Actually, there have been 11,855 who have registered accounts here so far. About 1/2 were scammers, spammers or bots, which I screened out. Of the other half, most come and go, gleaning what they want to know, and then leaving. For a long time, I deleted accounts that didn't post an introduction within 7 days, or didn't log in for 6 months. So far more people than our current membership shows hopefully learned useful information here.
I view this forum as a school, like 3rd grade. People attend 3rd grade, and then move on. Luckily, some become teacher's assistants, which I greatly appreciate.