Originally posted here by aeallison
Then they must have trimmed the fat. I remember when JP still owned AO that there was a really big deal when the user base reached 100,000. I tried to search for the actual thread where JP announced this, but was unable to find it. I have never been very good at finding old threads since JM purchased this site. Maybe they are in an archive that our standard search can't use?
Maybe it didn't happen because AO never really hit 100k actual members? I seem to recall there being some iffiness with the validity of the stats of AO when JP was trying to sell it, as well as some kind of legal dispute between him and Jupiter Media based on said numbers. From what the posts and IRC conversations I saw said, it sounded like JP was creating fictional users to up the user count in a cash grab effort, as well as claiming traffic amounts they didn't see when they took it over. It's all old BS, and pretty much irrelevant now.

<edit> I am also curious how Ladybug got so many APs from 40 posts. It had to be an alliance thing :P </edit>
This is directed at everyone making similar comments: Actually, she's an old-timer, and when APs were first introduced, she was actively posting. No alliance needed. Not that any of you clueless accusors bothered to look at her registration date.