# How does one get to be a guest?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-to-be-a-guest/45989>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [December 17, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-to-be-a-guest/45989 "2000-12-17T05:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-to-be-a-guest/45989/1 "2000-12-17T05:48:20Z")

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I have noticed that in some threads people answer questions as a guest (usually this is older threads). How does one get to be a guest?

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-to-be-a-guest/45989/2 "2000-12-17T07:15:18Z")

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It’s people who were registered under the old regime (UBB), and weren’t converted to the user database in the Great Winter Revolution of 2000.

Hail Cecil!

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**Author:** ![MattTheCroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MattTheCroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MattTheCroc)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-to-be-a-guest/45989/3 "2000-12-17T08:11:12Z")

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The vbBoard supports people not registering to post, but obviously with the troll problem as it is, they disabled that. So since these old posts don’t appear to the board to be registered, it assumes they are guests.

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**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:** [December 17, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-one-get-to-be-a-guest/45989/4 "2000-12-17T19:54:25Z")

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You’re all correct.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator