# Doper Demographics

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 2, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834 "2022-09-02T19:22:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-demographics/970834/81 "2022-09-09T01:01:24Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> I thought if you didn’t pay you just saw ads.

That came after pay to post. In fact, if you were a member or a charter member when we switched from vBulletin to Discourse, you are still in the member or charter member user group and you still don’t see ads. So that last year of paying for your membership really paid off. 😉

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