>>>>I went over 15 in April...
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>>>If the difference between the numbers for you and Craig or Ken are any indication, there had to be hundreds of people joining every month.
>>>Yours 1745; Craigs and Kens are in the 6000 range. There is about 500 difference between them. Mine? ha
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>>Three was a lot of activity in the early stages of growth.... the ui changed almost daily for quite a while...
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>And I am only a new commer at 8 years this month. What amazes me is where did all the members go.
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>My number 57798
>Your number 1745
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>Difference 56,053
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>I would guess lots of people sign up but don't stick around. In the groups I monitor there can't be more than a 100 who are commonly here.

Most of the people are no longer active. Some even died...

If you check top 50 report you'll see some people who used to post a lot in early dates - say, Ed Pikman or Erik Moore or Barbara Paltiel. They don't visit UT anymore.