A Growing Forum (Status Update)

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@swamidass

So, in 2015, nearly four years ago, BioLogos launched their forum. In their 2015 annual report, I found this text:

In early 2015, we launched a new “open discussion” platform using the Discourse software. By late 2015, the number of subscribers on the “BioLogos Forum” had increased to 600, with an average of 50-75 comments per day, on an average of 6-10 threads

After 1 year in, they had 600 users, 50-75 comments per day, and 6-10 threads per day. How does that compare with us right now? Right now, we are about 4 months in. We have 142 users, about 200 post per day, and about 5-15 topics per day. It seems that we are already far more active than BioLogos their first year, even though we are smaller.

And the entertaining paradox of it all:

@nwrickert

I looked at BioLogos. But I never had the inclination to join. The discussion seemed too oriented toward theology for my liking. Here, at Peaceful Science, there is more of a science orientation and a better balance between science and theology.

@gbrooks9

How ironic! I find BioLogos is LESS theological than Peaceful Science!

After all… nobody there is willing to combine de novo creation of Adam & Eve WITH the Evolution of pre-Adam humanity!