I was just looking at other forums on the internet, and was surprised to note how many there are that have thousands of members
After a quick trawl through the sites, the majority of them were what i assume to be fake accounts created to make the site look busier than it is. with most of the members createing 1 thread to try generate discussion.

I can see why the admins do this, but its not really my style 
I'd rather have 20 active members than 2000 fake ones! So I shall continue and try get this site going. I have been away for a bit working my socks off, but I have some time now to devote to my projects and of course my swimming