# When users (staff) considered members and are added to \`members\` table? **URL:** \ **Category:** Memberships & subscriptions\ **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/when-users-staff-considered-members-and-are-added-to-members-table/14720 "2020-05-28T08:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![maxkoretskyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@maxkoretskyi](https://forum.ghost.org/u/maxkoretskyi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/when-users-staff-considered-members-and-are-added-to-members-table/14720/1 "2020-05-28T08:45:22Z")
I only use `Invite` functionality in Ghost Admin interface to invite new writers to the platform. Yet I started seeing some of these users also in `Membership` section. How do these users (writers) become members? Is this even a Ghost thing? I have a few integrations that might not work properly and cause the incorrect behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Kym](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kym/32/1136_2.png) [@Kym](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kym)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/when-users-staff-considered-members-and-are-added-to-members-table/14720/2 "2020-05-28T10:03:50Z")
Hey! Are you using the [Members feature](https://ghost.org/docs/members/introduction/) on your site? If you are, and you have sign up forms on your site, then anyone can theoretically sign up as a member, and will appear in the members dashboard. You can also import members via Zapier integrations so that could be where they are coming from? Staff users is a different concept, and should only be used to invite people on your team who you want to contribute to your site. ---
**Author:** ![maxkoretskyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58956e/32.png) [@maxkoretskyi](https://forum.ghost.org/u/maxkoretskyi)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/when-users-staff-considered-members-and-are-added-to-members-table/14720/3 "2020-05-28T10:32:30Z")
Hey, membership feature is active in Ghost Admin, but I’m using standalone Gatsby frontend that doesn’t have any integration with Ghost membership API. > You can also import members via Zapier integrations so that could be where they are coming from? The integration is set up with Patreon and I don’t see those people on Patreon. > Staff users is a different concept, and should only be used to invite people on your team who you want to contribute to your site. Right, that’s why I got confused when I saw users in members… So it’s either a bug in Ghost implementation or something is messed up on my end. ---
**Author:** ![Kym](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kym/32/1136_2.png) [@Kym](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kym)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/when-users-staff-considered-members-and-are-added-to-members-table/14720/5 "2020-05-29T17:51:23Z")
Made this topic public on May 29, 2020, 5:51pm UTC ---
**Author:** ![Kym](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/kym/32/1136_2.png) [@Kym](https://forum.ghost.org/u/Kym)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/when-users-staff-considered-members-and-are-added-to-members-table/14720/6 "2020-05-29T18:01:00Z")
Ah I see - it does sounds like the users in members are being fired by an integration. What is your use case/what are you trying to achieve? Our Beta Members feature isn’t compatible with a Gatsby frontend, so you may want to consider turning the feature off.