# Wow. I've been here for 10 years. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 5, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586 "2011-03-05T16:07:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/41 "2011-03-09T14:35:28Z")
I’m number 9550. I must get my sword and begin the hunt. I must win - there can be only one! ---
**Author:** ![BelZarak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BelZarak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BelZarak)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/42 "2011-03-10T12:14:46Z")
Number 7363 checking in. Lurking more than posting? Yeah, that describes me well. I’m happy to say that I’ve met a few Dopers at real world gatherings. I even got to say “Hi, Opal!” when I met Opal. 🙂 Now back to lurking. Don’t want my post count to get too high. 😛 -Belz ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/43 "2011-03-11T03:00:48Z")
_sigh_ You’d think I’d have matured by now… ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/44 "2011-03-11T03:22:50Z")
#13,128 checking in. 10 years, 10 days. : brandishes ax at **ShelliBean** : There can be only one, and it’s not you. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/45 "2011-03-11T03:27:20Z")
#5945 checking in. 🙂 I was on AOL, though, too. Just didn’t jump over to this new-fangled “internet” immediately. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/46 "2011-03-11T03:40:26Z")
> [@BelZarak](#): > > Number 7363 checking in. Lurking more than posting? Yeah, that describes me well. I’m happy to say that I’ve met a few Dopers at real world gatherings. I even got to say “Hi, Opal!” when I met Opal. 🙂 > > Now back to lurking. Don’t want my post count to get too high. 😛 > > -Belz No, you really don’t. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/47 "2011-03-11T03:49:10Z")
I’ll hit ten years and 10k posts in the very near future. Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/48 "2011-03-11T05:36:45Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > _sigh_ You’d think I’d have matured by now… Yeah, shouldn’t you be an astro_man_ by now? ---
**Author:** ![Plavacek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Plavacek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plavacek)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/49 "2011-03-11T05:44:29Z")
I’m an 00’er (?), except I’m not - I’ve been gone for most of that time, which is a truly artistic form of lurking in which you don’t even lurk. It’s transcendent. ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586/50 "2011-03-11T16:32:20Z")
It looks like there was a lot of growth in 2000. I was #7658 on 6-30-2000. Nearly 4000 people joined between me and **Knorf** in December. I’ve got a feeble post count of 1278, but I’ve managed to attend Dopefests in 4 different countries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-ive-been-here-for-10-years/573586.md?page=2)