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Line 21: − − According to a 2004 ''Psychology Today'' article the Brights’ Web site launched in 2003 and signed on tens of thousands of Brights from more than 84 countries.<ref>http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040209-000016.html</ref> The Psychology Today article quotes a founder of the Brights Movement Paul Geisert as stating, "It’s too soon to tell if the movement will really catch on. We just have to empirically wait and see what happens.”<ref>http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20040209-000016.html</ref>
→After the initial launch period the Brights Movement lost momentum and petered out
== After the initial launch period the Brights Movement lost momentum and petered out ==
== After the initial launch period the Brights Movement lost momentum and petered out ==
After the Brights Movement failed to attract a significant following subsequent to their initial launch period and then petered out as a movement, the popular YouTube video maker [[Shockofgod]] mocked the movement and the movement's weak website traffic with a video entitled ''Atheism's future not bright at all''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgHt7Wt3KMc Atheism's future not bright at all] by [[Shockofgod]]</ref> See also: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] and [[Desecularization]]
After the Brights Movement failed to attract a significant following subsequent to their initial launch period and then petered out as a movement, the popular YouTube video maker [[Shockofgod]] mocked the movement and the movement's weak website traffic with a video entitled ''Atheism's future not bright at all''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgHt7Wt3KMc Atheism's future not bright at all] by [[Shockofgod]]</ref> See also: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] and [[Desecularization]]