Hang on crown77.

It all comes down to engagement.

Would you say trolls are members of the community? We have several who have been highly active lately, "contributing" post after post to threads here. But I don't equate activity ipso facto with membership. The latter entails some sort of constructive engagement. It doesn't have to be coding. It doesn't have to be testing. Heck, the way I see it a poster starts toward true membership when they simply Thank the posts of other contributing members.

But the simple creation of a forum account certainly doesn't cut it. However, defining what it takes to transition from Account Creator to Member is largely subjective.