I’m not sure either; hence my “IIRC”.
Less than a year, more than a month is all I can say with anything approaching real confidence. I expect we could dig around in ATMB and eventually find the start & finish announcements. Not interested enough to bother now.
I got interested.
April 2004
June/July 2008
To stay with the thread, I’m in my mid-50s. I have the impression this means I am younger than the average, as it seems a lot of people are already retired. But it might just be where I hang out here. I know there are quite a few people that are in their 50s, but they keep turning 60, so they no longer count.
And I just realized I forgot I had a birthday and had to change my vote. To the next higher group. Less than a decade before retirement.
Yowza! 4-1/4 years of pay to post. I really need to quit trusting my memory for anything. Sheesh! Thank you @Die_Capacitrix for setting the record straight here.
I suppose that once I’d gotten used to paying, whether I was paying for posting rights or Charter Member bragging rights, it felt about the same. I’d still happily pay if there was a way for Discourse to do that.
I would, too.
I’m 52, started lurking in 2001 and joined in 2003. No idea how I found the place.
I’ve never been a very active poster, but in the last few years have been more so.
I did fall away for a few years, probably around pay to post, but eventually came back.
I really appreciate this place, but like many I assume its future is, one way or another, finite.