Member Numbers

[bedlam123]

Hey Mog, when our membership hits 20k can we have a big parteeeee! Puhleeeze! With balloons, confetti, party hats, and lots of donuts! It won't be long since we are already at 18,123!!!! Yippeee!

[spermworm]

i know alot of people in my school who will join, if you want more people...

[bedlam123]

You haven't told them already about Biorust?! But don't forget, Biorust is a very special community. They should not join if they are only 'passing thru', okay?---bedlam123

[Man1c M0g]

Originally Posted by bedlam123

Hey Mog, when our membership hits 20k can we have a big parteeeee! Puhleeeze! With balloons, confetti, party hats, and lots of donuts! It won't be long since we are already at 18,123!!!! Yippeee!

Only if you are organising it - your parties are the best!

Seriously, though, I'm probably gonna trim down the member numbers a bit in the next few months as quite a few of those e-mails/members are now inactive, etc. That said, we do have some pretty hefty milestones approaching - I think its nearly our 5th birthday (I really must verify the date), and we may top 200 tutorials by the end of the year. WoohOOoo!

[zapphnath]

44 more?!?

You'd better get busy...

[Man1c M0g]

Just an update - we went live on 23rd August 2002... so we are actually approaching FOUR years old.

[Man1c M0g]

Originally Posted by zapphnath

44 more?!?

You'd better get busy...

At the start of the year we had 100 tutorials... so I think we are making excellent progress!

PS. Two are in the pipeline at the moment. I'll have them online as soon as I can stop falling asleep at my desk...

[Martinfected]

so... how much now? :P

including me?

[cipher37]

what kind of community is this? you all seem to know eachother fairly well... so i'm just wondering.

[Telos]

Although there are a lot of registered members only a small portion of them actually post in here every day. That way you get to know the members that do post pretty well. That's the main thing I like about Biorust. Friendly and warm community where everyone is welcome.

[bedlam123]

Well, I still think the party is a good idea. What about you?

[Man1c M0g]

Originally Posted by bedlam123

Well, I still think the party is a good idea. What about you?

Sounds great! How would be organize such an event with us being all over the world though?

[bedlam123]

Well, I was thinkin' maybe a day designated when we could all meet up and chat live. Sure we are all spread out everywhere, but select a day, an appropriate timeframe, and I'll be there, I might even bring c.a.k.e.

[Man1c M0g]

Sounds a fantastic idea actually! After the next newsletter there will be a cull of dead user accounts, but beyond that we should be well on our way to 20k users.

PS. I've now worked out how the cull will work. I've got a script working out 5.5.0 bounces (i.e. e-mail name not existing, etc) and correlating them to usernames. These accounts will be purged - all others will just have a black mark put against them and will only be eligible for deletion if they give 2 more bounces for any reason in the following fortnight.

[bedlam123]

Yahoo, a party!!!! Let me know how I can help, and I know many other members will be willing to help also. Yipee, yipee, parteeeeeey!!