# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/101 "2018-01-24T15:35:35Z")
Yup. 1.3 posts per day seems about right over almost 20 years. Dayum, 20 years - how time flies… ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/102 "2018-01-25T19:38:16Z")
\ Holy Joe! 2.32 posts a day! 15,678 posts since 08-01-1999 Threads started by Lumpy… doesn’t say, but a search shows 5 pages of 100 threads each. ---
**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/103 "2018-01-25T22:03:53Z")
Man you guys are chatty. My stats: User#173 Join date: 03-15-1999 Posts Per Day: 0.04 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/104 "2018-01-26T00:30:22Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > \ Holy Joe! 2.32 posts a day! 15,678 posts since 08-01-1999 Threads started by Lumpy… doesn’t say, but a search shows 5 pages of 100 threads each. You’ve started about 2850 threads in your time here. Took a few minutes to do the search, but there you go. ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/105 "2018-01-26T10:52:31Z")
I just came back today. I haven’t posted since 2009. I’m saddened by the list of the fearly departed, I recognized several people I consider old friends. But I’m encouraged about the number of you I see are still here. So, is it possible to get my charter member status back? ---
**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 26, 2018, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/106 "2018-01-26T13:20:33Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > . . . So, is it possible to get my charter member status back? I’m not a mod, obviously, but the answer for years has been a consistent ‘No.’ They just don’t do it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/107 "2018-01-26T14:46:43Z")
> [@Kallessa](#): > > So, is it possible to get my charter member status back? Sorry, but no. The deal was that it was a one-time offer that had to be continuously maintained. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/108 "2018-01-26T15:31:23Z")
When did the AOL board first start up? It’s common knowledge here that a '99er is someone who joined the board during its first year, but how far back to the AOL people go? (I’m a '97er myself and it was well-underway. They had the push pins already, and board history with in-jokes like being “insluted”) ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/109 "2018-01-26T15:49:57Z")
The Straight Dope on AOL opened in June of 1996. That’s how we got started. AOL billboarded “THE STRAIGHT DOPE NOW ON AOL!” about six weeks before they actually opened for business. The portal was built but all that was in it in the beginning was a chat room. Remember chat rooms? (The message board and the columns came a little later.) Some people who had seen the ads and read the books ran to the chat room and sat there waiting for something to happen. Since we had nothing else to do but talk to each other and wait for Cecil and Ed, we all quickly became buddies. When Ed finally showed up there was a gang of excited Teemsters eager to volunteer. (Cecil came to chat a little later.) That’s the day we all started [del]whitewashing the Reader’s fence[/del] working on the site as chat hosts, message board monitors, etc. I was actually on my way to cancel my AOL membership when I saw the ad on the AOL front page; that was a chance encounter that literally changed my life. Somewhere around here I may still have logs of old chats. Somewhere. If there was any interest I could see if they’re fit for publication. (We used to archive them on the AOL site back in the day.) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/110 "2018-07-02T06:14:23Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Somewhere around here I may still have logs of old chats. Somewhere. If there was any interest I could see if they’re fit for publication. (We used to archive them on the AOL site back in the day.) I have four or five 3.5" discs with the logs of the chats I hosted on AOL. I don’t have a computer that can play them anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/111 "2018-07-02T12:25:13Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I have four or five 3.5" discs with the logs of the chats I hosted on AOL. I don’t have a computer that can play them anymore. Ooooooh, my friend, step into my stall. My family has been doing business here in the Doper Sook since the 1380’s. Why here, we’ve got just what you have been seeking !! [An external floppy drive to read old disks](https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/834638-REG/Sabrent_SBT_UFDB_1_44MB_External_USB_2X.html) and I must admit I can give you a very very fine price on this item. Very very fine. And while you consider this and many other beautiful things may I offer you some tea? 😃 ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/112 "2018-07-02T13:44:07Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > The Straight Dope on AOL opened in June of 1996. > > That’s how we got started. AOL billboarded “THE STRAIGHT DOPE NOW ON AOL!” about six weeks before they actually opened for business. The portal was built but all that was in it in the beginning was a chat room. Remember chat rooms? (The message board and the columns came a little later.) Some people who had seen the ads and read the books ran to the chat room and sat there waiting for something to happen. Since we had nothing else to do but talk to each other and wait for Cecil and Ed, we all quickly became buddies. > > When Ed finally showed up there was a gang of excited Teemsters eager to volunteer. (Cecil came to chat a little later.) That’s the day we all started [del]whitewashing the Reader’s fence[/del] working on the site as chat hosts, message board monitors, etc. > > I was actually on my way to cancel my AOL membership when I saw the ad on the AOL front page; that was a chance encounter that literally changed my life. > > Somewhere around here I may still have logs of old chats. Somewhere. If there was any interest I could see if they’re fit for publication. (We used to archive them on the AOL site back in the day.) I suspect we have an answer and it’s not a good one; the old material is the copyrighted property of the _Chicago Reader._ Dang. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/113 "2018-07-02T14:27:10Z")
Ahhh, well. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/114 "2018-07-02T14:37:38Z")
My join date makes me a relative newbie but I do have a well thumbed copy of More of the Straight Dope I bought in 1988. It has names of people people that could be users today. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/115 "2018-07-02T15:14:35Z")
In just under the '99 wire! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/116 "2018-07-02T15:38:04Z")
Saw it on AOL, signed up when I saw it again on the new server, and have enjoyed being a part of it the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/117 "2018-07-02T16:45:59Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I suspect we have an answer and it’s not a good one; the old material is the copyrighted property of the _Chicago Reader._ > > Dang. However, if the original registration agreement is like the current one, it’s a non-exclusive license. Posters still retain copyright to their own posts. Of course, it might be difficult to establish the real identity of many posters and obtain permission. > [@](#): > > All postings and other material on the SDMB are copyrighted by STM. Republication of material appearing on the SDMB without express written permission of STM is prohibited, except that \*\*users retain the right to republish their own work. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/118 "2018-07-02T16:48:09Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > However, if the original registration agreement is like the current one, it’s a non-exclusive license. Posters still retain copyright to their own posts. Of course, it might be difficult to establish the real identity of many posters and obtain permission. If your post contains a quote from another poster, would said quote have to be stripped out? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/119 "2018-07-02T17:17:48Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If your post contains a quote from another poster, would said quote have to be stripped out? You retain the rights to your own words, not to those of other posters. So you would have to get their permission as well (although brief quotes might fall under “fair use”). ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735/120 "2018-07-02T17:24:45Z")
Tontine, hell. Isn’t there a long-running gambling thread on the Soon-to-be-Deceased? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-on-99er-dopers/806735.md?page=7)