MEMBER COUNT

[uthminsta]

MEMBER MILESTONES
Day one on realcent.org (after the move from realcent.forumco.com) was September 8, 2010.
100 members: September 11th.
200 members: September 13th.
300 members: September 22nd.
400 members: October 13th.
500 members: November 16th.
600 members: December 27th, 2010.
Trimmed back to around 600 in early Feb, 2011.
700 members: March 11th.
800 members: May 1st.
900 members: July 28th.
1000 members: October 10th.
1100 members: December 7th, 2011.
1200 members: January 30th, 2012.
Trimmed to under 1100 in late March.
1100 members: April 16th.
1200 members: August 10th.
1300 members: December 4th, 2012.
Trimmed again in January 2013 maybe?
1300 members: February 11th, 2013.
1400 members: May 11th.

Original post: I kept a pretty close watch on the number of members here each day for about two months. The total numbers shown below represent the membership at the end of each day. The numbers in parentheses are the new members during that 24-hour period. Of course, this does not account for fluctuations in membership due to "spammer" accounts. But for what it's worth, here it is.
9/8/2010 ... 29 members
9/9 ... 57 (28 new)
9/10...98 (31 new)
9/11...163 (65 new) - 100th member: Shattered
9/12...195 (32 new)
9/13...227 (32 new) - 200th member: copperhead57
9/14...247 (20 new)
9/15...257 (10 new)
9/16...269 (12 new)
9/17...275 (6 new)
9/18...281 (6 new)
9/19...284 (3 new)
9/20...292 (8 new)
9/21...297 (5 new)
9/22...303 (6 new) - 300th member: RJB
9/23...308 (5 new)
9/24...313 (5 new)
9/25...318 (5 new)
9/26...321 (3 new)
9/27...328 (7 new)
9/28...330 (2 new)
9/29...335 (5 new)
9/30...341 (6 new)
10/1...345 (4 new)
10/2...347 (2 new)
10/3...351 (4 new) - 350th member: HoardZincByTheTon
10/4...356 (5 new)
10/5...363 (7 new)
10/6...370 (7 new)
10/7...374 (4 new)
10/8...375 (1 new) - the one month-a-versary of the new Realcent! Pretty good turnout.
10/9...382 (7 new)
10/10...390 (8 new)
10/11...393 (3 new)
10/12...397 (4 new)
10/13...401 (4 new) - 400th member: TreeTop
10/14...408 (7 new)
10/15...412 (4 new)
10/16...414 (2 new)
10/17...421 (7 new)
10/18...424 (3 new)
10/19...429 (5 new)
10/20...433 (4 new)
10/21...437 (4 new)
10/22...441 (4 new)
10/23...443 (2 new)
10/24...451 (8 new)
10/25...454 (3 new)
...wrinkle...
10/27...450 (2 new)
10/28...454 (4 new)
10/29...455 (1 new)
10/30...459 (4 new)
10/31...459 (0 new)
at this point, I stopped keeping track daily. "Milestone dates" will be kept at the top of the post from here on out.

[uthminsta]

RJB is the 300th member! Congratulations!
Of course that means a new auction.
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=396
And what the heck. Free shipping if RJB wins it.

[uthminsta]

Congratulations to HoardZincByTheTon, our 350th member. Sort of.
Another new auction:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=608

[uthminsta]

392 members... new auction will be here when we hit 400!
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=827

[uthminsta]

Is anyone even reading this thread? I'm thinking it certainly won't last forever; I intend to give it up when we have a day or two without adding a new member... but is anyone even reading it at this point? I find this kind of stuff interesting, but also potentially annoying to a lot of our members. So... anyway...

[uthminsta]

Congratulations to TREETOP, our 400th member!
New auction has started at:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=827

[uthminsta]

The numbers get a little weird once in a while... like maybe there are spammers who are removed or something. But anyway, it looks like we've averaged 4-5 new members per day for the last couple weeks. Could it be that we're not so crazy after all?

[dakota1955]

But we are crazy and the world is fill of crazy people who want gold, silver, and copper.

[uthminsta]

We've hit 450 members. New auction starts immediately:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1127

[JadeDragon]

Wow the member count is really growing.

[uthminsta]

Well, it seems we have had a couple days without new members signing up. Still, overall, there is a steady flow of new members coming on board. No new members on October 26th or 31st, but it looks like there were new guys in the days between. Looks like there were also some spammer accounts which have been deleted, which affects the tally. Glad to see the administration keeping on top of that.

[hobo finds]

492

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

I was responsible for a lot of those spammers being taken off the member count. The night I went through the entire membership list I deleted about 50 of them. There are still a few accounts that I suspect are spammers.. but I am waiting for their first post to be sure.

[uthminsta]

If my system is correct, we have actually had 600 signups at this point? Which would mean that there have been OVER 100 spam accounts deleted, since the actual member count lies just under 500.

[GTOJohn]

Wow! membership is growing fast. i am new, and thought i was the only new member - but it looks like i have a lot of company! great work all. Johnny

[Rosco]

Hi uthhmin we read just don't post How many members before you are auctioning a Quarter Eagle

[HoardCopperByTheTon]

If my system is correct, we have actually had 600 signups at this point? Which would mean that there have been OVER 100 spam accounts deleted, since the actual member count lies just under 500.

Yes, that sounds about right. I went through the entire membership list and deleted a lot of spam accounts. Now I check out all new members in the morning and evening and delete any new spammers. That copper rod Nate sold me is getting a lot of notches.

[johnbrickner]

An increasing membership is a sign of a successful organization. Congratz Admins. Your diligent, thoughtful, and caring managment of this site is the reason. If this were a business and it was public, I'd buy stock in you! And that is just about the best offer I can give an organization besides joining and/or facilitating it.

It's a Jungle out there and you provide the machetes.

[JadeDragon]

The move from the old site has not hurt membership growth, but of course we really made it tough not to move. Kind of like how the Canadians removed the paper dollar and two dollar bills to make way for the loonie and toonies.

[uthminsta]

Kind of like how the Canadians removed the paper dollar and two dollar bills to make way for the loonie and toonies.

From which we (USA) should take a lesson: People won't generally change unless "staying the same" will really hurt. People won't accept the new unless the old is gone, or useless, or SIGNIFICANTLY more difficult.

[JadeDragon]

Number of posts: 19486 Posts per day: 63.29
Number of topics: 2067 Topics per day: 6.71
Number of users: 605 Users per day: 1.97
Board started: Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:41 am

Poking around I saw this info. Thought I would share it. We've axed a lot of spammers and a I've personally deleted several dozen accounts that consist of signing up and never returning (after months of no activity).

[uthminsta]

hey we reached 800 members sometime this week... cool

[gojomoso]

what happened to the old realcent forums?

[uthminsta]

We reached 900 members near the end of July. When will we reach 1000?

[uthminsta]

This group has added over 500 members in the last year...