Got the logo/fb feed/news feed back in.
Apparently this version of SMF should have an ignore feature built-in, though I haven't spent a lot of time figuring out how to use it. Apparently you can access it through the user control panel by going to the private message area and adding usernames to an ignore list. Names added to that list should be filtered out of both posts and PM's. Use it wisely...
The member number is fairly accurate. I go through occasionally and prune out spam accounts. So we've had 994 sign-ups that look authentic to me. Not everyone posts of course, and plenty of people pop on just to post a few times and then we never hear from them again. I wish we had some of the users from 7 or so years ago still around though.