22, May 18, 2005 (UTC) 

 The 98 million number is old, probably comes from late 2004. The number is generated by the amount of populance that is covered by Information First agreements. Basically Information First is our database of which contacts have stipulated receiving logs and information of individuals in their area. The other question related to the forums, where "Followup" takes place. Identification of the male in the chat-log along with a notification of his community, family, friends, whomever. Followup is controversial to the anti-PeeJ cause and probably should be marked as so. 

 :Sorry, I don't understand any of the above. What is "follow up"? 

 Who are the adults who pose as minors? - Volunteers trained and picked from other volunteer positions via the forums. 

 :What are the forums? You mean the chatrooms?    

 The process takes six months to a year of evaluation doing other tasks. 

 :What other tasks? And who evaluates them?    

 Out of over 18,000 people who have signed up for the forums, there have been only 30-35 people selected to do full-scale contributorship at the top level of the website. 

 :Xavier, if this is you, could I ask you to use language that is easily understood by any reader (including me!) who doesn't know anything about your website? What is "signed up for the forums," "full scale contributership," and "the top level of the website"?    

 Are they paid anything? 

 No. The only funds the website generates comes from the Cafepress store, which garners about a buck a sale. 

 : What is the Cafepress store?    

 Usually the income from that is approximately 30-100 dollars a month, depending on the month, with an average amount of 50 dollars. Administrators nor volunteers are paid, and donations from private individuals are not asked for. 

 :So what do volunteers, including you, do professionally?    

 Do they only chat, or do they also do follow-up research? 

 Depends on the contributor. Some do FU research, some don't. 

 :And what does the follow-up research consist of?    

 How are they checked out (e.g. to check they're not pedophiles themselves or have convictions for violence, for example)? 

 Criminal background checks prior to promotion. Crimes of violence, blackmail, fraud or sex-related are automatic disqualifiers. Petty crimes are not taken into account. 

 What steps are involved in the move from chatroom encounter to posting of names and addresses? 

 Initial contact from the predator. Agreement (vague or specific) to meet for sexual activity. Phone Verification Contacting either Information First detective/department or cold-calling.  

 :What does "phone verification contacting either Information First detective/dept or cold-calling" mean exactly?    

 (Website change in June of 2004) If police interest, usually not posted until after sentencing. If no police interest, file goes to main-page. From there, research is done. 

 :What is the main page? Do you mean the website? So the research is done after posting?   22:22