To: cgk
The number of members is a difficult number to arrive at. We do not have membership dues, so do not have an actual membership list. All we have is our registration file. Since we do not mail to or query our registered posters, there is no way we can know how many of the people who have registered over the years are still members. Many people sign up and make only one or a few posts and never come back. Many sign up and never post at all. Some get banned or leave for other reasons, some have died, and some are duplicate accounts for the same user (this practice is frowned upon, by the way). There are also tens of thousands of people who are regular readers, but have never signed up as posting members. The only practical number that we have available is the number of sign-ups, and this number could probably be divided by half to get an approximate number of members. We started our forum with just a few dozen posters early in 1997 and by the end of that year had over a thousand. By the end of 1998 we had over 15,000 signed up. The number was close to 30,000 by the end of 1999, over 50,000 by December 31, 2001 and over 70,000 now.
To: Jim Robinson; AbeLincoln
Wow. All those numbers makes one feel slightly humbled.
Thanks for the quick response! And for your excellent site.
Mrs Kus
18 posted on
10/25/2001 5:19:38 PM PDT by
cgk
To: Jim Robinson
Jim...forgive my ignorance as a newbie...but what lawsuit???? Did clintoon force you to take some things down? or just copyright sources?
50 posted on
05/21/2003 6:46:01 PM PDT by
cherry_bomb88
(nothing of importance here, go on about your business)
To: Jim Robinson
Oh Lord, my boat is so small and thy sea is so big!
Glad to have such a big family, Jim. But the origins lie in Common Sense which offends some and appeals to many.
70,000 huh? Get 'em to cough up a buck each and do away with Freepathons!
76 posted on
01/31/2007 9:15:17 PM PST by
BIGLOOK
(Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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