900+ members! And 23,500+ posts!

[PaulineMRoss]

This place is growing.

[Lexi Revellian]

Congratulations to the person/people who set it up. Whoever you are, well done!


(Can we have a smiley with a dragon?)

[Mark Gardner]

Congratulations to the person/people who set it up. Whoever you are, well done!


(Can we have a smiley with a dragon?)

Lexi! welcome to the future! All time rats welcome.

[Lexi Revellian]

Hi Mark! Hey, you made me realize we need a rat smiley too.

[Maggie Ann]

Hi, Lexi! Good to see you here.

[Lexi Revellian]

Hi, Lexi! Good to see you here.

Hi Maggie, or should I say woof!


(We really need a dog smiley...)

[Virginia McClain]

It is! Hi, Pauline! Glad to see you here!

[Jeff Tanyard]

Raminar Dixon just joined as member #521.

Hey, Ram!   

[LSMay]

I know where the member list is, but how do you tell how many posts there are on the whole forum?

[TimothyEllis]

I know where the member list is, but how do you tell how many posts there are on the whole forum?

Bottom of the main page.

(Can we have a smiley with a dragon?)

Post a link to one, or post it here, and I'll check it out.

[PaulineMRoss]

It is! Hi, Pauline! Glad to see you here!

Hiya! {Waves} So many familiar faces here. 

[JimJohnson]

Welcome all and congrats to Timothy and anyone else involved in building the forums!

[Mark Gardner]

Welcome all and congrats to Timothy and anyone else involved in building the forums!

JJ! What up, dude? welcome to the new place.

[JimJohnson]

JJ! What up, dude? welcome to the new place.



Thanks! Haven't heard anyone call me JJ since high school, lol. What up? Writing, reading, the usual. Working my way through my TBR pile and wondering how so many westerns got in there and what I should do about that.

[RappaDizzy]

Place is beginning to feel like home. Which is why I’m in my underwear as we speak :azn:

[Mark Gardner]

Place is beginning to feel like home. Which is why I’m in my underwear as we speak :azn:

its all about comfort...

[TimothyEllis]

Place is beginning to feel like home. Which is why I’m in my underwear as we speak :azn:

Too much information. 

[Jeff Tanyard]

Next person to join will be member #600.   

[TimothyEllis]

Next person to join will be member #600.

 

Err....next one was #578

You're a day or 2 ahead of us somehow. 

Is your delorean on the fritz? 

[T. M. Bilderback]

Next person to join will be member #600.

 

Err....next one was #578

You're a day or 2 ahead of us somehow. 

Is your delorean on the fritz? 

GREAT SCOTT!!!

[Jeff Tanyard]

Next person to join will be member #600.

 

Err....next one was #578

You're a day or 2 ahead of us somehow. 

Is your delorean on the fritz? 

Not all registered members have posted.  Hover the mouse over a member's user name and see the number at the end of the link.  That's the member number.

Of course, some of those members are just spammers and have been banned, so the current tally is less than the member numbers.  But the 600th person to join will still be the 600th person to join regardless of who gets banned.

It's science.   


ETA: For example, if you hover the mouse cursor over my name in my profile, you'll see a "33" at the end of the link.  I'm member #33.   

[T. M. Bilderback]

Next person to join will be member #600.

 

Err....next one was #578

You're a day or 2 ahead of us somehow. 

Is your delorean on the fritz? 

Not all registered members have posted.  Hover the mouse over a member's user name and see the number at the end of the link.  That's the member number.

Of course, some of those members are just spammers and have been banned, so the current tally is less than the member numbers.  But the 600th person to join will still be the 600th person to join regardless of who gets banned.

It's science.   


ETA: For example, if you hover the mouse cursor over my name in my profile, you'll see a "33" at the end of the link.  I'm member #33.   

Wow!  I'm number 11!   

[Mark Gardner]

Apparently, I was slow to adopt at 59.

[Jeff Tanyard]

Apparently, I was slow to adopt at 59.

Ya snooze, ya lose.   

[Mark Gardner]

Apparently, I was slow to adopt at 59.

Ya snooze, ya lose.   

I shall vigorously flog myself in recommence.

[T. M. Bilderback]

Apparently, I was slow to adopt at 59.

Ya snooze, ya lose.   

I shall vigorously flog myself in recommence.

https://youtu.be/e4q6eaLn2mY

[TimothyEllis]

Of course, some of those members are just spammers and have been banned, so the current tally is less than the member numbers.  But the 600th person to join will still be the 600th person to join regardless of who gets banned.

No spammers have been harmed in the making of this site. All the usernames are still there. None deleted. Just banned.

No usernames have been deleted at all so far.

[Jeff Tanyard]

Of course, some of those members are just spammers and have been banned, so the current tally is less than the member numbers.  But the 600th person to join will still be the 600th person to join regardless of who gets banned.

No spammers have been harmed in the making of this site. All the usernames are still there. None deleted. Just banned.

No usernames have been deleted at all so far.

Ah, gotcha.  Thanks. 

Latest member, by the way, is #628, SomethingToWriteHomeAbout.

[Decon]

'It's a good start.


I'm not stalking, but it's good to see Lexi here who I remember from my Authonomy forum days and we seem to have followed each other around the forums over the years.

For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.


I've lost so many friends and contacts over the years with author forum sites closing down or not taking off and each time the numbers diminish as members fragment to different sites.


 

[TimothyEllis]

For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.

Great idea.

But hold off on the word spreading for a few days, until the forum is settled in its new home. No point in attracting people here during the move.

After, definitely.

[Mark Gardner]

'It's a good start.


I'm not stalking, but it's good to see Lexi here who I remember from my Authonomy forum days and we seem to have followed each other around the forums over the years.

For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.


I've lost so many friends and contacts over the years with author forum sites closing down or not taking off and each time the numbers diminish as members fragment to different sites.


 

I still miss authonomy. The community there was pretty tight. Welcome, DEcon!

[Bill Hiatt]

Truly remarkable growth!


(And we're back at 599, so...)

[Decon]

For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.

Great idea.

But hold off on the word spreading for a few days, until the forum is settled in its new home. No point in attracting people here during the move.

After, definitely.

The best way would be to have a kick off date for facebook groups and twitter once the site has settled in. I know I have one facebook group with over 1000 members, and I have the same on twitter.

[Decon]

'It's a good start.


I'm not stalking, but it's good to see Lexi here who I remember from my Authonomy forum days and we seem to have followed each other around the forums over the years.

For this to really work, I'd like to see all the members marketing the site on the various facebook author groups and other social media like twitter. Maybe someone would be good enough to provide some graphics for posts on social media that we can put out for re tweets to get the message out there. Even a graphic as simple as "I'm a WriterSanctum forum author" badge would be useful.


I've lost so many friends and contacts over the years with author forum sites closing down or not taking off and each time the numbers diminish as members fragment to different sites.


 

I still miss authonomy. The community there was pretty tight. Welcome, DEcon!

Hi Mark. welcome also. Yeah, I miss authonomy, but not the forum chaos.  :Tup3a:

[Ronn Munsterman]

Popping in to say "hello." Been around the other forum almost five years.


Thank you Timothy Ellis for setting this up.

[TimothyEllis]

We passed the 10,000 posts milestone while I wasn't looking.

 

[Jeff Tanyard]

Latest member is #760, BigSlimJim.   

[Morgan Worth]

This is so encouraging! I was just staring at my screen in horror and dismay when everything went down at Kboards. I feel like I'm regaining my balance, seeing this forum up, running, and growing. I didn't post much, but lurked on Kboards since 2011.

[Jeff Tanyard]

Welcome, Morgan.   

[Post-Crisis D]

The sad thing is that 8% of the forum posts are mine.   

[Jeff Tanyard]

The sad thing is that 8% of the forum posts are mine.   

 

[Mark Gardner]

The sad thing is that 8% of the forum posts are mine.   

Just wait until November... I've got something planned for you... *sinister laugh*

[Post-Crisis D]

The sad thing is that 8% of the forum posts are mine.   

Just wait until November... I've got something planned for you... *sinister laugh*

 




 

[Morgan Worth]

Welcome, Morgan.   

Thanks, Jeff!

[TimothyEllis]

We passed the 15,000 posts mark a short time ago.

Also 800 active members.

 

[Jan Hurst-Nicholson]

We passed the 15,000 posts mark a short time ago.

Also 800 active members.

 

So it is true - writers will do anything to put off actually writing 

[Simon Haynes]

I'd love to see a table of prolific posters vs daily/weekly fiction wordcount ;-)  Not being snarky in the slightest, I just like data.

I was shocked to see how many posts I've made, and I was trying to figure out how much more fiction I'd have written if I deleted the URL from my bookmarks.

Not going to happen. I spend far more time watching streaming TV than posting here, so that would get the cut first.

[Simon Haynes]

Hah - just saw my profile id is #6.  Clearly I'm a prisoner here.

[TimothyEllis]

 

Hah - just saw my profile id is #6.  Clearly I'm a prisoner here.

[Al Macy (aka TromboneAl)]

... and each time the numbers diminish as members fragment to different sites.

I wish there were a solution to that. Today I wanted to review a thread on new releases, and I can't remember whether it's on Kboards or here. I will have to search both forums.