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Hey guys,

Not sure if this post will get fucked up due to the April fools fun (and there was much rejoicing), but this is chronos.

Been on my mind for a few weeks, maybe even months now.

I am a pretty early adopter and vocal supporter of Poal as evidenced by much hate I received on voat. I don't post many links or anything here as they usually end up being reposts. I don't come here for whatever fucking bot inside joke you all have going on, or for random music videos or random news etc.

What I come here for is the INTERACTION with other users. I'm not much into chat or poalcasts, so that is primarily via comments or up/down ticks. What I am seeing more and more (maybe it's always been there and I am just now noticing more?) is that there seems to be less interaction and more random stuff posted.

I'll make a very long, well thought out comment and won't even get an upvote many times, much less a reply. This negatively reinforces me and makes me reconsider making any long, well thought out comments. Not because I give a fuck about points, but does / did anyone even read said long comment? Is it worth the time to type it out? Is this post worth the time to type out, or will it be lost in a bunch of randomness?

I still come here, but as interaction decreases my GAS factor (give a shit) also decreases.

TL;DR - for me, a nice discussion is worth more than 1000 random links.

Cheers guys and gals

Hey guys, Not sure if this post will get fucked up due to the April fools fun (and there was much rejoicing), but this is chronos. Been on my mind for a few weeks, maybe even months now. I am a pretty early adopter and vocal supporter of Poal as evidenced by much hate I received on voat. I don't post many links or anything here as they usually end up being reposts. I don't come here for whatever fucking bot inside joke you all have going on, or for random music videos or random news etc. What I come here for is the INTERACTION with other users. I'm not much into chat or poalcasts, so that is primarily via comments or up/down ticks. What I am seeing more and more (maybe it's always been there and I am just now noticing more?) is that there seems to be less interaction and more random stuff posted. I'll make a very long, well thought out comment and won't even get an upvote many times, much less a reply. This negatively reinforces me and makes me reconsider making any long, well thought out comments. Not because I give a fuck about points, but does / did anyone even read said long comment? Is it worth the time to type it out? Is this post worth the time to type out, or will it be lost in a bunch of randomness? I still come here, but as interaction decreases my GAS factor (give a shit) also decreases. TL;DR - for me, a nice discussion is worth more than 1000 random links. Cheers guys and gals

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[–] • 8 pts

I notice this too. It reminds me of Voat when it was still fairly new. Interesting posts, but not a lot of comments. At one point I thought the MO was not to comment as much. I was commenting on so many posts I was afraid people thought I might be spam, so I slowed down. That is how poal is now. Some days I feel like I'm commenting too much, and sometimes too harshly. But if memory serves me, when I backed off with voat suddenly newbies swooped in and kind of "took over" which really pissed me off. I felt like I (and a lot of others) had put a lot of effort into thoughtful comments and posts in voats early days, then a swarm of assholes showed up and voated in their idiot leader. All of a sudden they were posting "who is your favorite voater" posts and NONE of the OG's were in it. What the hell? Then another wave, and another. Now it's utterly unrecognizable from it's early days. The most popular voaters are shit for brains and every comment ends in disparaging remarks about Jews. So I learned my lesson. This time I'm not backing off. I'll comment the hell out of everything on here when I have the time, and post as much good content as I can find. (No matter if people agree with my point of view or not, or get tired of hearing from me). I've learned through Reddit, and now voat these sites are basically a popularity contest. Whoever is the most popular runs the narrative. Well why the hell can't it be us? I'd like to have engaging conversation with you, and when you piss me off I'll just call you a fagot and move on to the next post. And I will expect no less from you!

[–] • 2 pts

I think I had the privilege to be the first being called a faggot by you.

[–] • 2 pts

I think you mean faggot, also thanks for being here!

[–] • 1 pt

Lol, I got my first faggot the other week talking bout GTAV roleplay

[–] • 1 pt

That was me. I called you faggot (faggot)

[–] • 1 pt

Hey you said "(most) gamers are faggots" There's like a 5% chance I'm not lol.

[–] • 1 pt

Yes! Exactly this! Just how I felt on Voat too.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

Sometimes it's just good self-therapy to construct a missive that expresses your thoughts. If no one comments, that may mean that they agree.

Don't let your feelings get in the way, ever. It takes time, but, seriously, fuck how other people's words affect your feelings. They're random strangers, after all.

[–] • 1 pt

Oh I meant more of how I felt like I was an early adopter / commented often, then the "l33t" guys showed up and basically took it over and long timers kind of faded away. I did keep commenting, but then noticed no one would reply anymore or upvoat (meaning saw, liked enough to click, not that I care about voats). So seemed like talking to myself. If I'm going to do that, would rather just save a file on my computer vs. throwing my sincere thoughts to random people.