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

At least 5 years.

Four years, minimum.

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

I'd say until they know the unwritten rules.

Four years, minimum.

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

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

Trial by fire, Gamer.

I still have the scars.

I have no idea why that posted twice.

Maybe we should go for eight years.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

I hear you merry

I'm not new, Navy.

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

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.

Aww Sparkling, I remember when you were a youngun

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

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.