# Record-holders: The first SDMB user and the first SMDB thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148 "2013-12-25T15:09:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoned\_stoner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stoned\_stoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoned_stoner)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/1 "2013-12-25T15:09:44Z")
I thought I might as well make a reference source to record SMDB history (the first ever). The AOL version of SMDB doesn’t count, because it’s like a primitive version of SMDB. The first SMDB user (moderators don’t count): GusNSpot (user id #33) The first SMDB thread (the “welcome” threads and “rules” threads are not the threads we usually think of, so they don’t count): “Boy Scouts board?” (03-11-1999 at 05:23 am): [Boy Scouts board? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=1448) \*\*\*The first post in the above mentioned thread was made by a user named Opal. Does anyone know what became of this user? ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/2 "2013-12-25T15:16:48Z")
**OpalCat** can be found , unfortunately, in the Memorial thread at the top. **Capt** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8797f3/32.png) [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Universe_Lashes_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/3 "2013-12-25T15:59:30Z")
Wow, the first ever thread was somebody threatening to leave the board in a huff? You can’t make this stuff up. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/4 "2013-12-25T16:28:07Z")
Point in fact, the first ever thread was by an OP who, despite threatening to leave in a huff, stuck around through all sorts of personal ups and downs and became one of the most widely known personalities on the board. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/5 "2013-12-25T18:47:46Z")
Why no usernames? ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/6 "2013-12-25T19:03:32Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Why no usernames? We’re on vB now but the board started on a different software. When they transitioned, some of the information was lost. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/7 "2013-12-26T04:03:03Z")
I was one of the earliest non-moderators to sign up for this board (jumping over from AOL). I believe my original number was 29. But I later changed my username and at the time this restarted you as if you were a new member. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/8 "2013-12-27T03:49:47Z")
> [@Stoned\_stoner](#): > > I thought I might as well make a reference source to record SMDB history (the first ever). The AOL version of SMDB doesn’t count, because it’s like a primitive version of SMDB. > > The first SMDB user (moderators don’t count): GusNSpot (user id #33) > The first SMDB thread (the “welcome” threads and “rules” threads are not the threads we usually think of, so they don’t count): “Boy Scouts board?” (03-11-1999 at 05:23 am): [Boy Scouts board? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=1448) > > \*\*\*The first post in the above mentioned thread was made by a user named Opal. Does anyone know what became of this user? > [@Capt\_Kirk](#): > > **OpalCat** can be found , unfortunately, in the Memorial thread at the top. > > **Capt** > [@The\_Universe\_Lashes\_Out](#): > > Wow, the first ever thread was somebody threatening to leave the board in a huff? You can’t make this stuff up. Did someone post a two-item list? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/9 "2013-12-27T03:57:56Z")
We’d have to go back to AOL days to figure out who was first. I was there, but was by no means first. ---
**Author:** ![Stoned\_stoner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stoned\_stoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoned_stoner)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/10 "2013-12-30T14:18:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > We’d have to go back to AOL days to figure out who was first. I was there, but was by no means first. AOL version doesn’t count. Only the version we have today counts. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/11 "2013-12-30T19:06:29Z")
#157 here. I’ve been around since the AOL days. I have no idea what # I was over there. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/12 "2013-12-30T19:14:01Z")
[**Lynn Bodoni** has the oldest surviving registration.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) **Ed Zotti** is #6, **Monty** is #14, **C K Dexter Haven** is #19, **Eutychus** is #22, and **Cecil Adams** is #31. ---
**Author:** ![Stoned\_stoner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stoned\_stoner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoned_stoner)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/13 "2013-12-30T21:17:42Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [**Lynn Bodoni** has the oldest surviving registration.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) **Ed Zotti** is #6, **Monty** is #14, **C K Dexter Haven** is #19, **Eutychus** is #22, and **Cecil Adams** is #31. I don’t think they count as regular members. They had a part in setting up the SMDB. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/14 "2013-12-30T22:52:58Z")
As it was told to me, I am the oldest charter member without interruption except for Admin. I believe others were before me but they dropped out or left for periods of time & when returning, if they did, did not get to have their old #'s and standing back. I believe some of them really did not care. When I got on the old AOL board back in 96 IIRC, a lot of those that were already there are also here. ---
**Author:** ![ac05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@ac05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ac05)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/15 "2013-12-31T01:34:25Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > As it was told to me, I am the oldest charter member without interruption except for Admin. Wow, you’re the first member! Can I have your autograph?😃 Haha, just kidding! How does it feel to hold the record of being first? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/16 "2013-12-31T01:45:19Z")
Before AOL, we used to fax everybody our replies. I still have my semaphore flags we used before facsimile machines became affordable ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/17 "2013-12-31T02:13:24Z")
Is [possibly Ranger Jeff?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) If it is, he probably doesn’t count, since he didn’t stick around, and only came back to this board when Opal’s board disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/18 "2013-12-31T02:47:12Z")
[QUOTE=GusNSpot] As it was told to me, I am the oldest charter member without interruption except for Admin. [/QUOTE] Just eight before me. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/19 "2013-12-31T03:06:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I was one of the earliest non-moderators to sign up for this board (jumping over from AOL). I believe my original number was 29. But I later changed my username and at the time this restarted you as if you were a new member. You’ve piqued my curiosity; what was your original user name, if I may ask? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148/20 "2013-12-31T04:10:03Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > [**Lynn Bodoni** has the oldest surviving registration.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) **Ed Zotti** is #6, **Monty** is #14, **C K Dexter Haven** is #19, **Eutychus** is #22, and **Cecil Adams** is #31. > [@Stoned\_stoner](#): > > I don’t think they count as regular members. They had a part in setting up the SMDB. > [@GusNSpot](#): > > As it was told to me, I am the oldest charter member without interruption except for Admin. I don’t think **Monty** , #14, was an Admin or moderator. He’d be the oldest poster if I’m right. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/record-holders-the-first-sdmb-user-and-the-first-smdb-thread/677148.md?page=2)