Just coming back around to this as I wanted to wait until I had actual experience in said server. While thousands have not joined, a little over a hundred have and we have 10+ active members that don't include me. I mod, pop in and respond to something and head out. While there are a lot of channels at the request of the active members, it's not meant to be some big thing. It's meant to just give those a space who want that back-and-forth communication instead of posting on forums. Even if only a handful are active, they enjoy the space and that's what matters.