# SDMB 20 years from now - halfway there **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259 "2010-05-04T04:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/1 "2010-05-04T04:38:33Z")
Googling my username (from this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561552)), I found an old thread about what the [SDMB will be like in 20 years](http://209.104.5.198/sdmb/showthread.php?t=19679), dated March 2000. Since it’s 10 years later, I thought it would be a good time to look at the thread and see the progress of SDMB. What is on track so far? Where do you think the SDMB will be in 10 years? I’ll still be here lurking and maybe I’ll even get over 1000 posts someday. **MPSIMS:** Twenty years later - How accurate was this thread? - Wolverine **ATMB** Why can’t we have images like all the other boards? - somebody ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/2 "2010-05-04T05:38:21Z")
Well unlike the prediction in that thread, I will _not_ be running any further SDMB Awards voting thingiemadoodles. I’d forgotten all about those. **Cafe Society:** [some thread still debating wtf was going on in LOST] ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/3 "2010-05-04T18:00:44Z")
In 10 years, will there still be a board? I am going to guess yes, seeing as how we survived the first 10 years. How many of our current posters will still be there, I wonder? Looking back at the old thread, my main thought was, I wonder what all those posters are up to nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/4 "2010-05-05T21:23:24Z")
In 10 years hopefully I can say with conviction, “I used to post at the Straight Dope Message board. I still do, but I used to, too.” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/5 "2010-05-05T21:49:45Z")
One for the “bad prediction” file: > [@The SDMB, 20 years from now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-20-years-from-now/14837/5): > > The SDMB might not be here in twenty years, but I’ll still be talking to my SD buddies and making trips to DopeFests. ChrisCTP – Last Activity: 02-14-2005 03:50 PM ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/6 "2010-05-06T01:10:43Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > One for the “bad prediction” file: > ChrisCTP – Last Activity: 02-14-2005 03:50 PM Wait a minute here, give the guy a break. He could be dead. At least that way he isn’t a dirty little quitter. I think the odds of the Dope still being here 10 years on is probably better than my chances of still being around. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/7 "2010-05-06T01:37:14Z")
Let’s see, in 10 years, we’ve had one new forum a few interesting changes to the Pit rules and one major upgrade in vBulletin. Oh, and they finally added polling. In the next 10 years, the main color might change from purple to violet. Or is it violet to purple? What else is there, posting pictures or implementing avatars? Hahahaha! Aha! Ehem… It is to laugh. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/8 "2010-05-06T01:43:58Z")
I hope air travel bevomes obsolete, so I never have to hear the treadmill thing again. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/9 "2010-05-06T02:20:47Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > Googling my username (from this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561552)), I found an old thread about what the [SDMB will be like in 20 years](http://209.104.5.198/sdmb/showthread.php?t=19679), dated March 2000. Since it’s 10 years later, I thought it would be a good time to look at the thread and see the progress of SDMB. > > What is on track so far? Where do you think the SDMB will be in 10 years? > > I’ll still be here lurking and maybe I’ll even get over 1000 posts At your current rate, you’ll get there in two years or so. Don’t look for Avatars. Longevity runs in my family, and when the topic comes up in the mod loop, I vote early and often. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/10 "2010-05-06T13:27:35Z")
> [@The SDMB, 20 years from now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-20-years-from-now/14837/38): > > This question was covered extensively by Cecil in a column back in ’04. I’d provide a link, but **the search engine is a little wonky today**. I’m going to move this thread to Comments on Cecil’s Columns for further discussion. Glad we got right on that getting it fixed 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/11 "2010-05-06T13:43:16Z")
Shortly before that, I hope to find out what it will like in 9.999~ years. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-20-years-from-now-halfway-there/538259/12 "2010-05-06T17:45:02Z")
> [@SandyHook](#): > > Wait a minute here, give the guy a break. He could be dead. At least that way he isn’t a dirty little quitter. She.