For many longstanding party members, the last month has been profoundly moving. The 100,000 new joiners don’t feel like gate-crashers. It feels more like they booked a massive hall for their birthday and invited the whole community. At first, just a trickle of close friends showed up. Then, enough to make it not embarrassing. And now, at ten to midnight, thousands of people have flooded in, with music and hope and cheer. The party is just getting started.