I too thought there was a flood of new posters (XPT Rush Week?) until I researched the User List.

Following, are the new posters from the last month who have actually posted (name, posts, reg. date):

whatever,1,03/15/08
DE-Evolution,3,03/15/08
wannacorndog,1,03/14/08
Beijaflor,1,03/13/08
newera2k5,2,03/13/08
Jenkins,1,03/12/08
reduxnet,1,03/12/08
CoolStuffandThings,1,03/12/08
jackson67,1,03/12/08
Purvirt,1,03/11/08
hoogleboogle,12,03/04/08
IPDaily,6,03/03/08
MonicaFoster,6,03/01/08
johnnyhey,13,02/27/08
BurtJenner,7,02/25/08
totallytabitha,1,02/20/08
crazyface,1,02/19/08
Ebonasiatina,1,02/19/08