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30,000 Members here?
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Members: 30,011
Welcome to our newest member, scottrish
Since scottrish is member number 30,094, I assume that MacRumors reached 30,000 members when member number 30,083 joined.
That would be atari1356! He/she has provided no profile information and has yet to post.
However, I still think Mightee deserves the honors. Do we need a poll about this?
Members: 30,011
Welcome to our newest member, scottrish
Since scottrish is member number 30,094, I assume that MacRumors reached 30,000 members when member number 30,083 joined.
That would be atari1356! He/she has provided no profile information and has yet to post.
However, I still think Mightee deserves the honors. Do we need a poll about this?
Well, I think both need to post a little bit of background information before we start that poll.
What I found quite interesting is that only about 80 members got banned so far. I think thats not a lot with about 15000 active poster.
What I found quite interesting is that only about 80 members got banned so far. I think thats not a lot with about 15000 active poster.
dang it, got busy briefly and we already overshot!
Thanks Dr, but how do you see this? i presume you have access to pages we ordinary mortals don't...
imo : if this 'real' number cannot seen by everybody, then we shd consider only the one which is.
of course, we can only see the number while they register, so its pretty moot anyway....
fwiw, one vote for atari1356!
I have no inside information. The numbers I've used are based on the profiles you can see for any member, using a URL of the form
https://forums.macrumors.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=nnnnn
Hover over the Profile button under any post and you should see the member number at the end of the URL in your web browser's status bar.
My assumptions have been that:
* The "Members: nnnnn" display shows the number of non-banned members, since otherwise I don't know why it would differ from the highest user number.
* Banned members retain their identity, member number, profile, and posts. They just can't login, post, change their profiles, or subscribe to threads anymore. Their member number would certainly not be reused.
* All of this is just for fun anyway and only matters because we were born with 10 fingers. If we had 9 fingers, we'd be watching for member 19,683 (which is 30,000 in base 9)!
https://forums.macrumors.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=nnnnn
Hover over the Profile button under any post and you should see the member number at the end of the URL in your web browser's status bar.
My assumptions have been that:
* The "Members: nnnnn" display shows the number of non-banned members, since otherwise I don't know why it would differ from the highest user number.
* Banned members retain their identity, member number, profile, and posts. They just can't login, post, change their profiles, or subscribe to threads anymore. Their member number would certainly not be reused.
* All of this is just for fun anyway and only matters because we were born with 10 fingers. If we had 9 fingers, we'd be watching for member 19,683 (which is 30,000 in base 9)!
Well, 15 members ago we hit 30,000.... Any way to track back?
EDIT:
By looking at members by date joined, and counting back, it appears that Gee is our 30,000th registered member!
https://forums.macrumors.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=30079
EDIT:
By looking at members by date joined, and counting back, it appears that Gee is our 30,000th registered member!
https://forums.macrumors.com/member.php?s=&action=getinfo&userid=30079
Where are you getting that number? By my calculations (and Doctor Q's) it should be user 30083: Atari 1356
Front page, it says we have 30,020 registered members. So go to:
https://forums.macrumors.com/memberlist.php?s=&what=datejoined
Top person should be number 30,020 and count down the list from there.
How did you guys get your number?
EDIT: I think I see how you got it. Now, it says 30,020 registered members and the latest person is user id 30,103, so that would put it at Atari 1356, but I'm not sure which way is best suited. To be honest, you'd have to query the database and get the exact time they registered. I am not sure the member list sorted by date joined sorts by time.
EDIT AGAIN: I think the registered members number on the front page is people who have acutally posted something. You guys go member id 30,083 which is Atari 1356, and I got member id 30,079 (Gee), which is 4 id's lower. Coincidentally, there are 4 members with no posts agove Gee. So, it depends on what are we calling a member, someone who signed up or someone who signed up and posted.
Oh! I see how you came up with that! But some of those people have never posted. Is it possible that the others correspond to invalid e-mail accounts? Or the Spamhaus problem? In any case, your method makes a lot of sense. It seems likely that Gee is actually the 30,000th member.
The only thing I wanted to say is that we now have 2 members who could claim to be number 30000. One is mightee with the member number 30000 and the other one is atari1356 who registered by the time the member counter number showed 30000. At least thats what we believe.
My suggestion was. Let both introduce themselves and then we start a poll.
I PM'ed both Mightee and atari1356 and invited them both to post here.
Do any stores actually count customers and have a big celebration when the 1,000,000th customer walks in the door? Or is that just a cliché?
Do any stores actually count customers and have a big celebration when the 1,000,000th customer walks in the door? Or is that just a cliché?
Hey thats great. We will see if they post in here. Maybe we just call the first one number 30000 ?
I think that some stores really do that.
I hope Mightee and atari1356 didn't try to post this weekend, find the forums closed for remodeling, and get discouraged.
MrMacman said:
are you all going to start the count down to 40k members and then argue about who it actually is again
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Doctor Q said:
Wow, I just noticed I had a private message from Doctor Q about this from about 3 weeks ago. I didn't even know I could get private messages and didn't check until I saw it today. So... sorry I'm a bit late in posting here.
Regardless of whether the 30,000th member is Mightee or me... that's quite an accomplishment on the part of this web site and community. Nice work.
Since I've discovered MacRumors, it's become my favorite Mac site to visit. I've posted a few messages, and will get around to putting something in my profile eventually.
Hmm, 30,000th member... that sounds prestigious. Do I win a free Dual 2GHz Powermac?
I hereby declare, without authority to do so, that atari1356, by posting here, is the official 30,000th MacRumors member and is due all rights, privileges, and responsibilities that go with the title.
Sure! Just go to any Apple store and tell them you came to pick up a free Power Mac!atari1356 said:Hmm, 30,000th member... that sounds prestigious. Do I win a free Dual 2GHz Powermac?