We passed the 20,000 user mark today

December 13, 2004 4:51 PM

We passed the 20,000 user mark today, according to the count on the front page.
posted by timeistight to MetaFilter-Related at 4:51 PM (16 comments total)

We actually passed it a while ago.

posted by metaculpa at 4:53 PM on December 13, 2004

The highest user number is not the same thing as the number of users. There are gaps in the user numbers.
posted by timeistight at 4:59 PM on December 13, 2004

Hooray!
posted by Pretty_Generic at 5:00 PM on December 13, 2004

yeah but mleonard gets the nice even looking numbah. ;)

That many huh? Congrats MeFi!
posted by dabitch at 5:01 PM on December 13, 2004

There's nothing like 20,000 active users, timeistight, something of which I'd thought you'd have been aware. Not even close. This has been discussed ad nauseum before.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:07 PM on December 13, 2004

How many "active users" do you think there are? Say, defined as people who've commented more than three times in the last six months? I'd guess no more than 2,000 and probably considerably less.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 5:15 PM on December 13, 2004

There are gaps in the user numbers.

... wasting away bandwidth like nobody's business.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 5:26 PM on December 13, 2004

stavros, where did I say there were 20,000 currently active users? There are, however, over 20,000 valid user accounts.

A lot of the new five-dollar peopleaccounts haven't posted anything. I don't know if you'd call them "active" users or not.
posted by timeistight at 5:40 PM on December 13, 2004

In defense of us "new five dollar people," I would imagine we are more active than a guy who registered in 2000 but stopped reading once all those n00bs ruined it for him back in aught two...

I kid. There should be no us v. them - this is a community. Let's devote our time to snickering at other communities...

Congrats to user #20,000.
posted by sdrawkcab at 6:14 PM on December 13, 2004

Did we pass 20,000 metatalk threads yet today?
posted by The God Complex at 6:38 PM on December 13, 2004

it sure as fuck feels like it
posted by t r a c y at 6:54 PM on December 13, 2004

There are, however, over 20,000 valid user accounts.

Ah. Perhaps I was trying to figure out why this is a big deal and got confused. Even more likely, I just forgot to disengage the autosnark. Damn sticky button.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 7:40 PM on December 13, 2004

... wasting away bandwidth like nobody's business.

... wasting away in metafilterville.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 8:41 PM on December 13, 2004

... wasting away in metafilterville.

Heh. Had nearly the same thought a while back, too.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:13 PM on December 13, 2004

Five dollar people/person would make a good username.
posted by christin at 11:54 PM on December 13, 2004

So that's about 15 thousand bucks in #1's pockets from five dollar users? Cool.
posted by DBAPaul at 7:59 AM on December 14, 2004