PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
As I approach 10k posts, I've been thinking about forums and how they would benefit me and how my posts would benefit others. I've been thinking I don't want to use forums forever - just long enough to kind of make a presence and a few people might look back and say "they contributed".
I find the good and bad of internet forums to be that they actually end up being friendlier than talking to mere strangers, as people end up feeling a sense of community. That's the good. The bad is I often suspect that people don't really truely "know" a person on a forum as it's not really a good avenue of getting to know people. Rather than thinking thoughts like "I wonder what their mannerisms are like? I wonder what they think of a philosopher like Plato? What video games can I play with them some night?" I feel people end up thinking thoughts like "I wonder if my post count will exceed theirs and I will reach the milestone first? My favorite joke from them is the time they said X. I recall the time they said Y about religion and I agreed with it." The latter to me kind of represents the same echo chamber you experience if you get on Instagram, where only a few thoughts and dimensions are really explored.
So for that reason, forums are something I can do now because I'm still pretty young, but by the next 8-10 years, it's an avenue I wish to kind of move on from.
As for RF, I do think quite fondly of it. I can't guarantee there will be a second 10k, but it's certainly possible. When I joined, I kind of just expected to depart after 1k.
I find the good and bad of internet forums to be that they actually end up being friendlier than talking to mere strangers, as people end up feeling a sense of community. That's the good. The bad is I often suspect that people don't really truely "know" a person on a forum as it's not really a good avenue of getting to know people. Rather than thinking thoughts like "I wonder what their mannerisms are like? I wonder what they think of a philosopher like Plato? What video games can I play with them some night?" I feel people end up thinking thoughts like "I wonder if my post count will exceed theirs and I will reach the milestone first? My favorite joke from them is the time they said X. I recall the time they said Y about religion and I agreed with it." The latter to me kind of represents the same echo chamber you experience if you get on Instagram, where only a few thoughts and dimensions are really explored.
So for that reason, forums are something I can do now because I'm still pretty young, but by the next 8-10 years, it's an avenue I wish to kind of move on from.
As for RF, I do think quite fondly of it. I can't guarantee there will be a second 10k, but it's certainly possible. When I joined, I kind of just expected to depart after 1k.