# Hey, what current active poster has been on the Board the longest? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 12, 2001, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188 "2001-05-12T07:33:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/1 "2001-05-12T07:33:00Z")
Okay, here are the criteria I’m thinking of: 1- Cecil Adams and anybody associated with originally designing the website or getting it up and running don’t count. Nor do any of the SD advisory staff who held those jobs before the site was erected. 2- Mods count, but only if not part of any group in #1. 3- “Current active” is defined (arbitrarily) as someone who has posted within the last 4 months. I really have no idea how old the site is. The poster with the earliest activation date I’ve seen was from sometime in 1998. Coldfire has been around since '99, and that’s pretty rare too. There has been a HUGE increase in new members just since I joined last year. I feel like an old man sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/2 "2001-05-12T09:28:18Z")
The site was started up around March of '99, I think (give or take a month). This particular subject was brought up a while back, but I don’t remember who “won” the “longest-posting” contest. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/3 "2001-05-12T09:36:26Z")
That would be, I believe, CatBiker. I remember this coming up a while ago, and I said that he shouldn’t count as he hadn’t posted in months, then he started posting again the next day or so. If you want, you can put different numbers in the URL for a profile, starting at 1, and working through all the mods, admins, Reader staff, and SDSAB, and get to CatBiker around #35. ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/4 "2001-05-12T11:11:05Z")
Using the method **waterj2** suggested, it looks like the longest-poster is **Monty**. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/5 "2001-05-12T12:47:43Z")
Monty is, or at least was, a member of the Straight Dope Science Advisory Board. Notice in looking through that there is a month-long gap between those who had access before the board went public, and the rest of the hoi polloi got here. ---
**Author:** ![Lizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@Lizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lizard)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/6 "2001-05-12T19:54:49Z")
Well, Monty is listed at joining in Feb.'99, and CatBiker in Mar.'99. Hmm. I wonder who I saw with a joining date in '98? If they weren’t part of the site itself, then they would get the title so far. By the way, is there ANY question that hasn’t been asked before on the Boards? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/7 "2001-05-12T20:15:28Z")
Count me as another March '99 registrant. Oh, and **Lizard** , lots of questions haven’t been asked yet. Here’s one: “If you had to cut off your penis, would you do it when you were soft or hard?” It is, however, true that most of the **good** questions have been asked. 😉 Hey, maybe you could start a thread about it. “What stupid questions haven’t been asked?” Use the above as an example. I’m not guaranteeing a response, but it’s worth a try, right? (fixed code - Jill) [Edited by JillGat on 05-14-2001 at 10:45 PM] ---
**Author:** ![JimOfAllTrades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@JimOfAllTrades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimOfAllTrades)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/8 "2001-05-12T21:43:41Z")
I signed up March 99 as well, about 10 days or so after the board opened to the public. I was out of town the week it opened, so I didn’t signup in the first couple of days. A bunch of the old AOL regulars signed up during that month. Ugly ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/9 "2001-05-13T00:37:01Z")
How bout this. I was one of the first four people to post on the SD when it was on aol. Tubadiva was one of the others. Nyah. - jill ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/10 "2001-05-13T01:37:15Z")
I’m researching answers to three questions for the SDSAB, so it appears I’m disqualified due to the criteria in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/11 "2001-05-13T05:53:43Z")
**tomndebb** signed up March 12, 1999 (userid 82), and is certainly one of the most constant, prolific and intelligent posters. I believe he’s mentioned being on the old AOL board. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2001, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/12 "2001-05-13T06:41:46Z")
I have been here a while, Fought with JillGat, TUBA, Lynn, all the good old AOL SDMB folks. I don’t do much here but TOMNDEB is one cool cat and way smarter than this ole biker. Being old don’t count less you can still chase round the coffee table. I can. \ ///[http://members.aol.com/CatBiker///](http://members.aol.com/CatBiker///) ---
**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:** [May 13, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/13 "2001-05-13T16:42:37Z")
I don’t remember fighting with you, Cat; I adore you and yours, you know. Always have. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/14 "2001-05-22T03:26:22Z")
**Tell me if this is an improper change of subject.** I don’t care how you count it, but who has made the most posts? I noticed that **handy** has over 12,000. With that many he should be suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome! Congrats to all you **Ole Salts** ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/15 "2001-05-22T06:16:51Z")
I just checked and handy is up to 9734 _posts_, although he’s probably up to 10000 as we speak. Content zero though. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/16 "2001-05-22T15:07:27Z")
I don’t have 10,000 yet. There was a discussion about when I would hit 10,000 though at: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38699](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=38699) I probably won’t even notice when I hit 10,000. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/17 "2001-05-23T02:34:05Z")
So I guess even though I was wrong on the number of posts, that I was right about **handy** having the most posts. ---
**Author:** ![deepstblu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@deepstblu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deepstblu)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/18 "2001-05-23T14:09:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Northern Piper \* > \*\ ***tomndebb** signed up March 12, 1999 (userid 82), and is certainly one of the most constant, prolific and intelligent posters. I believe he’s mentioned being on the old AOL board. \*\* As it happens, I signed up the same day, and am one of the _least_ constant, prolific and… ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/19 "2001-05-23T15:31:41Z")
Well, for the amount of time you’ve been around, you’ve stuck your foot in your mouth surprisingly few times. That’s rather impressive. Besides, we can’t all be **tomndebb**. As for **handy** , I’ll try to remember to throw him a party when he hits 5 digits. I mean, nobody’s ever done that before. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2001, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188/20 "2001-05-24T06:06:48Z")
And you would be impressed why? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-what-current-active-poster-has-been-on-the-board-the-longest/65188.md?page=2)