If you look at the forum home page, you see "members" near the top.
We've had nearly 30,000 register, but I delete accounts that have zero posts because so many accounts are spam accounts. I suspect that I have probably deleted about 3000 legit accounts along with the spam accounts.
If a tomato is a fruit, does that mean ketchup is a smoothie? What if we mix in a tiny ad?
It's a bit like "run away to the circus" but with gardening