Shrinking Member Count.

[Aim_High]

I did have another thought about which accounts might have been purged.  As I pointed out, there are a lot of inactive accounts from many years ago that are still in the forum archives.  However, these all had posted and participated.

So perhaps, besides clearing out duplicates and bots, they looked for accounts that were created, only used by forum lurkers, and then abandoned.  There were probably a lot of people who created accounts and then didn't actually post or participate much if any.  And over the course of 2007 to 2023, there could easily have been 100K accounts that fit that description.   A person who created an account in 2010, logged in periodically for a couple of months, never posted, and then lost interest and hasn't been seen since wouldn't really be considered a "member" as much as someone who added content.  

[Aim_High]

Posting a new as-of-now data point, the membership has climbed to

161,303

as of 05/03/2023 at 1:30 p.m. CT. 

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EDIT:  Okay, I *JUST* posted the above message.  Then I went back and re-checked.  There are now

175,089 members.

Lol.   Something strange is still going on. 

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Re-edit #2:  And another three minutes later, the count is back up to:

192,190

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Okay, last update but ... another three minutes and the tally is up to:

204,482

[Thomas_Thumb]

Yep - a big re-instatement is underway. Count appears to be stabilizing; now at 204485 with 1099 members on-line.

Senior rank list is now 70, Super rank up to 39.

[805orbust]

Cue the Twilight Zone music @Thomas_Thumb and @Aim_High 

[Thomas_Thumb]

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@NoMoreE46 wrote:

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@Rogue46 wrote:

It looks like ... whatever happened was reveresed?

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I like the Unpurging theory by @CreditAggie .

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Are real members being replaced by Bots? Are you a Bot?

Now as of 6:30pm CT 204,640 🤨

[805orbust]

And I honestly thought it was gonna end up at 150k... seems like that was a bounce point... go figure

[FireMedic1]

Still climbing. Only need 93,000 posts to hit 5 million.

[longtimelurker]

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@FireMedic1 wrote:

Still climbing. Only need 93,000 posts to hit 5 million.

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OK, to get everyone started, here are some suggested topics:

1) What's the best credit card   (well worth 30K posts)

2) How do I get high CLs

3) What's the hardest card to get

4) What order should I use to apply for these 37 cards

[Thomas_Thumb]

When in need rinse and repeat. The message remains the same.

*this is the way - of the Bot*

[tcbofade]

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@longtimelurker wrote:

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@FireMedic1 wrote:

Still climbing. Only need 93,000 posts to hit 5 million.

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OK, to get everyone started, here are some suggested topics:

1) What's the best credit card   (well worth 30K posts)

2) How do I get high CLs

3) What's the hardest card to get

4) What order should I use to apply for these 37 cards

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I'm up to 40 of my own, plus 11 AU.

Did you want a list?