I mean quite frankly, as long as you yourself as the creator and partaker can enjoy the site, who gives a fuck what other people think -- like yeah, members are important and all cause you need activity but like as you said, some people have their own set of standards and honestly? some of them are so ridiculously high that maybe they should just make their own site if they're so particular. (but naturally this leads into the topic that rp in itself has become a rather expensive hobby for those who lack the proper coding knowledge; understand this isn't a dig at people who sell skins because it's important they get paid for the work they put in so long as it's their own original work) I don't know, I personally feel that you don't need a large member base to be successful, you just need those who are willing to put in the activity and creativity to make it enjoyable. people become so concerned over numbers that they often overlook the talent of the few members that opt to stick around.

tl;dr: quality over quantity ig