# Old SDMB member with new account, remembering so many "In Memoriam" names **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-member-with-new-account-remembering-so-many-in-memoriam-names/1015223 "2025-03-06T21:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-member-with-new-account-remembering-so-many-in-memoriam-names/1015223/17 "2025-03-07T06:27:07Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > New signups got an ad-free experience for the first 30 days; after that, they got ads unless they paid up. I recall a number of complaints being posted about some of the ads that were served up—they were simply inappropriate for this board (i.e. porn sites or scam sites). Nope, that came later I believe. The first model was in fact straight pay-to-post with a 30 day free trial. Here’s the [relevant announcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-is-switching-to-paid-subscriptions/257724). It didn’t kill the SDMB, but it did rapidly hasten the decline IMO. Said decline would have eventually happened anyway with the changing winds of social media, but this was a serious punt down the stairs. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-sdmb-member-with-new-account-remembering-so-many-in-memoriam-names/1015223)._