Hal, the owner, is something of a ... packrat? we don't delete things. almost never. so... since last april(?) since the site went back up (we had a nasty harddrive failure epidemic that resulted in rebuilding from scratch), we've had some 27000 people join. you can see the exact number on the top of the main forum page. that doesn't mean they're all still here, however. People leave, people register and then forget us, people show themselves out. here's the stats as I post this:
Members: 28,132, Threads: 24,365, Posts: 585,858
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