My analogy was intentionally hyperbolic to show how counter-productive (and odd) your obsession with the number of FR registered users is. "You can't see the forest for the trees" better fits your single-minded focus on something of such little import, but it's over-used and boring.
I have to admit that I see neither the forest nor the trees, but only the sign in front of them, stating:
Over 300,000 people have registered for posting privileges on Free Republic since inception in 1996 and our forum is read daily by over one hundred thousand freedom loving citizens and patriots from all around the country, and all around the world. We're currently delivering over thirty million pageviews per month to over one million visitors.I just want the numbers on the main page of FR to be correct.
Oh, we're big stuff all right