# How do you become a member of the SDMB?

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**Created:** [August 1, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-become-a-member-of-the-sdmb/916992 "2020-08-01T15:49:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-become-a-member-of-the-sdmb/916992/31 "2021-06-15T06:37:18Z")

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> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> Discourse expects to tie into the customer’s credit card processing system.

Just for clarification, is the customer here the Sun-Times, the SDMB, or us individually? I would be surprised if the Sun-Times couldn’t accept credit cards. Do you know if the problem is with Discourse ( they can’t tie into the Sun-Times cc system) or is the problem with the Sun-Times (they don’t want SDMB memberships to be run thru their cc system for some reason)?

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