# When the month is up, let us know how many charter members there are **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 23, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-month-is-up-let-us-know-how-many-charter-members-there-are/235951 "2004-03-23T18:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-month-is-up-let-us-know-how-many-charter-members-there-are/235951/1 "2004-03-23T18:37:35Z")
I’m interested to see how many charter members will have signed up by April 21st. Some are pessimistically guessing a few hundred. I am betting on 2000 or more, with an outside shot at 3000. ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-month-is-up-let-us-know-how-many-charter-members-there-are/235951/2 "2004-03-23T20:47:01Z")
Ed Zotti said in another thread that there were more than 1000 on the first day alone. So I guess 3000 doesn’t even come close, even though the first day will probably stay the best. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-month-is-up-let-us-know-how-many-charter-members-there-are/235951/3 "2004-03-24T00:46:24Z")
> [@mkl12](#): > > Ed Zotti said in another thread that there were more than 1000 on the first day alone. So I guess 3000 doesn’t even come close, even though the first day will probably stay the best. Actually, 3000 _will_ come pretty close, since there were only about 3500 active members before the pay conversion, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-month-is-up-let-us-know-how-many-charter-members-there-are/235951/4 "2004-03-24T04:44:57Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > Actually, 3000 _will_ come pretty close, since there were only about 3500 active members before the pay conversion, IIRC. According to [Ed Zotti](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245825&page=1), that 3500 figure was from November 2002. We’re at roughly 7000 actives now: > [@](#): > > **The board ran reasonably well after our server upgrade in November 2002, when we had 3,500 current members - that is, people who had posted within the last 30 days. We now have 7,000 current members and the board runs slowly - OK, it crawls - during peak times.** ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-month-is-up-let-us-know-how-many-charter-members-there-are/235951/5 "2004-03-24T13:37:03Z")
I waited till the second day to sign up, because I wanted to see if other posters were able to join without too much difficulty, before making my attempt. Signing up took me a matter of seconds, no problems. I’m wondering how many other posters are waiting until glitches are worked out to join, or are keeping guest status till the very end of the month. I’m guessing there will be another spike right before the price goes up, though not as big as the first day. I’d also like to know how many of us signed up by April 21st. I’m thinking it will exceed 2500. $4.95 is a total bargain.🙂