# Lost my charter member title **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/81 "2008-12-16T00:18:09Z")
Okay, **now** I’m confused (even more than before). I was under the impression that SDMB was now free to all of us, and those who re-upped _before_ it became free, just did so because their subs were about to run out, and to keep their charter membership, they needed to pay to avoid being set to non-charter. **What** am I not understanding, y’all? Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/82 "2008-12-16T00:23:21Z")
If you pay you don’t have to see the adverts all over the place. Those that post for free are stuck with the adverts. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/83 "2008-12-16T00:29:34Z")
:smack: Thanks, \*\* Amp\*\*. Forgot about the ads… Q ---
**Author:** ![The\_Composer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@The\_Composer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Composer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/84 "2008-12-17T20:07:26Z")
Test ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/85 "2008-12-17T22:37:49Z")
> [@Boscibo](#): > > Yeah, that. I’d much rather re-sub at a lower rate of a charter member, and it would anger me if a board screw-up forced me to pay double. Yep, “nobility” titles aside this is the main thrust of my complaint as I’d like to keep subscribing at the regular CM rate. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/86 "2008-12-18T01:35:01Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > Yep, “nobility” titles aside this is the main thrust of my complaint as I’d like to keep subscribing at the regular CM rate. Ditto. Well, let’s see what happens. Many things hang in the balance, and CM status is relatively minor, since board survival (in the context of CR survival, etc) takes precedence. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/87 "2008-12-20T14:44:33Z")
Yeah, my charter member status disappeared on me about a month back. Here’s to hoping it’s fixed by April! ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/88 "2008-12-20T14:56:10Z")
Testing… ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/89 "2008-12-27T02:52:22Z")
I seem to have lost my Charter status today. I’m still a member, which is good. But I guess my name can be added to those who would like their Charter status back. ---
**Author:** ![purple\_granny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@purple\_granny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_granny)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2008, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/90 "2008-12-27T05:32:52Z")
Being new, I never had it, so I don’t know what I “missed” hope those who lost it, can get it restored. peace! ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/91 "2008-12-29T14:19:38Z")
I just noticed, months after people started complaining that they’d lost their “charter member” status, that I’ve been downgraded, some time in the last few weeks (or maybe months–I don’t really check that often). Is this still going on? Why? Has anyone else recently been downgraded? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/92 "2008-12-29T14:27:13Z")
> **[Lost my charter member title](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491481)** > > Howdy. I’ve been around here a lot less frequently recently, so I’ve only just noticed that I lost my Charter Member title. I’ve been a paid, current member since you’ve started charging (ahh, I remember that day well). Could somebody look into it,... ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/93 "2008-12-29T16:31:45Z")
Remember, Jerry is working on things in the order he sees most important. Getting Straight Dope Chicago up and running is more important. Getting the Barn Door up and running is more important. Anything to do with the Straight Dope TOS is the least important. Since the clear evidence is that having it be up and functional at any moment is an extremely low priority, mere usability is lower than low, and anything that involves pleasing the members is buried up to its neck. It’s simple economic priorities. They’re just copying larger corporations, like GM, in rational planning for the future. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/94 "2008-12-29T16:36:03Z")
Hey, my charter is gone now too. What the eff? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/95 "2008-12-29T16:39:37Z")
The implication, if Jerry’s still changing things around wth member’s status, is that they’re doing SOMETHING in that area. I just wonder why, if they’re not ignoring the “membership” entirely, as is implied by **Harpo** ’s post, they’re getting more and more fucked up. This seems a strange way of fixing things, and it seems a stranger way of ignoring things. ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/96 "2008-12-29T17:16:32Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > The implication, if Jerry’s still changing things around wth member’s status, is that they’re doing SOMETHING in that area. From where are you inferring this implication? The second post in thread to which Qadgob linked (which happens to be by Qadgop–he’s so self-centric, always drawing attention to himself :)) states that this has been an issue since the upgrade, You admitted that you haven’t checked your membership status in “maybe months”. What makes you think that Jerry has done anything with regards to membership status since the upgrade? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/97 "2008-12-29T17:25:53Z")
Perhaps reading the linked thread would make him think so. It certainly makes others think so. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/98 "2008-12-29T18:07:28Z")
Now I gotta check mine again. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/99 "2008-12-29T19:19:43Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > [Lost my charter member title - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491481) Just FTR, this was a separate thread when I posted the above link. It was apparently merged into the above link afterwards… ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382/100 "2008-12-29T19:47:20Z")
Just checking Hmmm…still there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-my-charter-member-title/471382.md?page=6)