# Is it just me, or are there a larger-than ever-number of posts by Guests? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457 "2009-07-27T18:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/21 "2009-07-28T20:45:51Z")
count me as another one who had no idea my dues were due, and didn’t notice until I became a welcomed guest. I’d be happy to pay, but don’t even know how I would do so, nor am I really that interested in finding out. ---
**Author:** ![Other\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Other\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Other_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/22 "2009-07-28T21:03:00Z")
I was hoping that after so many posts my title would change. I disillusioned myself - now I know better. ~S.P.I.~ ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/23 "2009-07-28T21:10:06Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Me too. I actually kinda like “Guest”. Makes me feel like I’m welcome here. D As welcome as the character in _The Man Who Came To Dinner_? ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/24 "2009-07-29T01:26:21Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > I was a Charter Member until I decided to let my subscription lapse earlier this year. Ditto. I liked having the Charter Member thing, but I’ve just been so disappointed with the whole management of the boards over the last year or two, that I can’t in good conscience give them my money, even if it’s only a small amount. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/25 "2009-07-29T01:30:59Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I don’t know that anyone can answer definitively, but I’ve thought the same thing. I’ve been here ten years. I simply refuse to keep paying. They promised big upgrades, and none happened, so they can’t have my money. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/26 "2009-07-29T01:33:28Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > I’ve been seeing a lot of new names, and a higher than average amount of spelling errors/grammar mistakes/abbreviations than I’m used to from this board, mostly from people labeled as Guest. I’ll bet you’re fun at parties. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/27 "2009-07-29T01:40:34Z")
Used to be a Charter Member, missed the deadline for paying again, turned into a Member for a while and then, when my dues were, um, due again, I discovered that I had to pay via Paypal, which I don’t have. So ‘guest’ I am. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/28 "2009-07-29T02:27:56Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > I’ll bet you’re fun at parties. LOL…you need to come to a CleveDopeFest if you think that is bad! I was just agreeing with the OP, and explaining why I’ve paid attention to the status line. There has always been a high respect for spelling on this board, and it is noticeable when someone slips. I make more than my share of typos, but using the wrong word usually gets people mugged around here. It’s not just me. But I was an English major, so it matters to me. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/29 "2009-07-29T02:50:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Me too. I actually kinda like “Guest”. Makes me feel like I’m welcome here. > > Of course, we all know it really means “hope he leaves soon”! 😃 Most honored guest, welcome to humble abode. Please to sit in most ordinary of chairs, which resides at head of table for such as yourself. You bless us with your exalted presence. The ancestors dance a dance of joy for the honor you bestow on this family, and beg you forgive their lack of substance which is the fate of all ephemeral men. I vote for Most Honored Guest as a title instead of Guest. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/30 "2009-07-29T04:10:16Z")
Something else that may be a factor…the boards are now searchable by Google. Some non-Doper searches a topic, finds a Dope thread, and signs up and replies, without lurking first. ---
**Author:** ![Other\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Other\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Other_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/31 "2009-07-29T05:00:58Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > Most honored guest, welcome to humble abode. Please to sit in most ordinary of chairs, which resides at head of table for such as yourself. You bless us with your exalted presence. The ancestors dance a dance of joy for the honor you bestow on this family, and beg you forgive their lack of **substance** which is the fate of all ephemeral men. > > I vote for Most Honored Guest as a title instead of Guest. The bolding is mine! (My first time doing one of these - awesome!) I was just wondering if you meant sustenance rather than substance? Thank you in advance, ~S.P.I.~ ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/32 "2009-07-29T05:21:02Z")
Perhaps it’s both. No substance because they are all dead, and no sustenance provided either if they are the ones meant to be doing the cooking. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/33 "2009-07-29T05:32:25Z")
> [@jali](#): > > If you look at the “joined date” for a lot of the “Guests” you’ll see many have been around a long time. True dat. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/34 "2009-07-29T09:42:22Z")
I let the Charter Member status lapse this year. I’d just lost interest in the whole thing (though not enough to stop posting all together.) ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/35 "2009-07-29T09:57:56Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > I vote for Most Honored Guest as a title instead of Guest. Well, you’d have to work up to that. Guest Guest Star Special Guest Star Distinguished Guest Most Honored Guest. Or maybe if they changed “Guest” to “Troll” they’d drum up more subscriptions. 😉 ---
**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:** [July 29, 2009, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/36 "2009-07-29T11:37:32Z")
> [@Other\_Dreams](#): > > The bolding is mine! (My first time doing one of these - awesome!) > > I was just wondering if you meant sustenance rather than substance? > > Thank you in advance, > > ~S.P.I.~ Substance as in physical matter. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/37 "2009-07-29T12:06:01Z")
I think a lot of us should be called Charter Guest but I know for certain it won’t happen. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/38 "2009-07-29T12:13:11Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > True dat. Newbie… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![smee\_goan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f07891/32.png) [@smee\_goan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smee_goan)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/39 "2009-07-29T17:57:07Z")
I apologize for any of the delay, your writings are very important and not in the words of our Preesident > [@](#): > > Stupid ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457/40 "2009-07-29T18:37:15Z")
> [@jali](#): > > If you look at the “joined date” for a lot of the “Guests” you’ll see many have been around a long time. Yeah, but what I miss most is the number of posts. Even long-time dopers who reverted to Guest should have that statistic shown. I am totally awed at anybody with 10,000 or more posts. Or even 5,000+ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-are-there-a-larger-than-ever-number-of-posts-by-guests/504457.md?page=3)