I got advice once to spray a cat with a little water if I wanted to prevent her from jumping on a table or doing something similar that I didn't like. Instead of preventing her, I got her into the battle mode.
My cat hated when I was exercising. At first she would simply come and sit on my mat. If I continued exercising, she went around me, purring and trying to make me pet her. If I ignored her, she would sit below my leg or arm or try to lie somewhere else to prevent me from exercising. She would also scratch my mat. If all that failed, the next phase was an attack - claws, teeth, scratching, biting, hissing... And we know who wins in the battle between a human and a cat...
She also had nightmares sometimes and when she woke up, she could bite and attack until she wakes up completely and realises who I am. Sometimes she would bite your leg just because you walked too fast next to her.
She was a dangerous creature. Even vets were afraid of her.
I dreamt that I had to go to the dentist's and that I was scared. But, he had to postpone the appointment for the next day and he also asked me to go on a date with him after the appointment. And my fear completely vanished!
This either means that I should find a boyfriend soon or that I spend too much time on CS so dating starts entering my dreams, too.
Whenever I close my eyes and think of love, I see the Christmas market, all those stalls everywhere, lights and decorated tress in a park and then the man (some man) hugs me and I'm happy, happy, happy!
Everything gets boring after a while. Forums had their peek before Facebook and since then they keep losing their members. Most forums I was a member of either closed down, got archived or have no new posts since (at least) 2016. Some are still modestly alive because old members keep them alive - people who joined 10, 15, even 20 years ago and log in regularly because it's a habit.
There are so many social media to choose from nowadays on much more modern platforms. Younger people cannot be attracted to such an old platform and older people have already been, seen and done all this multiple times. I tried using CS on my phone and couldn't do almost anything. I couldn't post a link, open all emoticons... Messaging system here is so outdated! There's too little control over your profile and - especially your posts. New social media allow you to delete your posts - these old forums don't... This is simply not for ... modern people.
I think that people should give up making "quests for saving CS" and putting additional pressure on the remaining members. We should simply - enjoy it the way it is. You log in - find something fun, write a post or two, log out and - that's it. If it's too boring - you don't come for days or weeks. If it starts to annoy you - you cancel your profile. If you change your mind, you can always come back again after some time, make a new profile... Who cares? After all, this is just virtual entertainment...
I don't know about other people and their reasons, but the reason why I rarely open threads/blogs (not only here - it was the same on other places, too) is exactly the reason you mentioned - the OP is - to a certain extent - responsible for their thread/blog and that means: reading all comments, replying to everyone, keeping the thread going... I find that rather exhausting to be honest. And CS is supposed to be some casual fun, so...
Questions can be aggressive, especially when you talk to new people. If you don't know them well (or at all) you don't know what they are comfortable to talk about. Too many questions might sound interrogative, especially if you ask something the person wouldn't rather talk about. It's much better to start talking about neutral topics and then slowly advance to more deeper or private ones, checking the atmosphere all the time.
With some people, the conversation simply "flows" with no special effort done by any side. It might be a casual conversation or something deeper, but it seems effortless. With others - no matter what you try to do to keep the conversation going - it simply fades away or you both struggle until it stops. Sometimes the conversation can go on and on, but you can't help but thinking that although constantly moving, it leads nowhere. Many times "the conversation" isn't that at all - it's a one-sided talk (where you are only a passive participant, a listener) or effort (when you are only an active participant, the one trying to make a conversation).
If your post is about the conversation on forums/blogs, then there's no reason for questions, because every statement is open for discussion. Whatever any of the participants write can be commented. You can't force people to comment on a thread/blog if they are not interested in the topic or they might think that everything has already been said. If a person writes one comment, it doesn't mean that they want to continue conversation. Sometimes people lose interest during the discussion or think that it's pointless to keep discussing the particular matter or talking to certain members. Often threads/blogs start with one idea, but develop into something completely else and you can't force them back to the start. Constantly asking questions just in order to keep the thread/blog alive can be rather annoying.
Astranea Forum Posts (163)
Who cares? After all, this is just virtual entertainment...
RE: Where are the friendliest people you found while visiting foreign countries?
I agree!Not looking like a tourist also helps!