# What's a Registered User?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-registered-user/420907>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 29, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-registered-user/420907 "2007-09-29T05:47:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-registered-user/420907/1 "2007-09-29T05:47:17Z")

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As opposed to a member or a guest. I’m bored to I clicked on the “newest member” to see what he was posting about. He was banned. So I started working back thru member #s just to see if there were a lot of bannees. Anyway, I noticed **Natch!** (#70517) and Accesaubs (#70522) were both listed as a “Registered User”, not a “Guest” or “Member”. Why the difference? I’m just curious.

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**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-registered-user/420907/2 "2007-09-29T05:50:54Z")

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They haven’t clicked on the link in their email to validate their account, I believe.

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**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-registered-user/420907/3 "2007-09-29T07:31:26Z")

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Exactly.

Once they click on the email link, they become a “Guest.”

“Registered Users” cannot post.

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**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2007, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-registered-user/420907/4 "2007-09-29T14:56:02Z")

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That is an entirely reasonable and adequate explanation. Thank you. Dang, I was kinda hoping for something more shadowy and sinister.