With promotion to get people here, I see an conflict between "shouting from the rooftops" and maintaining privacy.
One reason the New Hampshire people have the numbers they do is because of their "out, loud and proud" social networking TRUMPETING of their mission, their events, their faces, their personalities, their arrests, photos of them on their front porches, etc. They have a radio show, podcasts, a full-time almost-daily video blog on YouTube, and I think they even take out print and radio ads in other states. But I think the main thing is their willingness to "put their faces out there."
However, if anyone whipped out a video camera at Wyoming events or get-togethers, some people would step out of the frame, and others would probably say "turn that off!"
I don't know that you can have it both ways. (And I know....this is coming from a recluse who loves to put himself out there on the Internet.)
Just a thought.
I think that having people have to sign up to use the forum lowers the Wyoming numbers too. It's not like it's protecting any information, anyone can make a sockpuppet, and even pledge, to get full views of all users' info (Hell, I moved to Wyoming, and I still can't view my friends' profiles on here!). But having to sign up just to read stuff, and (having to pledge to edit your own typos) comes off as a little off-putting to newcommers. Might be time to take a look at that policy, if more movers really is a goal.
I liked Paul's comment about "no census" too. Though I knew he'd say that. Seriously. I can always know that no matter what the topic, Paul and MamaLiberty will pipe in to take any "government" out of it. Always.
And I like that about them, even being a minarchist myself.
MWD