I suppose it's fairly common, Ed, though I would think that it's more common for people to arrive here based on a recommendation. I know that I have often told people to check out Eratosphere, and there are a few members here who originally heard about it from me. It's been a while but I believe I heard about Eratosphere from Carol Taylor back when I used to post at Gazebo.
The serendipitous stumbling upon a poem by Rick Mullin approach no doubt accounts for some members as well, but the idea I've floated isn't to place the entire site under the cone of silence, but only one or more workshop forums within it. There would still be lots of stuff left for stumbling upon. And some of those who stumble upon the site might be more inclined to join and become active members if they then learned there is a workshop alternative that takes place below the radar.
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