Noticed the other day that new users were in the 900,000 range of UIDs. Did a little more digging and found that UID 996,607 was added today. It's possible that, before I even finish this sentence, UID 996,608 and 996,609 will be in place as well.
The UIDs have been increasing at a rate of 1,000 new members every 6 to 8 days. At this rate, DailyKos will likely reach user 1,000,000 in early March, and possibly by the end of February.
Now, naturally, this includes fake accounts, trolls, repeat offenders, and other "not actual user" users. But it still makes my number, 41,370, seem awfully small. (Hey, for once I'm in the top 5%!) What's funny is that I remember during my first few months here, a lot of things I said were dismissed as untrustworthy solely because I had such a high UID. Now, I'm practically a founding member! I mean, can you imagine that me, Trusted User(tm) cartwrightdale, would have once been thought of as a concern troll? Craziness. :)
Anyway, I know I don't post much these days. No longer being self-employed makes mid-day diary writing feel like stealing from my very awesome employer. But I still read and enjoy DailyKos on a daily basis, and thank you all for the countless hours of well-researched content and passionate debates.
One million strong!