I know you all are mostly focused on your quits, as well you should be.

[JonesCarpeDiem]

i kind of roam around the site.

i may click on members tab, and the first thing that comes up is all the

people who have signed up for the ex with the last person to sign up at the top

of the list.

some have pictures, some don't.

many of the usernames don't look like anything a human would use.

its like they are randomly generated. this is where i spot spammers.

i have never seen more than 40 people logged

in at one time and usually, its many of the same people. so, how can there be 430,000+

active members? it would seem like one hundredth of one thousandth of the members here have

ever been active. its been like this for the three years i've been here. can anyone enlighten me?

[jojo29]

yea i was askin myself that too, i think it was yesterday or sunday there was a handful active on, but yet so many members, inless they come here make a page and chicken out and never come back, thats sad ya think.

[JonesCarpeDiem]

i wonder if the site gets funding based on the number of new members?

[zenagrin]

oh sorry that was just me tryin to figure out how to post my avatar, then my clock thingy, then change my pic, oops found the clock wasn't set right, K now ... oh man how did that pic get in there... gotta start over ....LOL

[roger3357]

its cuz this site has been around for sometime now and it dont let you remove your member ship, people move to different homes, change and lose there internet and once you are a member you are always a member.

[JonesCarpeDiem]

some of the user names in the new members page don't even look like real user names.

[roger3357]

some might not be, but the users that want to lose there info and leave they change there settings to whatever and go,

you people help alot of people but not all can do that, so they will eather found all the help needed in there quit or they started again, or mybe lost there internet connection, eatherway you people do good work and should be proud of what you do for people, you cant help all but if you can help any, that is all the matters.

[roger3357]

if you look in there folders you see most have there info deleted, those are the ones that quit useing the site, you can delete your blog and msg post but you cant delete your account, you can change user names tho, and that is what most are done for. that is why the user names dont make sence

[maggie_8-1-2010]

I so agree with your point jonescarp. Like right now there are so many people active but not many of the regulars. And I'm wondering who the "umm" is even tho they are complimenting us. Strange goings on here tonight!

[JonesCarpeDiem]

we got people here with font names

[nan7]

Speaking for myself, I am back after 3 years.   The site sends a nice message once in a while that we are welcome to come back. and   I always knew that one day I would have to come back..  So, any way,  I am just 1 in, what did you say, 430,000, but I am a real person that is just finishing her 9th day of not smoking.  I am glad all of you are here to provide real companship, empathy and support for this pretty tough process.  Thank you for even just being here everyday.

[IrishRose]

There is something very fishy about the whole thing, Carp Man.  My first impression is that there are a lot of donated funds which are wasted big time, and no one is talking, because no one on the receiving end wants to get cut short of their share of the pie.  You also have people paid to do a job with regards to this site, which is another questionable observation.  Just another example of what you get when your drop money, lazy people and profiteers into a big pot and stir continuously to keep from burning.  Make any sense???   

[MarcieWhosoever]

last night there was 5 pages of people on and active. I have never seen that many even at the bonfires. My first thought was that the site was getting reviewed and they needed it to look very very busy here to get whatever funding they need. What do you think? with all those names there should have been 5 pages of spam last night. unless there was and I missed it.

[JonesCarpeDiem]

I ALSO BELIEVE SPAMMERS COME IN ADVANCE TO SET UP FAKE ACCOUNTS