30 Members Per Day vs 64,000 Members Total

[Guest DRS81]

Why not many logged in? Where's the other 63,000 or so people doing?

[Guest]

Why not many logged in? Where's the other 63,000 or so people doing?

 

 

And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where. Luke 9:6

[Micheal Westin]

only God knows

Edited September 21, 2013 by Micheal Westin

[kwikphilly]

Blessings to all,

     Wow!!!thats alot of members ,I had no idea there were that many....great,looks like we will be around for quite some time.I am sure not everyone joins to fellowship or even to be heard from but thoroughly enjoy reading what others ask,answer and share....everyone has their own reasons but I sure hope they receive whatever it is they are looking for when they joined.

    Just tonight a fellow said he has been reading along for quite some time and finally decided to come on and make his presence known,I thought that was really neat.I do know that this site is a blessing from God and may His Will be done and His purpose for it be accomplished in the Name of Jesus.

    I facilitate prayer line on the weekends and the same 4 or 5 people come on to pray everyday ,there are 20 other people on the line that remain unknown and silent....I hope they hear something they needed or wanted to hear but that is something that I will never know,just have to persevere and trust God.I know we are talking about a great more in number here but its all the same thing.

    I am not being disrespectful of Michaels opinion,he is entitled to think however he chooses but I do not think anyone that is a regular here displays such bad behavior that would drive people away....and I certainly don't think donations have anything to do with who says what and what is tolerated.....in my experience I have always found that the most significant donations are usually donated anonymously....if that was the case,they would have deleted Michaels post(lol).....but maybe I am misunderstanding who he is referring to,I am assuming it is staff members?

     Well,let us all pray that many more will come...seeking and knocking and let us be the flock that can lead them to the Shepherds tent!God bless everyone of those 63,000...

                                                                                                                            With love,in Christ-Kwik

[Guest man]

What happened to the members map?

[Guest AFlameOfFire]

I agree with cobalt, and I have taken off myself for some of those same reasons.

 

And there are some people who might prefer to lurk then post too. It depends on the environment. For example, Im a lurker only at one forum I've been a member of for just over a year. And it isn't the people, because the people there seem nice but I can never find a decent topic there. Then theres another I have been a member of where I posted a little but didn't post much more after that because the people there seemed so absolutely nasty, I wouldn't even chose to lurk there. And yet another forum because it seemed very clicky (going out of their way to exclude you). You just get a feeling for a place when you are looking for one I think.

 

 But then again, there was one I established myself earlier on (and for quite awhile) and I joined something like several days before one Christmas. And it was actually the first Christmas without my daughter (who had passed away). So I joined there for no other reason then I was feeling sad, but I wanted to feel numb. And I chose there because it was large enough to both keep my mind busy (so I wouldn't think about it) and just get lost in a crowd (at the same time). I wasnt really interested (at that time) in finding fellowship in Christ either. I sorta stopped believing that existed to be quite truthful (at least online anyway). So from the start of that one, there was nothing exceptional about the forum (or any good reason on my part) for joining (or for my remaining) for that matter. From the beginning it worked to keep my mind busy, and it just become more of a habitual thing (better then watching TV) I thought, because I've never been a big TV watcher. But it wasn't really fruitful. Or sure didn't feel like it was.

 

So sometimes even my decisions have had no real rhyme or good reason to them. And when it got bad there (because its not the nicest of places) I would want to shake the dust off of my feet at it and take off (and have) but for just a few months. Disappearing (only to reappear again) because the thought of acclimating myself into a new environment wasn't something I was crazy about. So I would change my mind and decide there was great potential for growth in learning to love those I pretty much felt hated me, so I'd stayed. Or that's what I took on as the reason in my own mind. Maybe I could give it some noble cause in my own mind (lol)

 

I believe they have something like 300,000 registered members but each member can have up to ten screen names, so I don't know what the true figure is.

 

The majority of people here are far far nicer then the many other forums I have looked at. If anyone thinks this place is not nice, or difficult or even unfairly moderated they could not have possibly been to the majority of forums out there. But that's just my opinion (of course) but I think this place is really nice in comparison to whats out there.

[OneLight]

Why not many logged in? Where's the other 63,000 or so people doing?

People come and people go, as with any web site. Some move, some find a different site that fits better with what they believe, some loose interest in online discussion forums, some become involved in other ministries, some join just to read and never post ... there are many reason why people come and go.

This site is over 11 years old. I did not even find the site until 2007 and many had come and gone when I joined.

[OneLight]

while nobody can be sure of why they discontinued their presence, I'm quite sure some were driven away by bad behavior that is seen occuring by some of the regulars, not at all sure why this would be tolerated, maybe they donate a hefty sum and it has afforded them a sort of bullet proof protection,

Your post is wrong on so many fronts I have to wonder what is going on inside you that would cause you to be so criticall all the time. IF you would like to talk, PM me.

To address your concerns, nobody who is not in ministry is informed of any discussion or actions taken on another member. That would be very disrespectful and breaking confidentiality. To claim bad behavior is tolerated is assuming you know what we do behind the scenes, and since you don't know, your assumptions are very misleading and incorrect.

Nobody is ever given "bullet proof protection". I can assure you that some in ministry have been removed for ministry when corrective actions takes were rejected by them. We hold those in ministry to a higher degree of accountability. We also try to be as "long suffering" or "patient" with regular members as Jesus was toward us all. I can also say that very few people have ever donated to this site.

I have noticed you have a critical view of this site and how it operates, so again, I encourage you to PM me if you have specific questions. Just taking pot shots at this site will never resolve anything.

[GoldenEagle]

while nobody can be sure of why they discontinued their presence, I'm quite sure some were driven away by bad behavior that is seen occuring by some of the regulars, not at all sure why this would be tolerated, maybe they donate a hefty sum and it has afforded them a sort of bullet proof protection,

 

As OneLight has stated please feel free to start a PM with one of the Servants if you have constructive criticism or concerns.

 

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God bless,

GE

 

[Guest man]

What happened to the members map?