DU has almost 213,000 users now. The size of a smallish city.

[JanMichael]

So, when folks post their vanity "I am outta here!" threads- that's probably 212,500 people or so that just really....

don't care. At all.

I do like to see our "obituaries," particularly if they were longtime members.

But, the people leaving these days? Never even heard of them- It's like saying, "hey! Do you know Steven Jones? He lives in Baltimore too!"

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Well, you might not care

but some of them are long time posters, (like today)... and friends.

[JanMichael]

4. oh come on

you have been here long enough to know the "old time" DUers get mad every now and then and "leave." I am not breaking the rules here by naming anyone, but the most melodramatic "I am leaving FOREVER!" poster (who "left" a few times) is one of the most recognized names here.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. And you are angry about that how

look, if people chose to say goodbye it is their business.

Reason umpty squat these days to question motives.

By the way, if you are going to go there, I am going to go there too. This OP of yours is just as look at me, as anything else.

Thread trashed.

[pintobean]

15. How many times have you said goodbye

over the years?

[sad-cafe]

18. wow

angry much?

[hrmjustin]

19. I think she was just saying people should be able to say goodbye.

[1000words]

2. Not really

I believe that is the total number of registrations since launch.

[morningfog]

3. THat is total registrations, not users. I think the number of unique users is

somewhere in the 1,000-2,000 range.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. I think you are correct

[1000words]

7. Included in that is a few dozen socks ...

but I'd say your estimate is correct.

[LittleBlue]

10. That's about right

1k-2k sounds about right when you look at the most recced threads.

[pintobean]

17. Skinner posted this on Wednesday.

We haven't checked the numbers in a while, but I think in any given week we have a few thousand unique accounts posting messages. Of those, the vast majority are only posting a couple times in a given week, while a small number of people are posting multiple times a day. And we have many very active lurkers who come here every day but never post.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12595228#post1

[yuiyoshida]

8. You know I would love to know how many

Asian Americans are on DU.. I only know a few... I would love to post something but not sure how it would fair.

[2pooped2pop]

9. wonder how many are still here and post though

I mean, couldn't that number include all of the people who ever registered even if they haven't been here for years?

on edit Don't walk away before hitting post or your question may already be answered before u ask it. lol

[HarveyDarkey]

12. It's all registrations, not active users

The number includes the hundreds of tombstoned members, like you said registered & not posting (maybe never posted), etc. etc.
I'd agree with the previously mentioned 1 to 2K active users.

[yorgatron]

11. some of us have been here since the first day.

some of us just happen to prefer reading to posting.

[hrmjustin]

13. A good number of those 213,000 are in ppr heaven.

[uppityperson]

21. Between your friend and my buddy, that takes care of a couple thousand.

"friend" and "buddy" meant sarcastically of course

[hrmjustin]

22. Thats true. I forgot about that.

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. That's registrations, all-time

of whom I would guess that a significant number have been banned, and a significant further number haven't visited the site in years. If I had to guess the number of actual, active users, I'd say it was likely to be anything between ten and twenty-five percent of those ever registered (and possibly less).

[Iggo]

16. Then don't worry about it.

[CJCRANE]

20. I see a lot of familiar "faces" (usernames) on DU.

There only seem to be a couple of dozen DUers who post a lot.