Please join me in welcoming 1,370 new DUers since November 1st!!

[TahitiNut]

:hi: Welcome to Democratic Underground! :hi:

:patriot: Where we love America and its Constitution! :patriot:

:evilgrin:

[Stardust]

1. Welcome one, welcome ALL!

[lcordero2]

2. what happened in Feb and Mar that there was a huge spike?

:wtf:

[TahitiNut]

4. Uhhmmm ... snow?

:rofl: Maybe it was the State of The Onion?? :dunce:

[rainbow4321]

19. Dumb question on my part, but when were the Dem primaries

for this election? I know TX was 4/11/06..maybe other states were in the time period of the spike?

[lcordero2]

22. In NY it was September n/t

[stop the bleeding]

53. wasn't Alito being confirmed then

we also had some crazy nights with Cindy Sheehan being thrown out of the SOTU address - these times both seem to jive with these events/spikes

just guessing though ;)

[TahitiNut]

55. How about the Libby indictment?

Can't recall. :shrug:

[sampsonblk]

3. Welcome to all the new DUers!

Hope you like it. Hope you stay.

[Radio_Lady]

5. Interesting! It looks like the HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA to me!

[TahitiNut]

8. It hasn't flat-lined yet.

:silly:

[Radio_Lady]

14. Let's get another BIG FAT UP-BEAT on January 3rd!

I love that crazy happy face with the crossed eyes and the tongue sticking out!

You're a sweet nut, Tahiti Nut!

[texpatriot2004]

6. Wow, that's alot of newbies and a really cool graph nm

[eleny]

7. Welcome!!!

:evilgrin:

[TahitiNut]

10. Rapturous!

:rofl:

[eleny]

15. What else does Dubya have to do these days?

Figured to put his sorry as to work!

[patrice]

9. Welcome new DU -ers !!

I hope you feel at home in our community.

[Penndems]

11. Welcome, everyone!

:hi:

[hlthe2b]

12. In the words of the hypersuccessful DNC Chairman, Dr. Dean

to Jon Stewart upon taking back both the House AND the Senate:

BOOYAH!!! :toast:

[drm604]

13. Welcome Everyone!

You need to increase the range on the Y axis.

What happened in February '06?

[TahitiNut]

16. Nope, I don't. I deliberately clipped it.

User registration rates November 10-13, 2004, were above 500/day. January 31, 2006 saw a one-day registration 'rate' of 630. November 6, 2006 saw 594 registrations. I'm not going to either increase the Y-axis scale or resort to the inappropriate logarithmic scale - since they really don't permit one to view the more meaningful and interesting variances in registrations. It really makes no sense to compress the day-to-day variances at the average 57/day registration rate in order to accentuate the peaks, imho. YMMV, of course.

[TheBaldyMan]

17. hiya n/t

[Glorfindel]

18. Welcome!! One and All...

with abject apologies to The Who:

Good morning campers!
I'm your Uncle Glorfindel,
And I welcome you to DU's Holiday Camp!
The camp with a difference
Never mind the weather
When you come to DU,
The holiday's forever!

W*E*L*C*O*M*E!!!!:party: :toast: :hi:

[bridgit]

20. yo, sup y'all...

:toast:

[proud patriot]

25. "multi -pass"

one of my all time favs :headbang: awesome soundtrack
in that flick

[bridgit]

30. "she knows it's a MULTI pass..."...

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[proud patriot]

56. LOL

:D

[TahitiNut]

59. Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai Ekbat De Sebat!!

Yabba-dabba, Leeloo! :silly:

[Swamp Rat]

21. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[proud patriot]

23. Welcome Underground America

:patriot:

Hey Mike :loveya: man we won we won :woohoo:

[TahitiNut]

26. !

:hug: :woohoo: :hug:

[upi402]

24. where examined patriotism is not traitorous

and unexamined patriotism *IS*

[Raffi Ella]

27. Welcome

:dem:

[immoderate]

28. Welcome to DU, multitudes!

--IMM :hi:

[Wiley50]

29. What Percentage Have Already Recieved a Granite Chiclet?

Not to be a party pooper. but just would be interested to know

of the 100,000 registered members

How many are still here?

I know that many leave with 10 posts or less.

By my best guess, I see maybe 500, at most, who post regularly.

I know many just read and rarely post.

How many of us are there, honestly

[StraightDope]

31. Good question...

I've been wondering the same thing...

Anyone? Who knows what % of DU is still active on the board?

[TahitiNut]

33. That's something Elad knows ... and he don't tell.

:evilgrin: Because, after all, that's really not what DU is all about.

[Wiley50]

36. Excuse me, what do you mean by, " That's not what DU is About?"

I just don't read you. Maybe I'm thick. What you said could be read many ways.
For instance:
DU is not about being honest, but about appearing as big as possible

Really?

Aren't we Dems?

Shouldn't we be scrupliously honest, cause that's what we're about?

I'm sorry. I don't mean to attack anyone. Least of not DU

This is my home and I like it here a lot.

But I , being who I am, put a whole lot of worth in honesty

for it's own sake.

If we are not honest about things, then we don't really know where we are

and if we are operating under an illusion, how can we make realistic moves?

It's not a big deal if nobody wants to be transparent

but, that's just my personal opinion of things

[TahitiNut]

38. Why would you infer something negative from what I said?

Why be argumentative? It's not about tombstones. It's not about tallying the number of non-posting registrations. It's not about setting some kind of bar about how recently anyone has participated. All of these are the reasonable implications of an analysis of active/inactive/tombstoned registrations. Instead, let's merely say, as the software offers, how many times people CARED ENOUGH (without worrying about the polarity of that 'caring') to register. That's neutral ... and ALL-INCLUSIVE. Isn't DU about being inclusive? Is it about categorizing?
:evilgrin:

[Wiley50]

40. Good God Tahiti, I'm not about being argumenative.

I was just wondering.

I'd kinda like to know how many are really here

to have my back.

A soldier going into battle
who thinks he has 100,000 guys behind him
when he only has 1000
is really in a heap a doo doo

That's all

on edit: Bush = False Bravado
Dems = truth

[TheBaldyMan]

47. I have one dead account (I lost the connected e-mail account)

there are lurkers as well as posters remember, earlier today I saw a post from someone that had been hanging around for months and only had about 5 posts.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

49. How many are we really? There's an easy way to figure it out.

And it's not a secret, and it doesn't require any inside knowledge.

Edited because I posted the number and then changed my mind. :P

[graywarrior]

32. Welcome newbies !

[Laelth]

34. Welcome to DU!

Fair warning:

We operate in continual, circular firing-squad mode here. And we like it. :evilgrin:

This, many of us think, is what democracy looks like. We are engaged in continual and usually civil debate with one another over politicians, events, ideas, and strategies for making our republic work better for all the people. This constant "in-fighting" (as many have called it) can be off-putting. Don't let it get you down. When it does get you down, hang out in the lounge. Then come back for more.

I congratulate you on choosing to be a part of an internet community that's actively engaged in reshaping the American political landscape.

Here's to you: :toast:

-Laelth

[tavalon]

46. Of course

the civil debate thingy will wear off around the time the Presidential primaries kick into gear. That and things are a little pissy around the impeachment thing right now. Oh, and if there is another Pope selection, I'm leaving for the duration and I'm not even Christian.

Otherwise, it's good, clean fun around here!

[steve2470]

35. Welcome new DU'ers !

:hi:

[sueh]

37. Hello, new DU'ers...

we're glad you're here :wave: :party:

[SeattleGirl]

39. Welcome to DU, newcomers!

Yes, we do love America and we do love the Constitution, so much so that we will fight for them every single day!

:hi: :patriot:

[JudyM]

41. Step out of The Matrix and come on in, Newbies. Welcome!

:hippie:

[barbtries]

42. welcome

smart people. this is a great resource

[stillrockin]

43. Welcome!

n/t

[madmax]

44. Welcome to DU!

:hi: :bounce:

[JeffR]

45. Great thread, TahitiNut. Welcome to all the newcomers!

:toast:

[Rainscents]

48. Welcome Newbies!!!

:party: Come in and have a party with us!

[OneBlueSky]

50. welcome to the "Reality Community," y'all . . . :) n/t

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[hfojvt]

51. where'd the chart come from?

Are you checking the number of registered users every day when you log in? I think that's cool, being a numbers man myself.

That's alot of people, but there have been, what, 30 or 40 thousand who joined since I did?

[TahitiNut]

52. Nope. Nothing quite so OCD ... although I've been known ... ;-)

It's just a matter of accessing user profiles. Nothing really very fancy. :shrug:

[catmandu57]

54. Welcome one and all

Great postings Tahiti. If anyone has a question about anything feel free to ask, we use an inside language here that takes some time to learn.
By the way this is why moron is spelled moran.

[bdamomma]

57. WELCOME TO ALL

I must admit, as a poster here, this progressive board is great, and wonderful and insightful information, I do learn more here and I love the company!!:hi: :grouphug: :patriot:

[RiverStone]

58. WELCOME! I joined in Oct (; HOW MANY TOTAL DU's are there?

[proud patriot]

60. 98,121 at this moment

it's on the top righthand side of the screen on the latest page :hi: