>While the title of this thread may be misleading, we aren't naive squirrels here. We're the database programmers. I felt that anyone who frequents this forum would understand the meaning of the number.

Sorry if you have felt offended by this reply. This was not intended for such purpose.

>The other meaning of the number is that we're still getting new members, despite the news.

Yes, every day, new members are joining in as well as old members creating new accounts, where in such when being discovered we apply a merge.