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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7660882" data-attributes="member: 15700">I'm not disagreeing that the internet is a thing.&nbsp; I'm disagreeing with how inflated you are making the numbers.For example, even though ENWorld isn't the only site, it is one of the largest, and I can't help notice that the people making the posts here are by and large the same people who make the posts at the RPGSite, RPG.net, and the official WoTC forums.And that unique visitors per month?&nbsp; Doesn't answer my question.&nbsp; How many users come to this forum on a weekly basis?&nbsp; And if you take away all those that came here only once, and only for a minute or so, how many are left?&nbsp; I.e., the people who actually came here looking for information and/or spent enough time here to actually get any information or read a topic?&nbsp; Then compare that with how many people do you think is a reasonable number that played 5e in that same week.So yeah, the internet has a lot of people.&nbsp; But don't assume that because someone has been on the internet at some point, they go and read threads like this.&nbsp; According to CNN, 83 million of the facebook accounts aren't even real for example.&nbsp; I'm subscribed or &quot;like&quot; a few hundred websites on FB, but I don't keep up with them, nor do I go check to see what they are saying.&nbsp; I'm subscribed to a few dozen G+ communities, but I hardly ever go all of them to see every recent post.&nbsp; I dn't think I'm unusual in that regard.In other words, some serious grain of salt taking is advised before I'd trust any of those numbers.&nbsp; I would bet my still shrikwrapped Holmes Basic set that the number of people who actually go online with any substantial or significant time investment needed to actually see a conversation like this is way, way lower than what you think it is or what you quoted.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7660882, member: 15700"] I'm not disagreeing that the internet is a thing. I'm disagreeing with how inflated you are making the numbers. For example, even though ENWorld isn't the only site, it is one of the largest, and I can't help notice that the people making the posts here are by and large the same people who make the posts at the RPGSite, RPG.net, and the official WoTC forums. And that unique visitors per month? Doesn't answer my question. How many users come to this forum on a weekly basis? And if you take away all those that came here only once, and only for a minute or so, how many are left? I.e., the people who actually came here looking for information and/or spent enough time here to actually [i]get[/i] any information or read a topic? Then compare that with how many people do you think is a reasonable number that played 5e in that same week. So yeah, the internet has a lot of people. But don't assume that because someone has been on the internet at some point, they go and read threads like this. According to CNN, 83 million of the facebook accounts aren't even real for example. I'm subscribed or "like" a few hundred websites on FB, but I don't keep up with them, nor do I go check to see what they are saying. I'm subscribed to a few dozen G+ communities, but I hardly ever go all of them to see every recent post. I dn't think I'm unusual in that regard. In other words, some serious grain of salt taking is advised before I'd trust any of those numbers. I would bet my still shrikwrapped Holmes Basic set that the number of people who actually go online with any substantial or significant time investment needed to actually see a conversation like this is way, way lower than what you think it is or what you quoted. [/QUOTE]

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