# What is a "Registered User" on the SDMB.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-registered-user-on-the-sdmb/282463>\
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**Created:** [December 31, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-registered-user-on-the-sdmb/282463 "2004-12-31T18:56:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-registered-user-on-the-sdmb/282463/1 "2004-12-31T18:56:43Z")

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Aldebaran has not been banned, but his thread in MPSIMS has been closed, and it now reads “Registered User” under his name.

There’s Banned, there’s Charter Member, there’s Guest. I understand those. so what is a “Registered User”?

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-registered-user-on-the-sdmb/282463/2 "2004-12-31T19:09:26Z")

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A person who is registered, but has not posted is usually listed as a registered user.

Maybe it’s also a suspension status? Somewhere in Posting Purgatory between Charter Member and Banned?

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**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-registered-user-on-the-sdmb/282463/3 "2004-12-31T19:12:08Z")

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I’m in Zev’s thread right now. It says “Charter Member” under Aldebaran’s name.

\<shrug\>

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-registered-user-on-the-sdmb/282463/4 "2004-12-31T19:56:00Z")

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OK, now it’s changed back to Charter Member, where I saw the other words.

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-registered-user-on-the-sdmb/282463/5 "2004-12-31T21:46:26Z")

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It may have more than a little to do with [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294554).