# NonSubscribers Can Post? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 2, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693 "2008-09-02T15:49:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![meghan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@meghan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meghan)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/21 "2008-09-02T18:41:54Z")
Sure looks pretty in here!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/22 "2008-09-02T18:46:53Z")
w00t! Is anyone else having problems with their reply to thread message box being obscenly narrow? I already reported this in another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/23 "2008-09-02T18:46:53Z")
Hooray!! I’m back, baby!🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/24 "2008-09-02T18:48:36Z")
All these new faces and returning old ones. It’s…it’s beautiful. _sniff_ ---
**Author:** ![Avast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Avast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avast)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/25 "2008-09-02T19:00:28Z")
Wow… this is great! Now all I need is a plausible reason someone else would want to hear my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/26 "2008-09-02T19:09:47Z")
> [@Q.E.D](#): > > All these new faces and returning old ones. It’s…it’s beautiful. _sniff_ It may be an old face, but it goes well with the old body… and the old mind… and some other old stuff, too. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/27 "2008-09-02T19:33:05Z")
Yep, I can post too. But when I click the “reply” button it functions like a quote button. I’ve got so many things to say… ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/28 "2008-09-02T19:36:47Z")
I was wondering if I was a guest or a trespasser. Apparently, it’s the former. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/29 "2008-09-02T21:28:31Z")
It works, but very very slowly. ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/30 "2008-09-02T21:29:26Z")
Initiation rites will take place as normal, even if you don’t have to pay for 'em. Please step through the door on the right, remove your trousers, and select a pair of flippers. Someone will be in to get you in a moment. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/31 "2008-09-02T21:31:25Z")
Let’s see - yep, it appears we can post. Interesting. I can’t remember the last time I posted to the Dope. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/32 "2008-09-02T21:32:37Z")
> [@Mauvaise](#): > > Let’s see - yep, it appears we can post. Interesting. I can’t remember the last time I posted to the Dope. Good to see you back! ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/33 "2008-09-02T21:32:43Z")
> [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](#): > > Initiation rites will take place as normal, even if you don’t have to pay for 'em. Please step through the door on the right, remove your trousers, and select a pair of flippers. Someone will be in to get you in a moment. No, no! We moved the squi…errrr, festivities to the door on the _left_. On the right, we had to put the…well, never mind. It’ll be ok. I think. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/34 "2008-09-02T21:34:11Z")
It’s so nice to be back. ---
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/35 "2008-09-02T21:35:55Z")
So, right through the door on the right then? Righty ho. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/36 "2008-09-02T21:50:27Z")
Will it always say “guest” under our names? ---
**Author:** ![drgnrdr07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/71e660/32.png) [@drgnrdr07](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drgnrdr07)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/37 "2008-09-02T22:15:14Z")
Feels good to be back. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/38 "2008-09-02T22:22:11Z")
> [@vandal](#): > > Will it always say “guest” under our names? Nope. Once things are stable, you’ll become a Member. Looks like free posting happened a bit earlier than expected. [Here’s the post that gives you the whole plan.](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10138168&postcount=1) It’s the OP in one of the stickies at the top of this forum. Glad to see all the new/returning folks. GT ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/39 "2008-09-02T22:25:26Z")
Wow. I haven’t posted here since the board went pay to post (though I read constantly). Nice to be able to chip in again. _waves_ ---
**Author:** ![EtherealFreakOfPinkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@EtherealFreakOfPinkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EtherealFreakOfPinkness)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693/40 "2008-09-02T23:33:16Z")
> [@fizzestothetop](#): > > Wow. I haven’t posted here since the board went pay to post (though I read constantly). Nice to be able to chip in again. _waves_ Yay! We (the **norinew** clan) remember you! Welcome back! Wheeeee, this is fun! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nonsubscribers-can-post/461693.md?page=3)