To ask how long a MNetter is classed a newbie for?

[ICantThinkOfAUsernameH]

Just that really ^^.
Been a member 2 years now I think and still feel new

[Highalert]

At least 5 years.

[TheNiffler]

Four years, minimum.

[AllTheBabies]

I've been here fur 7 years and I still feel like a newbie sometimes!

[SalemSaberhagen]

I'd say until they know the unwritten rules.

[TheNiffler]

Four years, minimum.

[ilovesooty]

Given the amount of name changing I don't see how you can know how long everyone has been here anyway.

[gamerchick]

Until you've had your arse handed to you and took it in good grace? Happened to me quite early on

[MistressMerryWeather]

Trial by fire, Gamer.

I still have the scars.

[TheNiffler]

I have no idea why that posted twice.

Maybe we should go for eight years.

[Sparklingbrook]

I have been here for 5 years and still consider myself a trainee.

[TheNiffler]

And I've forgotten how long I've been here 😳

[MycatsaPirate]

I think Mumsnet is like a village where you have to have lived there for several generations and only then can you be considered as a local.

[MistressMerryWeather]

It will tell you when you joined on your profile, Niffler.

[TheNiffler]

This is my third incarnation though, I think I'm in my 8th year, I know I joined before I moved here, which was 7 years ago. It's all so confusing, and my brain is menopausally addled.

[GobblersKnob]

9 years, am far far from part of the establishment, I know my place.

[gamerchick]

I hear you merry

[TheNiffler]

I'm not new, Navy.

[elQuintoConyo]

Arse handed to you - check
Thread in classics - nope
Never admit to owning a loo brush - check
Avoid threads which start 'how often do you wash/change your...' - check
Avoid 'who's your favourite MNer' threads - check

I just jump around threads waffling away

[Sparklingbrook]

Niffler was one of the first posters I 'chatted' with. I think we bonded over crap TV or something.

But about a week in I got a PM from someone asking me who I used to be. I had no clue what they were on about.

[TheNiffler]

Aww Sparkling, I remember when you were a youngun

[ALemonyPea]

You need the following:

Thread in trending
Thread moved to classics
Thread mentioned in the weekly round up
Posted in AIBU, have your arse handed to you on a silver plater, and come back to admit you were, in fact BU
Be recognised on a thread that you didn't start
Own a MN scarf
Instantly recognise a PBP

Then, and only then, will you be a true MN my son

[Sparklingbrook]

Aww Niffler i was young and naive and full of hope back then in October2011.

I had no idea about trolls or sockpuppeting or anything.