting against others posting in real time, then you know who is online and who is not as a result. That’s frequently fun. Otherwise, why would it matter if I was online or not? More to the point, since I’m about to be smited ( Smote? Smitted? Smoten? Hmmm… :dubious: ) for my insolent post, I suppose my thoughts on whether or not I show as Online aren’t really relevant. :eek: Cartooniverse, who prays like a muthah that **Lynn Bodoni** at least smirked at my joke. Perhaps a guffaw? Perhaps not… ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/28 "2007-07-03T03:48:23Z")
I’m UserID # 2964, and yet I am a Nintety-Niner. That means that quite a few folks were signed up in the early days. Of course, not all are still posting ( primping. What the hell. I’ll be slain soon enough, might as well primp !! ). Still, it’s interesting to me that we had _that many_ registered names by Oct. 1999. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ryle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/29 "2007-07-03T03:58:13Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] #2 is the lowest you’ll find, and you’ve had the pleasure of her presence in your thread. [/QUOTE] It _[FONT=Times New Roman]is_ a pleasure, I’ve noticed.[/FONT] [QUOTE=Rico] And there is a solution to your dilemma: Register. 😃 [/QUOTE] Thank you very much for the invitation. I think I will. [QUOTE=TubaDiva] There is no #1; that was also our first corrupt file of the database and it became unusable. That was my original registration. I’m further down the list now. Doesn’t matter. [/QUOTE] It certainly does matter. Glad to know who #1 is! No one can even say you’re #1-asterisk since it diminishes no one else, being unoccupied. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/30 "2007-07-04T04:27:57Z")
[QUOTE=Rico] User #1 was a test account, now deleted. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=TubaDiva] There is no #1; that was also our first corrupt file of the database and it became unusable. [/QUOTE] This is just a lie to prevent people from discovering the _real_ truth about the SDMB. **[Ed Zotti](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=6)** is not a number. He is a free man. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2007, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093/31 "2007-07-04T04:35:14Z")
[QUOTE=1010011010] **[Ed Zotti](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?userid=6)** is not a number. He is a free man. [/QUOTE] In your face, Number 6! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-figures-on-registered-members-and-paid-subscribers/410093.md?page=1)