# How many people are here?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 1, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207 "2000-03-01T23:50:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207/1 "2000-03-01T23:50:00Z")

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I’m sorta new to the message board (no flaming bags of dog doo, please!) and I was wondering how many people were subscribed to the board. I thought about going through every post and counting the different names, but then I realized that this was America and no one should have to work for their knowledge. So, everyone should come to me and post a reply to this message. **EVERYONE.**

There is no excuse for dissent.

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_A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head._

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**Author:** ![kinoons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a698b9/32.png) [@kinoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kinoons)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207/2 "2000-03-01T23:55:00Z")

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Ya know, I can be a dissent if I want to…hea, wait…

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knuckle-dragging hose mongerer.  
SDMB Self-Righteous Clique

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**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207/3 "2000-03-01T23:58:00Z")

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> Originally posted by kinoons:  
> \*\*Ya know, I can be a dissent if I want to…hea, wait…  
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Ha! You fool! By posting your dissent, your name is the first to be noted on the list!

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207/4 "2000-03-02T00:01:00Z")

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**Breckinshire** , please check-in here.

[Master List](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000394.html)

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**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207/5 "2000-03-02T00:11:00Z")

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As Carl Sagan once said:

_ **Billions and billions…** _

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207/6 "2000-03-02T00:20:00Z")

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Well, to save us all a lot of trouble:

**Registered Members: 4772**

It’s on the main page of the message board, and it is real time, as far as I know.

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**Coldfire**  
_Voted **Poster Most Likely To Post Drunk** _

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_ **"You know how complex women are"** _

- Neil Peart, **Rush** (1993)

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**Author:** ![Breckinshire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@Breckinshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Breckinshire)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2000, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-here/14207/7 "2000-03-02T00:37:00Z")

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Lazy knowledge has triumphed again.