# Suddenly, I'm a "Member!" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 31, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103 "2005-03-31T20:33:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/1 "2005-03-31T20:33:28Z")
I just made my first post since today’s updates, and noticed that the title under my name has changed from “Charter Member” to “Member.” Is this part of the changes? Are people’s titles now going to reflect when they signed up, as has been rumoured? (Not bothered one way or the other, just curious. :)) (On preview I noticed that the title of a new thread appears now, too – very nice!!) ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/2 "2005-03-31T20:49:30Z")
Well, on my monitor you have no title at all. I think you’re being disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/3 "2005-03-31T20:56:50Z")
> [@picker](#): > > Well, on my monitor you have no title at all. > > I think you’re being disappeared. Or disMembered. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2005, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/4 "2005-03-31T21:13:01Z")
If you signed up after the Charter Member rate was discontinued, you are simply a “Member.” Not sure exactly how this is going to work, I’ll have to refer this to Jerry for more information. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smoke)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/5 "2005-03-31T21:26:19Z")
Don’t mind me. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/6 "2005-03-31T21:29:47Z")
I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/7 "2005-03-31T21:30:50Z")
wanna see if I am a member or not. I can’t remember when I signed up. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/8 "2005-03-31T21:31:55Z")
Heh. I checked in another thread. I had nothin’. I posted the above. I was a member. I tried to post a comment about this and was informed that I can’t post that often. As I type this, there’s nothin’ under my name. The suspense is _killing_ me. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/9 "2005-03-31T21:33:27Z")
**Greathouse** , you come up on my screen as “Charter Member.” ---
**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:** [March 31, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/10 "2005-03-31T21:46:31Z")
Jerry informs me that the system is still in the process of updating. This is a process that has been ongoing since 1:00 p.m. his time and will likely take hours . . .a lot of hours. Like not completed until sometime tomorrow. When the process is complete, everyone should have a title. Some will say “Charter Member.” Some will say “Member.” There’s other titles, depending on whether that poster has privileges or not, but those two titles are the ones that mostly apply. The only inference to be made from these titles is that a Charter Member signed up when we first opened for subscriptions, and a Member came along after that original window of opportunity closed. That’s all it means. So please don’t get your boxers in a twist or your panties in a wad or whatever it is that happens when you get upset, this will all work out in some hours. It’s a big system and a lot of stuff to grind through. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/11 "2005-03-31T21:46:53Z")
Holy rank changes, Batman! I swear that it said “Member” when I started the thread… What’s next? My name will start showing up as just “Misnom”? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/12 "2005-03-31T21:59:13Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > So please don’t get your boxers in a twist or your panties in a wad or whatever it is that happens when you get upset, this will all work out in some hours. It’s a big system and a lot of stuff to grind through. No twisting or wadding … as I said in the OP, I was just wonderin’. 🙂 Thanks for checking with Jerry and passing the info along! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/13 "2005-03-31T22:20:16Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > Or disMembered. Looks like you lost your menber, too. hehehehehe ---
**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:** [March 31, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/14 "2005-03-31T23:13:30Z")
Don’t worry, **Misn** , I don’t think you have to worry about that. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/15 "2005-03-31T23:42:35Z")
If i don’t have the Charter Member title, i want my money back! ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/16 "2005-03-31T23:48:53Z")
😃 woohoo!!! 😃 ---
**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:** [March 31, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/17 "2005-03-31T23:48:57Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Don’t worry, **Misn** , I don’t think you have to worry about that. Why does your title read BASDS? ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/18 "2005-03-31T23:50:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Don’t worry, **Misn** , I don’t think you have to worry about that. Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/19 "2005-04-01T01:31:31Z")
Why create a divide between Members and Charter Members? I’m in favour of everyone having the same title (Mods etc excluded). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103/20 "2005-04-01T02:03:53Z")
> [@Atticus Finch](#): > > Why create a divide between Members and Charter Members? I’m in favour of everyone having the same title (Mods etc excluded). It’s a minor sop to the people who were here before it went pay and were part of the core community that convinced those who came later to pay. I think it’s somewhere between harmless and mildly beneficial, and I hope the distinction is maintained. (And maybe we’ll be allowed to form a House of Lords and have drunken brawls.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suddenly-im-a-member/297103.md?page=2)