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Online MollyC

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300,000 members
« on: Tuesday 09 December 25 11:13 GMT (UK) »
Has anyone noticed we are one new member away from having 300,000 members?  Nothing succeeds like success.  Congratulations to the team which launched Rootschat and keeps it running so well.

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Re: 300,000 members
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 11:23 GMT (UK) »
I'd love to know how many have made a comment in the last 12 months.

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Re: 300,000 members
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 13:48 GMT (UK) »
just looked at home page - now says 300,000. Who is the new member?
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Re: 300,000 members
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 13:59 GMT (UK) »
300 000 members? That's every person in Bradford or Southend according to Wikipedia!

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of that statistic, how many joined when etc.
And of course, how many are active at all.

Is it possible to actually "leave" Rootschat?
All I know is that I have been most grateful for its existence over the years.
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Re: 300,000 members
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 14:17 GMT (UK) »
I have a question: didn't there used to be over 6 million helpful posts? Now it's 1.3 million.
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Re: 300,000 members
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 14:44 GMT (UK) »
Cockney Rebel, in the words of the Eagles, you can check out but you can never leave.

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 18:04 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Vance Mead on Tuesday 09 December 25 14:17 GMT (UK)
I have a question: didn't there used to be over 6 million helpful posts? Now it's 1.3 million.

Very observant!
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Re: 300,000 members
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 18:04 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Zaphod99 on Tuesday 09 December 25 14:44 GMT (UK)
Cockney Rebel, in the words of the Eagles, you can check out but you can never leave.

Zaph

Nice one Zaph!

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Re: 300,000 members
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 09 December 25 18:09 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Vance Mead on Tuesday 09 December 25 14:17 GMT (UK)
I have a question: didn't there used to be over 6 million helpful posts? Now it's 1.3 million.

Perhaps somebody rethought the definition of "helpful" ?!

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