# Lost my charter member title

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 6, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382 "2008-11-06T00:44:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/21 "2008-11-18T22:43:14Z")

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Mine is also still gone.

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**Author:** ![Nuveena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@Nuveena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nuveena)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/22 "2008-11-19T00:36:37Z")

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Also testing

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**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/23 "2008-11-19T12:53:37Z")

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Wonder if I’ve retained the rarified title too.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/24 "2008-11-19T13:52:14Z")

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Testing, testing…

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/25 "2008-11-19T20:31:32Z")

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> [@picunurse](#):
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> Testing to see if I’m still here… I haven’t done much posting of late.
> 
> Yep, there I am.

Ditto

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**Author:** ![EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilHamsterOnCrack)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/26 "2008-11-19T21:35:14Z")

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I was one after the board change, but then lost it… I know it’s not just me, but posting here so there’s a record of me!

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**Author:** ![Hi\_Neighbor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hi_neighbor/32/494_2.png) [@Hi\_Neighbor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hi_Neighbor)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/27 "2008-11-20T14:07:08Z")

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I’m sure mine is still gone as well.

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**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/28 "2008-11-20T16:36:15Z")

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Jerry’s working on the user title and subscription issue. The first post in [this sticky](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482569) is periodically updated by Jerry to let us know what he’s working on and what has been fixed.

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**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/29 "2008-11-20T16:37:44Z")

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I’m a Charter Member since the Charter Memebers were first formed. Now I’m down to Member, I need to get My Charter back again! Pretty please?

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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/30 "2008-11-20T16:44:59Z")

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> [@wonder9](#):
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> Am I a Charter Member whore because I post more about my status than I do on any other topic?
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> Yeah, probably.

I don’t know. Maybe you can post a little more about this. You know how intensely I care about charter member status.

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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/31 "2008-11-20T18:53:54Z")

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Testies

Nope. Not Yet.

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**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/32 "2008-11-20T19:24:45Z")

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May I respectfully ask, who cares?

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**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/33 "2008-11-20T19:31:20Z")

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I care. I lost mine too. That caused my renewal rate to go up. I want to renew when the time comes but not at the full rate. Hopefully they’ll have it fixed by then.

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**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/34 "2008-11-20T22:28:32Z")

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What **Amp** said. I care. I want my “Charter Member” tag back.

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**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/35 "2008-11-21T00:05:29Z")

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Let’s see…

ETA: somehow I’ve managed to hold onto mine, even though I’m not around that often anymore.

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**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/36 "2008-11-21T02:44:29Z")

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> [@Knorf](#):
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> What **Amp** said. I care. I want my “Charter Member” tag back.

What he said!

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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/37 "2008-11-21T18:11:11Z")

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I feel…smaller, somehow.

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**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/38 "2008-11-21T20:33:41Z")

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Hey, me too! I didn’t even notice. Huh.

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**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/39 "2008-11-21T23:22:30Z")

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> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#):
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> Mine is also still gone.

Just be glad you simply lost the “Charter” I suspect you’d be far more upset about loosing your “member”.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/40 "2008-11-22T00:43:19Z")

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At first we were told that having the guest title is no big deal because we had the same privileges as members and charter members. Now, that is no longer the case :dubious:

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