# Very Old threads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-threads/193465>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 7, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-threads/193465 "2003-08-07T00:05:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-threads/193465/1 "2003-08-07T00:05:59Z")

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I was following an SDMB [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19152) and none of the usernames were displayed; for their registered dates, they all displayed “Not Yet”; the location was blank for each, and the number of posts N/A.

Why?

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-threads/193465/2 "2003-08-07T00:32:58Z")

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Probably because that was before vBulletin.

The conversion didn’t go as flawlessly as, well, a flawless conversion would have went.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-threads/193465/3 "2003-08-07T10:08:23Z")

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[Trivial Curiosity: What caused the Era of No-Name Posts (\< late Aug 99)?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=194497)

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**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-old-threads/193465/4 "2003-08-07T17:20:52Z")

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Thank you, **Ice Wolf.**

May I ask a Mod to close this thread, it having been asked and answered? Thanks.