Quote: Ragnorak: The fact of the matter is that new and improved features will not bring new members here, only increase our chances of retaining those who would have registered anyway. Advertising is the only thing that will drive up our online numbers - and the best and cheapest form of this is personal recommendation from those who enjoy this site. Tell your friends at college, work or even Facebook; let them know how user-friendly our features are and how much we have to offer to mobile users. If you have any access to online advertising then you may use this to drive more traffic here.

The other factor is that existing users need to make newcomers feel welcome. If you want to see more people online then be willing to send bud requests to new users or drop them a message. Remember that the buddy list is becoming a much more important feature now than it was previously. There are definite ways to improve our online count just as there are definite ways to improve our features, but each require different types of effort.