By 1998, the group had grown to over 100 members, including more practitioners, policy-makers and members of the media. As the volume of messages rose, there were complaints about the inability of some members to keep up, so the newsgroup became moderated and a limit of around three messages per week was imposed. The limit was later reduced to one message per week. By the summer of 1999, workfam had grown to 180 members when it was moved to Penn State University. As of October of 2000, there were over 400 members, and there were over 600 by August 2001.
Current messages are of two types.
First are conference announcements and summaries of recent research which members email for distribution.