One thing I saw happen when I did the original map. Some forum owners quickly started changing counting criteria or numbers and stuff. I'm not sure whether they felt the original figures they had there were innacurate, and I don't know whether they kept the new ones or went back to the originals. Active Users in particular jumped by several times on some forums, which is partly why I just didn't use that value at all.
I'd say that member count these days is a bit of an iffy figure. We get so many spam accounts created here at EN World, and I'm sure that's true elsewhere, though we zap 'em as fast as we can and have some reasonable automated anti-spam measures.
I'd say that member count these days is a bit of an iffy figure. We get so many spam accounts created here at EN World, and I'm sure that's true elsewhere, though we zap 'em as fast as we can and have some reasonable automated anti-spam measures.