# Interesting vBulletin Feature - Maybe **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576 "2000-05-04T17:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/1 "2000-05-04T17:33:02Z")
I just noticed something kinda odd. When you view a user profile there’s a numeric code at the end of the URL. It appears these numbers are assigned in the order in which you were registered. For instance, the code at the end of the URL for UncleBeer is “913” and I registered on 5/3/99. The code at the end of the URL for Satan is “930” and he registered on 5/4/99. (Happy Anniversary, Satan). So, now you can find out exactly who was here before or after anyone else. This is different than the UBB in that the UBB had your user name in the URL rather than a sequential numerical string. So, let’s see who really holds the mark of the beast, number 666… it’s “maxzmomliz”, never hoid of him. Enjoy! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/2 "2000-05-04T17:36:55Z")
Interesting! It also means you can go down the list for low userids. For example, userid 2 is [Lynn Bodoni](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2). You might be onto something there UncleBeer. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/3 "2000-05-04T17:44:49Z")
I just want to check my own profile. ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/4 "2000-05-04T17:48:22Z")
Pretty cool. As of this moment, the newest user, [asdfasd](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=6185), is number 6185. Who is number one? Aparrently we, like the Prisoner will never know. But number six is [Ed Zotti](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=6). Hey, Ed, can you give us a little “I am not a number! I am a free man!” here? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/5 "2000-05-04T18:08:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Who is number one? Aparrently we, like the Prisoner will never know. Here I thought I was clever. “Number one has to be Cecil,” I thought. Nope. Cecil is number 31. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/6 "2000-05-04T18:09:18Z")
Hmm, a fiendishly clever way to check my number and to increase post count. I like this. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/7 "2000-05-05T00:58:00Z")
I’m 137. Not too shabby! There is no 1, so Lynn is first. Well, the administrators would have the lowest numbers. SoxFan 59, you are 61. Doh! ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/8 "2000-05-05T01:03:35Z")
I’m number 1008, and I registered on 5/10/99. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/9 "2000-05-05T01:06:19Z")
Hey, I’m 3535. Pretty neat! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/10 "2000-05-05T01:12:30Z")
636 ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/11 "2000-05-05T01:24:03Z")
2322 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/12 "2000-05-05T01:48:26Z")
I’m #4190, having registered on 23 January 2000. I see Swiddles is #4015, which strikes me as a neat number. Hmmm… In the nine days between her registration (14 January) and mine, there were 175 registrations?! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/13 "2000-05-05T01:48:55Z")
I’m # 2732. And my PO Box is 73! Hmmmm, this coinkidink makes no sense whatsoever! But I’ll get to the bottom of it, believe you me. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/14 "2000-05-05T01:56:04Z")
Hope nobody thinks less of me for my high number: 4905. My only excuse (feeble though it may be) is that it took me a long time to get over here from a.f.c-a. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/15 "2000-05-05T02:20:06Z")
I’m 149. I’m kind of surprised, considering how low my post count is. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/16 "2000-05-05T03:24:54Z")
2085 here. I like it. I also noticed that there is now an AIM id section in the profile. That could be useful for stalking some of you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/17 "2000-05-05T03:25:26Z")
Cool, now we have a new way to establish meaningless heirarchies around here, along with number of posts! So, with that in mind, here is the SDMB Top 20 (aka aha’s new suck-up list): 1. (?) 2. Lynn Bodoni (3/9/99) 3. Dan Kaplan (2/18/99) 4. dunl (2/18/99) 5. jkeene (2/18/99) 6. Ed Zotti (2/18/99) 7. jcrandall (2/19/99) 8. SDStaffKen (2/19/99) 9. SDStaffWildBabe (2/19/99) 10. jimboy (2/19/99) (apparently the same as jcrandall; zero posts) 11. VegForLife (2/19/99) (first non-administrator) 12. Songbird (2/19/99) 13. Melis (2/19/99) 14. Monty (2/19/99) 15. Cyberian54 (2/19/99) (posts: 0; email: [imanasshole@aol.com](mailto:imanasshole@aol.com)) 16. Cyberian55 (2/19/99) (posts: 2. I swear, I am not making any of this up!) 17. WildBabe (2/19/99) 18. Ian Rey (2/19/99) 19. CKDextHavn (2/19/99) 20. Mike Lenehan (2/20/99) Now this is interesting. What’s the deal with Lynn? She never showed her BBQ-moderating mug round these parts until March, yet she still gets to be number two? What’s up with that? Can I petition Ed and the boys to make me number one? Will aha beat me to it? Oh, and one last thing: 1. Granny J (3/11/99) (1 post) Not Douglas Adams? Oh, well… - neuro-trash grrrl (aka poster #2381) ---
**Author:** ![NickyLarson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b2d939/32.png) [@NickyLarson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NickyLarson)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/18 "2000-05-05T03:34:55Z")
Always late on the draw, I come in at 350 **1** ---
**Author:** ![G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@G.B.H.Hornswoggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.B.H.Hornswoggler)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/19 "2000-05-05T12:29:09Z")
3111 for me, registered 11/4/99. Hm, there are now almost as many people who registered after me as registered before. When we have 6222 members, I will be the fulcrum of the SDMB! (Who’s the current one? Well, right now the newest person is [Honesty](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=6201) at #6201. So half of that is 3100, [The Smartass (SanibelMan)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=3100), but that seems to be an alternate id. 3101 is [Jo3sh](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=3101), who has a relataive small number of posts. But, at the moment, he is the center of trhe SDMB universe!) – Da Ace, who has a little too much free time this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2000, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576/20 "2000-05-05T12:46:51Z")
Number 546 Registered 04-08-1999. ::Notes his postcount is lower than his user ID #:: Gonna have to fix that… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-vbulletin-feature-maybe/18576.md?page=2)