I was looking at the bottom of the page and noticed the What’s Going On blurb at the bottom. It says the following:
My question: Is this for the year, since the board moved from AOL, or cumulative for all time?
(sorry if this has been asked and answered before…just curious)
-XT
It’s a rough count at best and probably reflects from when the board opened on the Reader site, which would be from 1999.
Ok…thanks for the info. I was wondering. 
-XT
For one number, though, I think the “Active Members” count shows how many people have used the board in a certain time frame (that you can configure in the control panel), but not how many people have used the board since the beginning of time.