# A Growing Forum (Status Update)

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-growing-forum-status-update/730>\
**Category:** Peaceful Science\
**Created:** [July 21, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-growing-forum-status-update/730 "2018-07-21T03:54:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/a-growing-forum-status-update/730/10 "2018-09-19T15:51:41Z")

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> [@An Interesting Forum Benchmark](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/an-interesting-forum-benchmark/1557/1):
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> So, in 2015, nearly four years ago, BioLogos launched their forum. In their 2015 annual report, I found this text:
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> > 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
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> 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:

> [@An Interesting Forum Benchmark](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/an-interesting-forum-benchmark/1557/2):
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> 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.

> [@An Interesting Forum Benchmark](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/an-interesting-forum-benchmark/1557/4):
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> How ironic! **I find BioLogos is LESS theological**  **than Peaceful Science!**
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> After all… nobody there is willing to combine de novo creation of Adam & Eve WITH the Evolution of pre-Adam humanity!

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