With the member numbers still on the rise at Active Rain, I have noticed something that happens to me from time to time. Every once and a while I open my AR newsletter and take a look at the featured posts only to realize that I don't know any of the faces starring back at me. I have done the same thing on several occasions when clicking over to the dashboard to check out all the features.
At one time it was rare that I saw a newsletter or a featured article from a writer that I did not know. Now it has begun to happen a little more frequently as time marches on. It's not really due to lack of participation on my part, I stop in on a daily basis. However, maybe it's just due to the overwhelming amount of individuals that have surfaced here over the course of my time on the site.
It's hard to argue the fact that there is no way to really keep up with nearlly 150,000 people. No matter how much time you spend here, I doubt you can really cover them all on your own. Not only are starting to see more people join the crowd in one way or another, but we are starting to see more and more people who make a concentrated effort to write quality content. That makes the newer faces pop up on the dashboard and in the newsletters.
With more people showing up everyday and scrathing away to make their presence felt in the forum, I'm sure I will be seeing many more unfamiliar faces around here before it's over. Now don't get me wrong, I still see a lot of the writers I know showing up with a featured post here and there, but I have certainly noticed that there are quite a few that I have yet to meet. So for those of you that I have yet to come across and meet just yet, congrats on the feature and keep up the good work.
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