# 'Guest'? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 30, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/24116 "2000-06-30T03:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/24116/1 "2000-06-30T03:52:05Z")
What does the designation ‘Guest’ mean? How would one become a Guest here? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2000, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/24116/2 "2000-06-30T04:14:13Z")
The “Guest” designation seems to be associated with posts made prior to the late-April move from UBB to vB. My post count remains somewhat true (we all lost some in one of the UBB upgrades), but I can still find myself listed as Guest in some older threads. It’s a sort of a bureaucratic backwater, methinks. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/24116/3 "2000-06-30T14:05:14Z")
You’re correct, beatle. The designation is meaningless, just one of the little glitches going from system to system. Most often when you see “guest” it’s for a screen name that has been deactivated or removed from the database. See also “Unregistered.” Or “Not Registered.” your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guest/24116/4 "2000-07-01T23:57:56Z")
Thanks.