# Titles (i.e. Member and Subscriber)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-i-e-member-and-subscriber/489990>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 19, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-i-e-member-and-subscriber/489990 "2009-03-19T04:16:13Z")\
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**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 23, 2009, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-i-e-member-and-subscriber/489990/21 "2009-03-23T12:40:08Z")

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Charter Members pay half price. And it’s become a status thing, though that was not the original intention.

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**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 23, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-i-e-member-and-subscriber/489990/22 "2009-03-23T12:43:12Z")

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I should also mention that all this stuff – including implementing new features – is on hold awaiting approval.

Moderators and administrators cannot decide on their own what to turn on or off or what changes to make – Jerry has allowed it from a technical standpoint but Ed has to approve it. We don’t own the board, we just moderate it.

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**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titles-i-e-member-and-subscriber/489990/23 "2009-03-23T14:32:13Z")

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> [@TubaDiva](#):
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> Charter Members pay half price. And it’s become a status thing, though that was not the original intention.

**Tuba** , I don’t think anyone is really arguing that it should disappear; I think **Guin** was just expressing her lack of caring one way or the other.

However what **VarlosZ** suggested (post count for guests), or what I (and others) have tossed out there vis-a-vis user titles are seemingly quick and clean fixes.

Based on your statement that everything is on hold pending approval, I guess there it is.

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