I'm just curious what others think as it seems it doesn't take much to call yourself that.
Hey Ray, is this a spin-off thread of a recent conspicuous one, nobody wanted to mention?
That was established many posts ago.
It is a serious question though, as it is clear people's definitions of what being an 'established member' means vary greatly.
Perhaps I should also have added something about what do you consider 'your' keyboard community as some people use it as a blanket statement for all keyboard communities (r/mk, DT, GH, etc) but many of us here specifically use the term community to refer only to geekhack.
Many of use take pride in being part of this community, in helping people when they have a problem, seeing all the many projects, group buys, artisans etc succeed and just seeing people get into the hobby for the first time and experience mechanical keyboards is awesome.