Now that we have 75,000, who has lowest member number?

[NewJeffCT]

Any guesses as to who it is? I am #33,316. I found #801, but nobody lower than that.

To find your member number, go into your profile and look at the URL. At the very end is a number beginning with the #1. Remove the 1 and that is your member#.

[myrna minx]

1. Mine is 11,471.

I signed up in May of 2002.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. MOPAUL is around 350.

Newyawker in the low 1000s: 1100 or so.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Skinner is around 800

I thought I had found a low one, but you got me beat.

[TahitiNut]

67. undergroundrailroad is #383 and VolcanoJen is # 1075 (I'm #8809)

:shrug:

[Pithlet]

3. I didn't know that. I'm #5,729

[yorgatron]

7. maybe they start at 800?

never worried about it too much.i've been here since 2001,but there's people who got here a month ago that have a higher post count.

[Pithlet]

14. I'm not even to 10,000 posts

I'm almost there. I think the member count does start at 1. It does seem like DU was in the 5000 member range when I joined. It was such a different place, then.

[AlienGirl]

44. Neither am I and I'm #3344

I figure quality counts for more than quantity!

Tucker

[henslee]

107. It's quality not quantity!

[MrsMatt]

108. My number is 23,300 and I don't have even 400 posts! n/t

[NewJeffCT]

24. I didn't either - Rabrrrrrrrr told me how to do it

thank Rabrrrrrrrr.

[Zomby Woof]

26. right behind you at 6112

:hi:

[Pithlet]

37. You must have joined shortly after 9/11, then.

:hi:

[Zomby Woof]

48. Yep

My employer went out of business 2 weeks after the attacks. I had lurked on DU since May 2001, but didn't feel compelled to join until I had a lot of free time from being unemployed awhile. :hi:

[Gildor Inglorion]

5. No. 39,364 here...

:hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Okay - plugged numbers into the URL, and now have real winner, hedda_foil

#1 doesn't exist.

#2 and #3 are tombstoned.

#4-8 are members with 0 posts

#9-10 are tombstoned

#11-19 are more members with 0 posts

#20 is hedda_foil, member since 2001, 6034 posts.

hedda_foil is the WINNER!

[yorgatron]

10. so i'm member #412?

:shrug::wtf:

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. Looks like it - you've been around since 2001!

Congratulations!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

25. My first ID name was 1458

I am now 24,xxx something

[ZombieNixon]

101. Looks like member #7 (JesusWasALiberal) has one post

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=100007

I can't find it in the search, though...

[ZombieNixon]

102. I get ElementaryPenguin (member #13) with 6234 posts

Still seems pretty active

[On the Road]

106. Robb is Way Up There at #37

[Mutley]

8. I am member # 58993.

Wow. A lot of people have joined since I did.

[NewJeffCT]

45. i know, in less than a year, almost 20,000

and, over 40,000 in less than 2 years since I joined.

[On the Road]

9. I Seem to be #4,805

Early on, I remember no one knew how many members DU actually had, and there was intense speculation.

And thanks for sharing -- I never knew you could see that.

[DS1]

12. I am the lowest DUer here, regardless of assigned digits

:P

[BikeWriter]

28. Are you refering to morally?

:shrug:

[Elad]

13. The member numbers are a good indication, but they're not 100%

accurate... there were some "issues" in the user database conversion and so some of them are not in correct order.

In case you were wondering, the first DUer was kskiska. :)

[radwriter0555]

19. dude, you're RIGHT. I was re-assigned a new name and id in 2002 when I was

radwriter055. I remember you had some server problems and were moving stuff around and stuff.... I do believe there were only about 2000 members when I joined.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Hi Elad!

We don't often hear from you; so this is a very nice treat for all of us...

Thanks for clarifying the situation...

Nice to see you're on the Left Coast as well!

:woohoo:

[greekspeak]

15. 24569

I am in the highest 1/3 of DU in terms of seniority! Wow!

[MrBenchley]

16. 3,408

Here since May, 2001...first Bob Boudelang coiumn June 15, 2001....

[Solon]

71. Yeah, mine's at 3235...

I believe I signed up in the Early Spring of 2001, though I lurked for a LONG assed time after that. Made a "Hi, I'm new" post in the beginning and then nothing for like a year.

[MrBenchley]

73. I started by reading the articles...

and then one day I responded to the "write for DU" prompt, driven to near-madness by the internal contradictions and sheer idiocy of the propaganda for Cheney's crooked energy policy.

Have you been to any of the meet-ups?

[radwriter0555]

17. aww, 10005, how cool!

very impressive.

[LaurenG]

18. Not me

I'm at 57121. I'm far, far, far from the beginning. :shrug:

[trackfan]

20. I don't know my member number. How do I find it?

:cry:

[NewJeffCT]

23. you have a low number

Check your profile. Then, in the URL box where you find the the www.democraticunderground.com, etc, etc you will see it ending with ID=1xxxxx; if you take out the 1, the remaining xxxxx is your member#

[trackfan]

33. Thanks!

I'm 8,309

[NewJeffCT]

39. welcome- I don't feel too bad now.

A lot of the time, I see folks with WAY more posts than me (and I have over 8,000!) and I feel like a newbie even though I'm going on 2 years at DU because I have so few posts.

But, you've been a member longer & have fewer posts. Must have a life and/or a job that keeps you busy.

[trackfan]

59. Amazingly, I feel like I'm posting constantly,

yet I see peoples post totals zipping on by me! Maybe I just type too slowly.

[Dukkha]

100. 5497

somewhat low

[Richardo]

21. 18477

[Dave Reynolds]

27. 62326.

I'm still a fuggin newbie.

[BikeWriter]

29. 56057

[deadparrot]

30. 29,783. nt

[yewberry]

31. 9820 here.

At least I got my post count high enough now that people have stopped welcoming me!

[Doctor_J]

32. I'm 4822

it was lonely when I got here

[Reverend_Smitty]

34. My number is 39,332

[Joe Chi Minh]

35. Reverend, we want to know your number,

not the population of China!

[trof]

36. OK. Duh. Where do you find it?

[yewberry]

38. Click on your profile

and check the url. At the end of the url, there is a series of numbers beginning with a 1. Take off that 1--that's your number.

[trof]

84. 12716. THANKS!

[Kathleen04]

40. I'm 33,474

Amazing that the # of members has more than doubled. :)

[NewJeffCT]

41. we're pretty close - I'm 33,316

more than 40,000 new members since we came aboard

[Kathleen04]

58. If you look at the..

dates in our profiles, you registered on October 23rd 2003 and I registered on October 26th. Pretty close. :)

[RetroLounge]

42. 14774

Hmmm, I've been here that long?

RL

[Cobalt Violet]

43. # 41089 checking in.

[KG]

46. 5179

[NewJeffCT]

51. another low number

I feel like a newbie tonight.

[KG]

54. signed on Nov 2001.

way back when the membership was a much more liberal/progressive/leftist.

[NewJeffCT]

56. i was getting married in Nov of 2001

I think DU seems more liberal than a year ago, but also more shrill at times. I can't say for prior to Oct of 2003, though, but I get the impression that you're correct that it was more liberal.

[BrotherBuzz]

47. Cool, my sock puppet is half as old as me....

Now, if I can just remember that damn password and somehow remove my real name, I might consider using that account again. Sometimes Google isn't you best friend. :)

[greendog]

49. 5838

I found DU on 9-11-01 and joined shortly thereafter.

[Exultant Democracy]

50. hum lets see

[NewJeffCT]

52. wow, my third HOT thread ever

Only the 3rd time I've generated enough replies to get a HOT thread!

[MissMillie]

89. congrats

I don't do it very often either.... (hot threads, I mean)

[VelmaD]

53. 3297

Joined in the spring of 2001 after lurking from day 1.

[Spider Jerusalem]

55. My first username was in the 12000's...

this one is 28699 (which, unless something is off, means over 46000 in the past 25 months).

[ScreamingMeemie]

57. Mine is #126185

:hi:

[kodi]

60. when i was here as AJA in spring of 2001 i think i was about 1,100

but that was before skinner and elad had grown pubic hair

[sakabatou]

61. #52,996 here

[City Lights]

62. 5661 checking in.

:hi:

I joined sometime around 9-11 after months of lurking.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

63. #35014 here

[tainted_chimp]

64. Im #14742

but my post count is tiny tiny. I think I joined in 2001...cant remember...

[Heidi]

65. I'm 14,407 in the line of succession. (nt)

[Wetzelbill]

66. # 29,328

[MrScorpio]

68. I'm 14,296

Sometimes I wish that I found this place sooner

[Wapsie B]

69. I'm # 3705.

Ok stupid question time here. If member #'s start at 1, why would Skinner be # 800? Shouldn't he be like 1,2 or 3?

[NewJeffCT]

72. no idea on that one

maybe he joined later & then bought the place?

[achtung_circus]

75. On a previous, very similar thread

Skinner posted that he was initially so busy that he didn't have the time to actually "join". The logistics of getting this thing going used all his time.

Eventually he got around to it. Does that mean there was no moderation until then? Hmmm.

on edit: #39,137.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

70. 8750

[cleofus1]

74. i am number

13655....

[underpants]

76. 6,047

Wow I never knew that before

[Demonaut]

77. huh?

[Trigger Hippie]

78. 70,642

I am a newbie compared to y'all. :)

[scarlet_owl]

79. #31,330 here.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

80. 2,946 in my original incarnation

I changed from "Jeff in Cincinnati" to "Jeff in Milwaukee" when I moved. Had to start over with 0 Posts (sniff).

[ellie]

81. I am #2925

but only have 1,300 posts. I don't post that often but I am here all the time, reading!

[Dora]

82. 52,465

I'm younger than I feel.

[kmla]

83. 6296 reporting for duty....

*sigh*

[Hell Hath No Fury]

85. 4796

Cool! I have no idea of the date I joined, so this is kinda close enough.

[ChickMagic]

86. 18,027

I remember we were anxiously awaiting 20,000 members.

[MissMillie]

87. I'm 23412

So, I've been here longer than about 2/3rds as everyone else.

[northzax]

88. 4485 reporting for duty`

I lurked from the real early days, joined sometime in middle of '01.

[Mikimouse]

90. 11684.seems like yesterday

[bearfan454]

91. 11922 for me. n/t

[Love Bug]

92. I'm 7826!

[yorgatron]

93. hey! i just thought of something...

i can call just about anyone else a "newbie" :rofl:
yeah,i'm talking about you! :spank:

[ps1074]

94. 12,699

And I have only 1638 posts :shrug:

[pdx_prog]

95. 19611.....

Joined in early 02...

[MamaBear]

96. 10,512, I think.

Joined in August 2001. Read a lot but don't post that much. :hi:

Edited to correct, I hope.

[Jackpine Radical]

97. 5859.

[Xithras]

98. I'm #6831 and only have 2600 posts :)

Most of those, believe it or not, have come in the past 18 months. I probably only had 500 posts in the first two or three years that I lurked here.

[ZombieNixon]

99. #51842 here!

Also, I think we found out who "Hugh" is (as in "This is HUGH!"). Check member #3...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=100003

[ZombieNixon]

103. Here's a fun coincidence

member #18181 (as in "ahaha") is a tombstoned Right-Wing Wacko whose username was RWWacko!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=118181

[steely]

104. 41116 here n/t

[_Wayne_]

105. 1

1

[maveric]

109. Seven new members in the past 30 minutes!

Cool!