# When is the board's anniversary? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 16, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365 "2002-05-16T11:50:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/1 "2002-05-16T11:50:37Z")
When did it come into being? Either this one or the AOL one? ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/2 "2002-05-16T13:23:47Z")
This one started in March 1999. Don’t know about the AOL one. pan ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/3 "2002-05-16T19:21:26Z")
[Userid 2: Lynn Bodoni](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2) **Date Registered:** 03-08-1999 (8 March 1999) userid 1 was either never created or removed from the database. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/4 "2002-05-16T20:19:43Z")
So was the userid 1 a test of some sort if it was removed from the database? And if it was never created, then how could you start off with userid 2? Just wondering… ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/5 "2002-05-16T20:22:11Z")
Userid 1 may be some kind of default user (i.e. the database administrator) that you cannot remove because it is required, and is inadvisable to allocate to a ‘real person’. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/6 "2002-05-21T14:57:01Z")
FWIW, the persons with userids 3 through 29 were registered between **February** 18-25, 1999. While this group includes a number of admins and mods (including Ed Zotti), it also includes several ordinary members. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/7 "2002-05-21T15:06:08Z")
One of the earliest threads, if not the earliest, was [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2), with a 3/12/99 OP. (There is a thread with threadid=1, but either it’s missing its OP or something else about it is screwy, since the first post showing in that thread is dated 7/12/2000.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/8 "2002-05-21T15:20:14Z")
I guess it’s **not** the earliest. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7) has an OP dated 3/11/99 at 12:25am. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/9 "2002-05-21T17:09:03Z")
That’s strange… Thread 7 is before Thread 2. Oh well… must be something funny about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/10 "2002-05-22T12:41:26Z")
In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=112931) thread **Osiris** says the Anniversary would be on Groundhog’s Day. Since that’s my Grandpa’s birthday, I’m going with that. -Rue. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/11 "2002-05-22T12:56:32Z")
That thread discussed the anniversary of the column, not the MB. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/12 "2002-05-22T22:44:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*So was the userid 1 a test of some sort if it was removed from the database? And if it was never created, then how could you start off with userid 2? Just wondering… \*\* I was originally “UserID 1.” The file became corrupted and I had to re-register, which is why I’m user ID 20something, iirc . . . and why #1 doesn’t work. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-boards-anniversary/109365/13 "2002-05-23T20:36:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Flamsterette\_X \* > \*\*That’s strange… Thread 7 is before Thread 2. Oh well… must be something funny about it. \*\* The thread may be created before the post is registered. The timestamp on the post says when the server got it, not when it was submitted.