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What a Milestone!! 40,000 Registered Members

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We were eagerly watching the membership stats earlier today, as they were poised at 39,999 for several hours this morning…

And then it happened! We clocked through the 40,000 registered members!

The forum would be nothing without you all, and the support, encouragement, lived experience, wit, and wisdom you share every day.

Here’s to the next 10,000 members!

And congrats to the 40,000th member. You know who you are!

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everydayupsanddowns said:
We were eagerly watching the membership stats earlier today, as they were poised at 39,999 for several hours this morning…

And then it happened! We clocked through the 40,000 registered members!

The forum would be nothing without you all, and the support, encouragement, lived experience, wit, and wisdom you share every day.

Here’s to the next 10,000 members!

And congrats to the 40,000th member. You know who you are!

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WOW what a great achievement :party:
 
Congrats. I know that for me, this forum has been a great source of knowledge and support, so I am very grateful for its existence and I hope it continues with great success......
 
It just shows what a valuable source of information and support this forum is. I have learned so much since last summer and continue to learn from the shared experiences of the hive mind. Roll on to the next big goal ...50,000 <3
 
....... and the number of users online daily in the main, is how many of those 40k?
 
Well I joined the BDA now Diabetes UK in the mid 1970s but then a gap because I was seriously skint for years and then rejoined but joined this forum early this century but found not a great deal of help since there seemed a lack of up to date Type 1 membership, before I joined the (UK only) Diabetes Insight forum where there were shedloads of knowledgeable members. That forum closed because the chap running it just didn't want to continue with it and wouldn't sell it so two of the members thereof set up another forum of which I was also a founder member - and some of 'our' former members are also members here now.

I certainly find enough support here with my 5 decades experience so I'm sorry, not sure what support you were hoping to find?
 
"Active posters" here is a small proportion of "active+lurkers" which is a small proportion of "registered users" which is a small proportion of diabetics.

Claims that active posters here are representative of PWD are representative of any of these larger groups are dubious, IMO, increasingly as the groups expand.

So taking fundamental health advice from unqualified people posting anecdotes and opinions here in preference to easily-accessible expert sources of information makes zero sense to me. Of course the anecdotes and opinions can be useful starting points for further investigation, and sometimes useful advice for things which aren't so fundamental.

Claims that active posters here are some kind of "elite" make my teeth itch.
 
I've had more useful info from here than from medical professionals, to be honest. Mainly because they are too busy. And also some are just rubbish at their job

I have a medical science background and i am, effectivley, doing science everyday to determine the best way to manage my t1. The message boards help me put together hypothesises, and i then gain experimental data from trying things on myself.
True, the sample suze is 1but that can't be helped.

But mainly, its about support...not being alone in this!
 
trophywench said:
....... and the number of users online daily in the main, is how many of those 40k?
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Lots of members will join for a short while, find what they need then move on with their lives. Others develop more of a habit, and find ongoing help and sense of community by dipping in and out of the forum far more regularly.

One of the nice things about this forum is how engaged and connected people can be. Other UK forums may have higher registered user counts, but I think we have a larger proportion of active users. <3 :party:
 
JITR said:
Does anyone know how many posts are in the online database?
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Over 1.3 million - it’s listed on for front page of the forum 🙂
 
One of the things I love about this forum is that I don't feel the need to be a daily participant. There are times when I log on every day, but life (and sometimes death!) gets in the way on occasion and I never feel excluded when I come back after a break.
And a big thanks to all the admins, mods, hosts etc who keep the forum going.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Lots of members will join for a short while, find what they need then move on with their lives. Others develop more of a habit, and find ongoing help and sense of community by dipping in and out of the forum far more regularly.

One of the nice things about this forum is how engaged and connected people can be. Other UK forums may have higher registered user counts, but I think we have a larger proportion of active users. <3 :party:
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I can remember many years ago wondering how another forum had managed to accumulate 30,000 'members' in quite a short period since inception. I was able to do a little digging and discovered that several thousand (to my certain knowledge) were 'ghost doppelganger' members (a category I've just thought of :D ). Essentially, they had been created out of thin air with very similar names and characteristics, but never posted, just there to make the place look 'popular' in the hope of attracting more genuine members. The site was a commercial venture, needless to say. Since I was Admin here for many years I knew that this did not happen here, and so this 40,000 number is genuine and to be applauded. For me, the chief advantage has always been being able to discuss matters freely with people who 'get it', when there can be so much ignorance and stigma around <3
 
Eddy Edson said:
So taking fundamental health advice from unqualified people posting anecdotes and opinions here in preference to easily-accessible expert sources of information makes zero sense to me.
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Sitting in front of a computer looking up health stuff can be an awfully lonely place. And some people don’t know where to start looking, or if they’ve found a reliable source or someone trying to shill them something. Surely a friendly reply and an answer that amounts to 'Let me Google that for you' - because what they’re asking has come up before, and I know where to look - is surely a worthwhile resource to have?
Also, I don’t get the bit about thinking people who post are an elite, where has this come from? Are you saying (as I read it) they THINK they are an elite, or that they ARE an elite?
 
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Eddy Edson said:
"Active posters" here is a small proportion of "active+lurkers" which is a small proportion of "registered users" which is a small proportion of diabetics.

Claims that active posters here are representative of PWD are representative of any of these larger groups are dubious, IMO, increasingly as the groups expand.

So taking fundamental health advice from unqualified people posting anecdotes and opinions here in preference to easily-accessible expert sources of information makes zero sense to me. Of course the anecdotes and opinions can be useful starting points for further investigation, and sometimes useful advice for things which aren't so fundamental.

Claims that active posters here are some kind of "elite" make my teeth itch.
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I guess that this forum will very unrepresentative of most people living with diabetes in the UK, in that regular posters will primarily be white, literate, straight, middle-aged (or older) people who have quite a bit of time on their (our) hands. I assume that, as a national charity, Diabetes UK does though have initiatives in play to enable them to reach out effectively to the types of people who are unlikely to find their way to this forum.

I find this forum useful, as I keep in mind the built-in biases that are inevitable given the demographics. I find the posts that start, "What I do is ..." far more useful than posts that imply (or even say), "What you should do is ...".
 
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