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*\o/* Over 10,200 Members!! And counting... *\o/*
Well, I only missed the 3500 point by... 35 members LOL.Welcome to everyone who has joined us - good to have you aboard.
WooHooo!! A great group that just keeps on growing!!
And because I'm lazy, I'll pretend it's a battery that stands for all our energy, instead of some arcane electronics :)3600+ members now
Kaje wrote: "And because I'm lazy, I'll pretend it's a battery that stands for all our energy, instead of some arcane electronics :)3600+ members now
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\0/ We have the best group!!
So... um... missed a few but we just went over 3900 members :D
Kaje wrote: "So... um... missed a few but we just went over 3900 members :D"
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Hey guys!! My name is Brandon Harvey and I am brand new to this group but it interested me because, being a gay male, I enjoy thoughtful discussions with other members and advocates of the LGBT community.
I am young (only 23) but have nearly completed my first book, titled the Anti-Norm, which follows the life of an aspiring metal musician as he struggles with drugs and, apt for this group, his sexual deviancy as a gay man. I want to start reaching out to people interested in this genre (though I wouldn't say my book is specifically LGBT literature) so I can build a readership once I decide to try and publish it. I am also open to discussing anything else involving LGBT literature and culture, as well reading and discussing other people's work as well. If anyone is interested please don't hesitate to reach out.
Can't wait to "meet" everyone.
Brandon
I am young (only 23) but have nearly completed my first book, titled the Anti-Norm, which follows the life of an aspiring metal musician as he struggles with drugs and, apt for this group, his sexual deviancy as a gay man. I want to start reaching out to people interested in this genre (though I wouldn't say my book is specifically LGBT literature) so I can build a readership once I decide to try and publish it. I am also open to discussing anything else involving LGBT literature and culture, as well reading and discussing other people's work as well. If anyone is interested please don't hesitate to reach out.
Can't wait to "meet" everyone.
Brandon
Brandon wrote: "Hey guys!! My name is Brandon Harvey and I am brand new to this group but it interested me because, being a gay male, I enjoy thoughtful discussions with other members and advocates of the LGBT com..."Hi Brandon, welcome - you might want to also copy your post to the "Introduce Yourself" thread - you'll meet more of us there. https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Have a look around - check out the buddy reads, books of the month (posting shortly), free short stories in "Tales Told" and more. I'll be interested in your book (I released an adult one about a gay transgender metal musician, and my metal musician gay kid told me I left the drugs out of it too much... :) )
Sooooo, I was all excited for when we hit 4,000 members.Got busy, looked around today and we're at
4185
Wow. A hundred new members in the last week or so. I wonder what we did right LOL (Probably popped up on a blog somewhere.)
Anyway, welcome to all the new members. I hope you have fun with us.
You're the featured group on the group page, You're past 7k now. ;)
Corey wrote: "You're the featured group on the group page, You're past 7k now. ;)"It says that on your profile but in our actual members we are still A little over 4000. I'm not quite sure why the two numbers don't gel. I'm going to go check my own profile to see if it says over 7000 on mine as well.
So weird. On my profile the group does indeed claim to have over 7000 but our actual number is a little over 4000. Who can figure?
Sammy Goode wrote: "So weird. On my profile the group does indeed claim to have over 7000 but our actual number is a little over 4000. Who can figure?"The numbers got messed up when the group got accidentally deleted - when that happened and they brought us back, our old count got added to the new count, but only on group pages. I asked them to fix it, multiple times, but they didn't - either couldn't figure out how, or didn't bother - so I've just let it go... Last thing we need is for them to try to delete the duplicate number and delete us again LOL.
Corey's right, though. We're featured, which explains the increase in new members. The last time we also had a bit of a spike. Well, thank you to whatever algorithm popped us up on the featured list. :D
Still a Featured Group and still growing fast -We're now up over 4300 members!
Kaje wrote: "Still a Featured Group and still growing fast -We're now up over 4300 members!
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Wooo Hooo!! \0/ Watch us grow!!
And watch you do the welcome letters for those new folk - thank you!It's cool that being featured is helping a bunch of new people find us and realize we're here :D
Kaje wrote: "And watch you do the welcome letters for those new folk - thank you!It's cool that being featured is helping a bunch of new people find us and realize we're here :D"
You're welcome. I'm happy to see so many new members!
Welcome everyone!!! I remember when we were oh so tiny!! How wonderful it is to see so many new faces!
Over 4400 now. A hundred new members in 5 days... WOW!(*huge bouquet of flowers to Mel for taking over the welcome letters just as the rush began.*)
Kaje wrote: "Over 4400 now. A hundred new members in 5 days... WOW!(*huge bouquet of flowers to Mel for taking over the welcome letters just as the rush began.*)
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Oh I love those, so pretty. It's exciting to see so many new members.
Hi! Glad to find this group here in Goodreads! I'm a new member! Spread the love ♥
Janine wrote: "Hi! Glad to find this group here in Goodreads! I'm a new member! Spread the love ♥"Welcome Janine!!!!
And now over 4500. Wow. We're still featured and it's cool on the welcome thread to see new younger members from around the world <3
I've been on Goodreads for five months now, this was one of the first groups I joined. And it's still my favorite. Wonderful members, mods, and discussions. Hope it continues to grow!
<3 Thanks Jason, and we're glad you hang out with us.
Kaje wrote: "And now over 4500. Wow. We're still featured and it's cool on the welcome thread to see new younger members from around the world <3"
This is amazing!!! We so appreciate our members, all ages, new friends and old friends.
Kaje wrote: "And now over 4500. Wow. We're still featured and it's cool on the welcome thread to see new younger members from around the world <3WOW! That is fantastic! Congratulations!!!
Boy, we blasted past 4600 members and are now over 4700! So fun to see people discovering the group - I hope we'll provide everyone with books, discussions, writing and news links to suit them. :)
Kaje wrote: "Boy, we blasted past 4600 members and are now over 4700! So fun to see people discovering the group - I hope we'll provide everyone with books, discussions, writing and news links to suit them. :)"
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You are, Kaje, it's a fun group!I bet we can get OVER 9000!!!!!
Darren wrote: "You are, Kaje, it's a fun group!I bet we can get OVER 9000!!!!!"
Optimism much? (That would be cool. We're already 4 times as big as when I joined.)
It seems being featured has given us quite a growth burst. Kaje, what does it mean to be "featured"? Who decides which groups are featured? Just curious.
Jason wrote: "It seems being featured has given us quite a growth burst. Kaje, what does it mean to be "featured"? Who decides which groups are featured? Just curious."If you go to the "Groups" page on your header list, on the top left are the groups you are in. On the right are a list of "featured" groups being promoted by Goodreads... for some reason. Their info says "Our editorial staff handpicks the groups highlighted in the Featured Groups category. If you'd like to suggest that your group be considered for inclusion in the Featured Groups, you can nominate it in this official discussion thread. (link)
Please note that private groups and groups that have been featured before are not eligible. "
Which is clearly not quite true, since we've been featured before. I haven't gone looking - don't know if someone nominated us (thank you, to them, if so). In the past, the featured groups rotated frequently. I wonder if that rotation has slipped through the cracks of the big makeover - if so it's to our gain and that of the other few groups that have been on the featured list for several weeks now.
Oh, I see the featured section now. I never noticed it before. Thanks for the info.
How is it that it has us listed as having 7,853 members? I thought it was 4700?*edited: never mind, i saw your earlier post explaining what happened with the mismatched numbers, weird.
Yeah - the group disappearing was weird (and very scary for all the groups it happened to - think of all the stories vanished - do keep your own copies.) And then when it came back, the member listing was odd, but I was NOT going to make them fix something irrelevant. Their fixes have not been trustworthy...
So... I have no idea what a self-inking stamp could have in common with us..., but we have exactly 4916 members right now... so why not?
Lolol!! You, Kaje Harper, are a clever clogs! ❤️
This is setting a new trend, now we gotta find more of those :D
Lazy really - I could assemble it from lovely individual numbers of 4-9-1-6... or google and see what pops up LOL. <3 It's fun though.
Lol too funny. - Man were gonna hit 5000 in less than a week I bet.\o/
And we have crossed the 5000 member line - should have had a party, but we'll just celebrate by keeping on doing the good stuff we do here. 
Kaje wrote: "And we have crossed the 5000 member line - should have had a party, but we'll just celebrate by keeping on doing the good stuff we do here. "
\0/ Keep on, keeping on.
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