# Different labels for Dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 15, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767 "2011-08-15T08:12:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/1 "2011-08-15T08:12:25Z")
What’s the difference between: Charter Member Member Guest ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/2 "2011-08-15T08:17:21Z")
Guests don’t pay any money for the site. Members pay $14.95 Charter Members pay half that. They signed up when the board first went pay to post and they keep their halfprice rate as long as they pay up on time every year. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/3 "2011-08-15T13:28:57Z")
Paid members also can get, for a small fee, a custom title underneath their username. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2011, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/4 "2011-08-15T14:22:31Z")
The FAQs are your friend. 🙂 > **[FAQs - Please Read First - Rules, Guidelines, Etiquette, Technical Issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562482)** > > If you’re new here (or even if you aren’t), please read the following threads before posting on the SDMB: FAQ - Rules for Posting at the Straight Dope Message Boards How and when do I report a post? What’s the policy on copyrights? How do I know... > **[FAQ - Technical issues for Posting](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384827)** > > This thread lists the technical issues involved in posting on the SDMB. First, be sure to read the Registration Agreement (updated 05/04/2012) This post is basically a “table of contents” for this thread and these rules: #01 = List of Issues #02... [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7698850#post7698850](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7698850#post7698850) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/5 "2011-08-15T16:52:13Z")
(Using my best Joe Friday voice): “Just the FAQS, ma’am.” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/6 "2011-08-15T17:04:37Z")
Also guests have the banner ads. Members don’t. And I think only members can use the search function. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/7 "2011-08-15T17:07:51Z")
And members can post a photo in their profile. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/8 "2011-08-15T17:17:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And I think only members can use the search function. Why are members the only ones penalized that way? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/9 "2011-08-15T17:33:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Also guests have the banner ads. Members don’t. > > And I think only members can use the search function. Guest here. I can use the search function. When the hamsters let me. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/10 "2011-08-15T17:35:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Also guests have the banner ads. Members don’t. > > And I think only members can use the search function. Yes they can. Originally that was true, but not anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/11 "2011-08-15T20:13:33Z")
Access to the board’s search function is largely irrelevant anyway, since Google does a much better job of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lestrade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Lestrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lestrade)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/12 "2011-08-15T21:20:38Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > (Using my best Joe Friday voice): “Just the FAQS, ma’am.” [Never happened](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/dragnet.asp). I love that spoof record, though. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/13 "2011-08-16T01:04:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Access to the board’s search function is largely irrelevant anyway, since Google does a much better job of it. You mean to tell me that Google doesn’t make you wait 2 minutes between searches? Damn, that’s some hi tech miracle!!! ---
**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:** [August 16, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/14 "2011-08-16T01:30:10Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Why are members the only ones penalized that way? :smack: I’m a Charter Member and proud to say I’ve been frustrated by the Search function since 1999! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-labels-for-dopers/592767/15 "2011-08-16T03:45:13Z")
> [@Lestrade](#): > > [Never happened](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/dragnet.asp). I love that spoof record, though. Yeah, I know, but I had to say it anyway. 😃