That's right, Eric. it never ceases to amaze me how some literally will pop in and back out in a few seconds. How do they expect ones to accumulate? Popping in for 3 seconds does no one any good. Even if you sit in there and are in other tabs, stay for at least 15 min to see who else might happen by. I've seen times when within 10 min more than a handful will go in and back out in seconds. If they all stayed for at least 15 min, the numbers sitting in chat would raise dramatically, yet they insist on the pop in and out bit, so it becomes a circle.
Also, ones that pop in and say, "Boy, sure is slow in here," or words to that effect. Does that do anyone any good? Are they telling any of their online friends about it here? Are they posting a link on their Yahoo instant messenger for ones on their list to see it? That costs nothing and takes like 2 seconds to do, yet would notify others of our exisitance. It's quite simply easier for them to complain about it than do even the littlest effort to change things or contribute to the community they wish to be a part of, yet do nothing to improve.
It's like that old shampoo commercial below, if they told two friends, and so on and so on. Things will reach a tipping point where a certain number of people will be here and then it will snowball, I haven't a doubt, but it's getting it to that point, and NOT with the temporary gatecrashers, but ones who want to be here then it will grow.