From what I can tell (for the record books) we hit the big 500000 at 2:45 PM CDT on 7/13/00 (I’m adjusting, hopefully correctly, from Seattle time).
Yeah, I know we went through this once before, but I think this one is for real (based on the explanation about extra posts being stored in the DB until the last upgrade - now where did I read that? can’t seem to find it now…well, anyway…)
I couldn’t fit a cake with 500,000 candles into this thread. I tried and now there’s chocolate all over the walls and floor, and I have melted wax all over my fingers. But I tried, really.
Medals, beer and chocolate for everyone who’s kept this damn thing alive for well over a year now. I can’t say enough howmuch I appreciate the work and the continued existence of this place.
Pat yourselves on the back, everyone. We is heavy.
Christina25 just cross-posted an advertisement for a homeless rally or something in three different forums. When I searched for her posts, she had a total of four–the three threads she started and then one more unrelated one in another thread. Well, she has been banned and the cross-postings have been deleted from two forums. (The other one was allowed to remain b/c Tuba responded with an explaination as to why these things should not be posted.) Now, her total number of posts in her profile, on her posts and on a search says “2”.
Did those two posts that were deleted come off of the grand total? If not, that would add quite a margin of error with all the trolls we have had banned and deleted recently.