Does anyone know how many CGN members there are? I tried looking for this information on the website but could not find it. By the way, I am not a anti-gun troll...
Here's the thing. I've always assumed there are a lot of us. With new members daily, the site membership must be growing by at least a thousand a year, and some prominent members have been around for 15 or more years. So, maybe 20,000 as a lowball estimate? Multiples of this? Higher? The CGN community comprises many niche interests, with segments of the community that might not otherwise communicate with one another, all under one website. This is all good. But I also assume that 'hunting and sporting shotguns' would be a very popular forum, considering the popularity of bird hunting and clay sports. So why do I get the impression that there are the same 20, 30 or 40 members posting, responding, and participating? These names I recognize, and most are familiar enough that I consider them friends, even if we've never met (the wonder of social media). Posts in this subforum rarely get high reply rates, and view rates depend on the subject matter, to be sure, but mostly relate to the number of replies, as we follow the discussions. (OK, if I had titled this post "The best turkey choke for the 870," I'm sure the numbers would be higher.) The majority of CGN members might be lurkers as opposed to contributors, but I would still expect a higher number of active participants in this subforum. So how many CGNers are there?
Here's the thing. I've always assumed there are a lot of us. With new members daily, the site membership must be growing by at least a thousand a year, and some prominent members have been around for 15 or more years. So, maybe 20,000 as a lowball estimate? Multiples of this? Higher? The CGN community comprises many niche interests, with segments of the community that might not otherwise communicate with one another, all under one website. This is all good. But I also assume that 'hunting and sporting shotguns' would be a very popular forum, considering the popularity of bird hunting and clay sports. So why do I get the impression that there are the same 20, 30 or 40 members posting, responding, and participating? These names I recognize, and most are familiar enough that I consider them friends, even if we've never met (the wonder of social media). Posts in this subforum rarely get high reply rates, and view rates depend on the subject matter, to be sure, but mostly relate to the number of replies, as we follow the discussions. (OK, if I had titled this post "The best turkey choke for the 870," I'm sure the numbers would be higher.) The majority of CGN members might be lurkers as opposed to contributors, but I would still expect a higher number of active participants in this subforum. So how many CGNers are there?
