# Stats on 99er dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 16, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735 "2018-01-16T05:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [January 22, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/81 "2018-01-22T20:46:17Z")
[This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) guy (probably a spammer) is the last 99er. This can vary slightly depending on one’s time zone but regardless there are fewer than 3900 accounts. Someone more industrious than I can go through all of them and compile the information. ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/82 "2018-01-22T21:57:19Z")
Hi! Interested in this tontine discussion… ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/83 "2018-01-22T22:55:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I think I’m the one who started that, with a thread for my [237th post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=25228). And that guy ended up as a jackbooted thug. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/84 "2018-01-23T00:38:04Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > [This](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php) guy (probably a spammer) is the last 99er. Anything like the last Jedi? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/85 "2018-01-23T00:55:45Z")
I don’t call myself a lurker, but I do run silent most of the time. Just can’t convince myself that my comment would really enhance anyone’s SDMB experience on a particular subject most days. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/86 "2018-01-23T02:00:22Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > 1. It’s very difficult to get banned for ‘‘one mis-step.’’ There is generally a steady progression from notes (which are not tracked), to warnings (which are tracked), to suspensions, to bannings. The more established a poster is here, the more leniency they tend to get. Banning of established posters in the vast majority of cases is considered a last resort. There will always be exceptions to everything so I’m speaking very broadly, but there’s no need for people to be quaking in their boots about the inevitability of the banhammer… But after a couple of warnings you get a rep as a troublemaker, which leads to less slack in notes vs warnings, which leads to more warnings, which leads to bannings. And warnings are forver. Also, pretty much every human has had a shitty day, week or even month where they go off the deep end. This has lead to bannings. Just look at how many 99ers have been banned. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/87 "2018-01-23T02:18:56Z")
> [@Sassy](#): > > Hi! Interested in this tontine discussion… Don’t bother yourself. You see, I was the very first to have an account here. (I was also the very first to have a corrupted account file here, hence I’m further down in the member numbers.) And because there is symmetry and order in the universe, it only stands to reason that I will be the last. Thank you. Sincerely yours, your humble TubaDiva PS: BWAHAHAHAHAHA! ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/88 "2018-01-23T02:34:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Also, pretty much every human has had a shitty day, week or even month where they go off the deep end. No they haven’t. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@Clark\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_K)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/89 "2018-01-23T04:17:46Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Yeah, but how many times has **Superman** posted? And have you ever seen **Clark K** and **Superman** post in the same thread? :dubious: 'Cause we have a strict “no socking” rule around here. No, I’m not Superman. Just ask my pal Jimmy. He’ll vouch for me. I think I hear his signal watch – I mean his cell phone – now. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/90 "2018-01-23T04:31:42Z")
> [@Sassy](#): > > Hi! Interested in this tontine discussion… Roy Moore’s horse is with us? Need a new emoticon for that, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/91 "2018-01-23T12:17:39Z")
I’m alive but I left the SDMB a long time ago and haven’t posted in years. Just random chance that the “in memoriam” thing came up in a different context with another friend who used to be on the boards and I came back out of curiosity, and saw this thread. So hello, and I hope you’re all well, and now, after having reported in, I shall again depart. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/92 "2018-01-23T13:46:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **DrDeth** : > > But after a couple of warnings you get a rep as a troublemaker, which leads to less slack in notes vs warnings, which leads to more warnings, which leads to bannings. And warnings are forver. Warnings might be forever, but their ability to give you a rep as a troublemaker isn’t. If we see three warnings against someone in the past two months, then yes, they’re a troublemaker. If we see one each from five, ten, and fifteen years ago, then they’re someone who mostly keeps things under control but occasionally loses their grip. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/93 "2018-01-23T14:01:35Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Speak for yourself! [grumbles],Young whipperanapper, registered in 2000, doesn’t respect his elders… [/grumbles] Hey, grandpa, I shudder to think about how you feel about us 2001ers ---
**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:** [January 23, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/94 "2018-01-23T15:46:38Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, what word in Lithuanian? I don’t see an “sh” anywhere in “Johanna”. I know you probably know what she’s talking about, but just in case [anyone else is curious.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=53371) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/95 "2018-01-23T15:53:03Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Hey, grandpa, I shudder to think about how you feel about us 2001ers Quiet, kid. The adults are talking. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/96 "2018-01-23T16:23:18Z")
Actually, I was sincere. I hadn’t realized that **Johanna** had once gone by a different name. Now that I see it, the name “Ishmintigas” vaguely rings a bell, but I couldn’t have told you anything about the poster by that name. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/97 "2018-01-23T16:56:40Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I’m alive but I left the SDMB a long time ago and haven’t posted in years. Just random chance that the “in memoriam” thing came up in a different context with another friend who used to be on the boards and I came back out of curiosity, and saw this thread. > > So hello, and I hope you’re all well, and now, after having reported in, I shall again depart. Damn good to see you, if only in passing. Same goes for all the rest of you lurker/retired types. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/98 "2018-01-23T17:54:12Z")
I actually registered prior to Oct, but changed my username. So Oct '99 it is. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/99 "2018-01-23T18:54:52Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > I’m alive but I left the SDMB a long time ago and haven’t posted in years. Just random chance that the “in memoriam” thing came up in a different context with another friend who used to be on the boards and I came back out of curiosity, and saw this thread. > > So hello, and I hope you’re all well, and now, after having reported in, I shall again depart. Come back, Shane, I mean Cervaise, come back! (You know you want to.) ---
**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/100 "2018-01-23T22:05:32Z")
As long as we’re waving the '99er flag… Do we get a special treat for our 20th anniversary next year? Aside: One’s “posts per day” counter becomes very stable when you have nearly two decades of buffer to absorb lapses in participation. I’ve been holding steady at 0.3 ppd for as long as I can remember, but I’m sure I haven’t come close to that posting rate the last couple of years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735.md?page=6)