ah, i missed the, 6,000 current active members, 1100 most online on the front page.

Thats right on par with all the forums i've listed above. In fact Yahooka has less members, and an almost equal # of posts and threads. 84,000 and 1.2 Mllion respectively.

Another board, that i know the admin of, and who pays for the hosting out of pocket. 420 Magazine, Threads: 40,960, Posts: 457,330, Members: 32,716.

Again, pm's enabled.

Again, proof that boards operating with pm's work out just fine.