I registered not too long ago on the forums as well. Since I've registered, I realize that my overall knowledge of c++ has went waaaay up. In the past programming classes I have taken, I usually finished with C's or D's. In recent classes, I have finished with A's and B's. Registering to the forums was the best decision I ever made, lol.
This is the third "new user/hello everyone" thread in a week!
It's September. People are googling C++ things for their first course assignments about this time. Makes perfect sense for there to be more people coming here.