# Members without status under their names? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 20, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260 "2018-07-20T07:14:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/1 "2018-07-20T07:14:17Z")
I was wandering through a relatively recent thread today and came across a member (previous Mod) who didn’t have any status under his name: ie, Mod, Member, Charter Member, Guest, Banned, Suspended. Just nothing. Is this a thing?? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/2 "2018-07-20T20:01:17Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > I was wandering through a relatively recent thread today and came across a member (previous Mod) who didn’t have any status under his name: ie, Mod, Member, Charter Member, Guest, Banned, Suspended. Just nothing. > > Is this a thing?? Link? Mod name? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/3 "2018-07-20T21:11:27Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Link? Mod name? T’was Idle Thoughts Qadgop. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/4 "2018-07-20T21:41:56Z")
Former moderators are supposed to be moved into a special user group we have set up for former moderators and staff. It looks like this wasn’t done properly for Idle Thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/5 "2018-07-20T21:44:27Z")
Posters can also pay to have a special status under their names. I presume somebody could choose to pay for this and then pick an empty space as their special status. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/6 "2018-07-20T21:47:58Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Posters can also pay to have a special status under their names. I presume somebody could choose to pay for this and then pick an empty space as their special status. I think if you pay for a custom title and then don’t renew it, you can end up with something similar. Not 100 percent sure of that though. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/7 "2018-07-20T21:50:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Posters can also pay to have a special status under their names. I presume somebody could choose to pay for this and then pick an empty space as their special status. Cf. the thread on Buddhism. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/8 "2018-07-20T22:24:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Posters can also pay to have a special status under their names. I presume somebody could choose to pay for this and then pick an empty space as their special status. Mods, such as **Idle Thoughts** , don’t have to pay for custom titles, though. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/9 "2018-07-21T02:55:16Z")
I lost interest. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/members-without-status-under-their-names/818260/10 "2018-07-21T03:47:10Z")
It’s a custom user title with nothing in the field.