# How many members have to die before the SDMB admins ask you to be a mod?

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😃

Let’s see. Currently, about 136,00 members, around 6,000 active (Not sure what that means.)

Assuming active members means members with a recent posting history, I’m going to venture a guess around 5,500 members have to die before they would ask me.

How about you?

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