Ashley Madison Is 'Still Growing' Says Avid Life Media

In spite of the scandals and scams, Ashley Madison isn't dead yet. In fact, the dating site for extramarital affairs is still growing.

"Recent media reports predicting the imminent demise of Ashley Madison are greatly exaggerated," Avid Life Media said in a release Monday, according to Fortune.

Just hacking and making 33 million accounts public has not been enough to close or even slow it down.

In just a week, "hundreds of thousands of new users signed up for the Ashley Madison platform - including 87,596 women," according to the BBC.

That was a touche statement in response to Gizmodo, which reported last week that most female accounts were either fake or inactive.

To refute the comment, Avid Media Life reported that "Last week alone, women sent more than 2.8 million messages within our platform."

"The ratio of male members who paid to communicate with women on our service versus the number of female members who actively used their account (female members are not required to pay to communicate with men on Ashley Madison) was 1.2 to 1," she said. "These numbers are the main reason that Ashley Madison is the number one service for people seeking discreet relationships."

Refusing to comment further, Avid Life Media hoped that the "evidence" would be clear enough, according to hngn.