152,000 plus DUers now. How many when you joined?

[panader0]

I joined 9/11/05 and I think there were about 70,000 at that point. I wonder if Skinner has our number?

[johnnie]

1. I was #24481

You were #76898

[Hissyspit]

2. That would put me somewhere in between.

Where are you finding that number?

[johnnie]

4. If you look at your profile

The number (excluding the 1) is your id number.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=176898 <-----That's you

[tibbiit]

17. 10,843-2002

tib

[A HERETIC I AM]

34. I did not know that! (Channeling Johnny Carson)

Wow, 30116 for me.

I thought it was around 50,000+ when I joined.

[Robb]

59. These "look at your number" threads always crack me up.

:rofl:

[Robb]

60. To add: my number is 37.

...I'm pretty sure there were more than three dozen DUers when I joined. :D

[scarletwoman]

62. The first few hundred numbers got boggled up at one point in 2001 when there was

a server malfunction. When they rebooted, those numbers got re-assigned sort of at random -- I think maybe as people started posting after the re-boot. So, your join number was no doubt different, but you may have been the 37th DUer who posted after the crash.

sw

[Robb]

64. You know

...That's the first time anyone's ever explained that in one of these threads. Mostly people ooh and aah and ask me how things were in the Stone Age of DU. :D

So that still implies I'm in the first few hundred, which again amazes me. But my memory's not what it once was. :hi:

[scarletwoman]

66. Well, I know you were already here when I got here, so no matter what,

you definitely were a member in the first 5-6 months of DU's existance. I don't know for sure how many numbers were involved in the great re-shuffling, but I'm pretty sure it was less that 2,000. Someone from back in the day did a post about it once, but I can't remember the exact number that person claimed was involved -- just that it wasn't very high.

Or maybe I was high, or they were high, or...

:D :hi:

[scarletwoman]

63. Actually, I think they're kind of fun.

Besides, you're a dingbat anyway. :P

[neverforget]

70. Cool. I'm #3634. Thanks for the info! I learned something new today!

[JesterCS]

73. 76898 joined Sep 11th 2005 n/t

[LWolf]

77. I've never seen an id # on my, or anyone else's, profile.

:shrug:

[jaysunb]

81. 21369

that would be you. :hi:

[LWolf]

84. Thanks.

:hi:

[Hissyspit]

103. It's in the URL.

[Hissyspit]

101. Oh, duuhh...!

I can't believe I never figured that out.

Although I am not Panader0. :)

[Hissyspit]

104. I'm 57,031. Makes me wish I hadn't just read the front page for about a year instead of entering

the forums. I would have a much lower number.

I was afraid to sign up because I figured I would spend all my time posting. Guess what...

[Warpy]

9. Beats me, my profile doesn't have one

I seem to remember it was around 10,000 when I joined the second time. I'd spaced my first password.

[johnnie]

13. You are 13240

[jaysunb]

19. I'm like Warpy...can't find my #

:shrug:

[Warpy]

20. It's in the URL at the top

You see, there are some people out there who like to give only half the information it takes to find something so they can sit all smug and superior because they have the rest of the information and you don't.

It's a child's game.

If you want to find your member number, look at the last number in the URL at the top of the page and delete that first one. That's your number.

[scarletwoman]

28. I gave complete instructions for finding member numbers in my post #6.

Just sayin'... :)

[jaysunb]

31. Thanks Scarlet & Warpy

I finally found it.
This old age stuff can be trying....:rofl:

[scarletwoman]

47. Always happy to help a fellow old fart.

Now, if I could just get these damn kids off my lawn...

;)
sw

[Sancho]

65. I'm 48828

August 2004

[madrchsod]

3. 11,000 when i finally joined the ruckus around the first few months of 2002

actually started lurking around nov-dec of 2001.

[jaysunb]

5. less than 5000

there was quite a celebration when we hit 5,000.

on edit:seems I'm 8526, but I stand by the 5k celebration. It seems as though there was a software upgrade that didn't correctly identify sign up date. My profile says I joined in 02, but goggle shows my post in April of 01. :shrug:

Whatever...it's been a long run.

[panader0]

8. Who was number ONE?

[jaysunb]

11. Probably Skinner or Elad ????

I'm still trying to find my actual member #

[JVS]

41. The first DUer #0. His name is guest and he only lurks

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=100000

[SidDithers]

42. Lowest profile I could find was someone called abn82...

long since tombstoned.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=100002

Elementary Penguin, at #13, is the earliest I could find with any substantial number of posts, but I don't think they've posted in years.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=100013

hedda_foil comes next, at #20. Is she still around?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=100020

Sid

[jaysunb]

51. Hedda_foil....

Now that's a name I haven't seen in years. She was a great DUer.

[scarletwoman]

53. Indeed she was! She did an extraordinary job of cataloguing the facts about the DLC.

She was busy trying to wake people up to what the DLC Trojan Horse was doing to the Democratic party YEARS before most people even thought to pay attention.

I still miss her work. Her posts were irreplaceable.

sw

[Hissyspit]

102. Do you know what happened to hedda_foil, scarletwoman. I remember her well.

[salin]

76. bet s/he was part of the famous first week of DU

great narrative thread about the admin surviving the first week.

[jaysunb]

82. Hey Salin, remember Carlos Jacinto ?

for some reason I seem to remember the 2 of you tangling over a peace march in Washington during the runup to the Iraq invasion. :shrug:

[salin]

91. We tangled (politely - or so I always tried) on whether or not Evan Bayh's lurch

to the right after he became senator was because he was from a "red" state (mine - and he had twice been elected as gov. before senator as a center moderate - and I always argued that the lurch past center right was intended for national, not state, election ambitions). Oh, and he kept insisting on calling Hoosiers, "Indianans" (as a hoosier I can tell you there is no such recognized term.) Ah the memories....

As aggravating as he could be, I also had a soft spot for him. I wonder how he is doing (and hope it is well.)

[jaysunb]

107. he posts over at Kos

under the name Jacinto. Never acknowledges he was once the largest irritant on this site. LOL !

Walt Starr is also a frequent poster over there. Brilliant man....

[salin]

108. good to hear

I miss Walt. Nice to see you jaysunb!

[scarletwoman]

6. I'm member #106679, so there were 6,679 members when I signed up in the fall of 2001.

Everyone can read people's member numbers by passing their cursor over either the pm or the profile icon at the top of someone's post and reading the ID# that shows in the address bar at the bottom of your screen. Subtract 100,000 from that number and that's the member number.

Your member# is 1767898, which means there were exactly 76,897 members up to the point at which you signed up.

Having researched this awhile back (when I had a lot of time on my hands, obviously) I can tell you that at the beginning of 2002 there were exactly 8,208 members, and at the beginning of 2003 there were exactly 20,010 members.

From July of 2003 on, you can see people's "joined date" in their profile and thus infer the number of DU members on that date by their member number.

sw

[panader0]

16. Thanks. I learned something.

[scarletwoman]

21. You're welcome!

I should have added that some of the very earliest member numbers from 2001 got all mixed up and out of order at one point, when the Admins had a major server malfunction. But from 2002 on, I'm pretty sure the member numbers are accurate.

sw

[blondeatlast]

50. Mine (23605) seems accurate. I paid no mind at the time but remembered being astonished

when we tipped 32,000!

[spinbaby]

54. I'm 105538

So presumably, I was number 5538. I do remember the excitement when we hit 10000.

[scarletwoman]

57. "I do remember the excitement when we hit 10000." I remember that, too.

We were all watching the number at the top of the page as it got closer, wondering how long it would take. It was much easier to "know" most of the active posters in those days, we were pretty close-knit. It was a wonderful time to be here. :)

[salin]

71. if I recall... we watched it twice (or was that 11,000?)

there was a cyber-vandal attack that screwed with the numbers and erased a few of the most recent members (may not have erased their accounts, but erased their count in the number of members.)

Apparently there were under 8300 when I arrived in the first couple of days of Jan 2002.

[scarletwoman]

83. Oh jeeze, I'm gettin' too old to remember all the details anymore.

I only remember the 10,000 milestone -- and that as soon as that passed, we started getting excited about how much higher it might go. So maybe 11,000 was greeted as another big deal, it could very well have been.

I remember my impression, later on, that the membership started increasing exponentially. I remember reaching a point where I was feeling rather sad and nostalgic about the early days when there were way fewer people posting here and we all kind of "knew" each other pretty well. And I remember the 2002 midterms after Wellstone died and I could barely stand to post anymore after that smarmy weasel Coleman got elected.

As I posted above, the first member number of 2002 was 8208, so your arrival date of Jan. 2002 definitely coincides. I remember you well, you showed up like a great brightly flaming torch and I always looked forward to your posts.

:hi:
sw

[salin]

88. *blush*

it is hard to make me blush. Let me say, that I have learned a lot from you over the years. You have given me information and perspectives that I believe have expanded my conscience. Thank you!

[stray cat]

7. Is that number those currently posting in the last month

or those that have come and gone?

[scarletwoman]

12. It's the total number of all registrations since DU started. It does not differentiate between

active posters and those who dropped away or were tombstoned over the years.

[Odin2005]

10. I was the 80373th Joined Noveber 11, 2005

[QC]

14. I am number 2,785. n/t

[SoCalDem]

15. I remember our countdown to the 4,000th member

:)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. 2001 #3524

[Lars39]

23. That's your post count...you're member # 3524.

:hi:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. Damn! Just shows what hanging around can do to one's mind.

Thanks. :hi:

[Lars39]

55. You're one of the posters who has helped broadened mine.

:toast: :)

[scarletwoman]

24. ?? Actually, your member # is 103524 -- you were the 3,524th person to register on DU.

The 20,000s didn't happen until 2003.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

27. Edited. Thanks Red Lady.

:loveya:

[scarletwoman]

29. Happy for any excuse to post something to you.

:D :loveya:

[Grey]

22. I can't remember when I joined but

my profile says "2003 - before july 6th. #25337

[scarletwoman]

26. The first member number for 2003 is 20,010. So you joined sometime between Jan & July. nt

[louis-t]

30. Oct. 24, 2003 #33,376

Came across a link to the Top 10 Conservative Idiots.

[Blue_In_AK]

32. 59467 for me

November 27, 2004.

[onehandle]

33. 2001 #1111 Weird. I never knew about the number thing. Weird number too. nt

[scarletwoman]

40. It's a COOL number! I didn't find out about the number thing until someone pointed it out a couple

of years ago or so. Ever since, I'm always looking at people's member numbers just for the hell of it.

I spent way too many hours one day about a year and a half ago figuring out how to calculate the member numbers for the "lost" years prior to July 2003, and got the numbers narrowed down to the start of 2002 (first member# of 2002 was 8,208) and 2003 (first member# of 2003 was 20,010).

I wrote them down in a notebook that I keep next to my computer so I could proudly trot out my research results in threads such as these. :D

sw

[Canuckistanian]

35. #40809 here

Sometime in 2002.

[woofless]

36. I never knew how to check.

[scarletwoman]

44. Your member number is 24,659. See my post #6 for an explanation on how to find it. nt

[SidDithers]

37. Sometime in 2002. Early i the year, I think...

I'm # 11821

Sid

[JVS]

38. 22,548

[KG]

39. 5179 (2001)

[alittlelark]

43. 30,121

[joanski0]

45. I believe it was less than 9,000. n/t

[scarletwoman]

46. Your member number is 2,553, so yes, quite a bit less than 9,000! nt

[kentuck]

52. I think you were here when I arrived?

There are still a lot of old timers still around although many have since left or departed.

[phaseolus]

48. #7884 here... Some things I miss about the old days:

newyawker99 welcoming everyone and cheering people's posting milestones... She made this such a wonderful place to hang around

Khephra's news items & his gentle good humor

those 'daily' threads in the Lounge...

[blondeatlast]

49. #23605--I thought I was later than that! nt

[thatgemguy]

56. #34743

I don't post a lot though.

[highplainsdem]

58. 52,280. I joined Oct. 3, 2004.

[RedCappedBandit]

61. I recall it being around 60,000

And it was! I'm # 64519

[Bonhomme Richard]

67. 2001...and I haven't a clue. n/t

[scarletwoman]

68. Your member number is 4,687. See my post #6 for an explanation of how to find member numbers. nt

[Forkboy]

69. #6,207

Seemed even smaller. Good times. :)

[salin]

72. "Where everybody knew your name..."

Cheers :toast:

[Forkboy]

79. Hey!!!!!

I spoke to a common pal today, and I can safely say that Buddhamama passes on all good greetings. :hi:

We were just speaking about you (in a good way, of course) a few weeks ago. :)

[salin]

89. How so very cool (and touching!)

please send her my best. What a fantastic lady.

I am so warmed by that comment. Work (which is great - but all consuming) eats up so much time (and has for the past half-decade) that I barely post. I assume I am rather forgotten (out of sight and all of that). You are not out of sight for me - as I still read daily (just very quickly and with little time to post.) How great to be remembered by the both of you of whom I think of so warmly. Thanks for giving me a bright spot for the evening!

[Forkboy]

93. She is a special lady, no doubt. I've never met anyone like her.

Trust me, you aren't forgotten. A lot of posers come and go, but a few people stand out amidst them all along. You're one of them. Neither of us forgets you!

And I will be sure to pass on all greetings. :)

[Truth2Tell]

74. 103,378 - April 07

I figure since this thread is all old-timers, someone who got here after 100,000 should chime in for us newbies. Sometimes we hear so much about the good old days on DU, it almost seems like we were all here. :)

[AwakeAtLast]

75. I'm #44813

Wow, that means DU has grown by over 100,000 (give or take a few trolls, lol) since I joined. That's amazing!

[LWolf]

78. 21,368. nt

[proud patriot]

80. 4213

[racaulk]

85. I'm the 68,422nd DUer and I joined on April 20, 2005.

:hi:

[WT Fuheck]

86. 151,867

give or take a few decimal places

[mitchtv]

87. that must mean I am number 720 ?

something happened early on and I ;ost my join date.

[neverforget]

90. I'd like to know how many are active and how many have been tombstoned.

We need a graveyard to see all those that have been given a free pizza.

[bikebloke]

92. 3816

After waiting about six months before signing up.

[scarletwoman]

95. Actually, that's your post count. Your member number is 7,691.

When you're on your profile page, look at the URL up top. The end of the URL is =user_profiles&u_id=107691 -- subtract 100,000 and 7691 is your member number.

[bikebloke]

109. Oops. Caught me trying to jump the queue.

:)

[scarletwoman]

111. No harm done -- just thought you'd want to know your correct number.

:)

[krispos42]

94. I'm number 88,886

Joined May 4th, 2006 at 2:10pm

#88,888 joined 35 minutes later... and quickly became a nuked zombie.


Damn, what a waste of a cool number. :-(

[Skittles]

96. 4905

[Kip Humphrey]

97. 55,248

[Fuzz]

98. Profile #9210

[Soylent Brice]

99. 98,744

[City Lights]

100. I'm #5661.

I joined sometime around 9.11.01.

[Hekate]

105. #15,194 in the Fall of 2002

[immoderate]

106. 3,874

I think I joined in February 2001. It was the day Skinner was interviewed by Brian Lamb.

--imm

[myrna minx]

110. I'm the 11,471st DUer.

:hi: Joined in 2002.

[bigwillq]

112. 37800

joined in 2004.