Boy, did we underestimate the response to our “old folks’ group” at EDCO. Geez, what dafuq did we start?
I was walking around EDCO, twisted af, talking to people and screening membership requests. The Admins who didn’t go, were screening like crazy from home wondering WTF was going on. The number of requests skyrocketed to say the least.
Post EDCO was absolutely brutal, especially in January and February, to say the least. We quickly broke 500 members, then 750, 1000, 1500, 2000, 2500. By the end of March”ish”, we had nearly 3000 members. 3000 old souls who always had the same thing to say. OMG, I’m so glad I found this group. I thought I was the only old Raver out there!
Even today with over 7500 members, the sentiment is still the same. New members constantly introduce themselves and say how happy they are to have found us and how wonderful our group vibe is. This is SO profound to our Admins/Mods and the reason we run such a tight ship,
It was such an onslaught that we had nearly 400 membership requests in one single day. NEARLY 400 in.one.single.day! It blew mine and our minds when I screenshot and shared it with leadership. Needless to say, I quit “poaching” other groups once we hit about 2500 members.
Now, keep in mind. We’ve never just let anyone join. We have and always will screen every.single.member before we let them join. Why? We want a peaceful environment in the group first and foremost. We never have and never will put up with any dumpster fires in the group.