# SDMB Renewal Count **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 24, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871 "2005-04-24T16:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/1 "2005-04-24T16:14:14Z")
Any word on how many people have renewed their subscription to the board? Are the numbers in line with what you guys were expecting? ---
**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:** [April 25, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/2 "2005-04-25T22:18:59Z")
Check back next week, okay? your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/3 "2005-04-26T16:33:36Z")
As of Tuesday morning, Apr. 26, we had 4,700 subscribers, of whom 2,396 had expiration dates later than 4/28/05. As of now, the remaining 2,304 will see their subscriptions expire Thursday. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/4 "2005-04-26T17:19:02Z")
The 4700 – that’s all subscribers with a later expiration date, right? So people who signed up for the first time, say, last month, are in that group? So we’re well under half for “charter members”? ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/5 "2005-04-26T18:10:29Z")
[QUOTE=Ed Zotti] As of Tuesday morning, Apr. 26, we had 4,700 subscribers,=QUOTE] Make that 4701 as of 3 minutes ago 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/6 "2005-04-26T18:17:43Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > As of now, the remaining 2,304 will see their subscriptions expire Thursday. :eek: I don’t know about anyone else, but to me this is shocking. I expected a much higher renewal rate. I haven’t been online much recently, and I renewed quite some time before my subscription was to run out. How were members notified that their subscription was about to expire? (I apologize if this question is annoyingly redundant. I don’t have time to search through threads to find the answer. Sorry.) ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/7 "2005-04-26T18:24:37Z")
Well renewed as close to the time limit on purpose… 🙂 Today. Well I got my renewal notice through an old email I barely use… I thought I’d already changed the SMDB email to my usual one. I think many might not be aware of the time limit. Maybe post in the boards a bigger warning ? ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/8 "2005-04-26T20:24:36Z")
> [@Rashak Mani](#): > > I got my renewal notice through an old email I barely use… I thought I’d already changed the SMDB email to my usual one. I think many might not be aware of the time limit. > > Maybe post in the boards a bigger warning ? The FAQ was posted in ATMB several weeks ago. An announcement linking to it is visible in all forums. There’s a notice in red with capital letters and exclamation points on our home page. We sent out an e-mail to all non-renewers last night, and will soon (if we haven’t already) send out a notice to all who registered as guests in the past year telling them about our limited-time lower rate. I’m not sure what else we can do short of going door to door, but I’m sure we’ll get complaints after the deadline passes that nobody TOLD me. If y’all can help spread the word we’d appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/9 "2005-04-26T20:48:25Z")
Thanks for the update, Ed. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/10 "2005-04-26T21:09:16Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > We sent out an e-mail to all non-renewers last night, and will soon (if we haven’t already) send out a notice to all who registered as guests in the past year telling them about our limited-time lower rate. I haven’t yet renewed and I didn’t get an email. I don’t need one since I’m aware of the deadline, but I’m pretty sure I never got a reminder from the board. Maybe others haven’t either. Must we have checked “Receive Email from Administrators” under User CP -\> Edit Options in order to get the email? ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/11 "2005-04-26T21:38:24Z")
> [@Nightwatch Trailer](#): > > Must we have checked “Receive Email from Administrators” under User CP -\> Edit Options in order to get the email? Yes. We sent out a mailing to our entire list last year and evidently quite a few people reported us to their ISPs for spamming them - we got put on a lot of spam blocker lists, which played havoc with our regular business e-mail. This year we decided if you didn’t want e-mail from us, we weren’t going to send it to you. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/12 "2005-04-26T21:41:59Z")
For those dopers who decide not to return, we will miss them. More Pie for the Rest of Us! Woo Hooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/13 "2005-04-26T21:48:54Z")
> [@Ed Zotti](#): > > Yes. We sent out a mailing to our entire list last year and evidently quite a few people reported us to their ISPs for spamming them - we got put on a lot of spam blocker lists, which played havoc with our regular business e-mail. This year we decided if you didn’t want e-mail from us, we weren’t going to send it to you. Righto, just checking. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/14 "2005-04-26T22:08:14Z")
I don’t get why some people won’t renew. It’s only a few bucks. Even _I_ can afford that. ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/15 "2005-04-26T23:21:47Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > I don’t get why some people won’t renew. It’s only a few bucks. Even _I_ can afford that. I expect it isn’t just a matter of “can I afford this”. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/16 "2005-04-27T01:44:52Z")
I had/have “Receive Email from Administrators” checked and I never got any email. I renewed on April 14th, so maybe that’s why? I don’t run any spam filters personally (I’m a masochist that way), but maybe you should examine the words used in the subject and body of the “renewal notice” email and make them less likely to trigger spam filters. ---
**Author:** ![citybadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@citybadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citybadger)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/17 "2005-04-27T01:45:08Z")
Make that 4701 as of 3 minutes ago 😃 [/QUOTE] At least 4702 now. ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/18 "2005-04-27T04:10:14Z")
I for one waited until yesterday, or two days ago? Don’t ask me why. But I betcha a lot are waiting til the last day or the second to last day, though there’s no true reason. ---
**Author:** ![Duderdude2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@Duderdude2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duderdude2)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/19 "2005-04-27T06:07:53Z")
> [@Flander](#): > > I don’t get why some people won’t renew. It’s only a few bucks. Even _I_ can afford that. I can assure you there are many other reasons. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-renewal-count/300871/20 "2005-04-27T06:44:37Z")
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