Someone recently told me that they wanted to leave SPW because it felt like an even worse popularity contest than in person. I was surprised to hear this because I didn’t think they were unpopular at all. It made me wonder how many other people felt this way.
A while back someone posted that they hated the rep system because it made people feel even more unloved than they already did, and I thought that was an interesting and valid point.
I am thinking that low self-esteem is coloring the way a lot of people think others see them here.
Do you feel that your posts are ignored when the same post by a different poster gets a lot of responses?
I think that might happen in some cases, but when it does, familiarity has more to do with it than anything. People prefer to deal with the familiar. If you spam the forum with posts, people get to know you and pay more attention. I felt ignored when I first starting posting here.
There’s also the fact that people make friends on here, and naturally people are more inclined to talk to their friends. I don’t see that as a bad thing.
I’m making the poll anonymous so nobody has to worry about being judged.
A while back someone posted that they hated the rep system because it made people feel even more unloved than they already did, and I thought that was an interesting and valid point.
I am thinking that low self-esteem is coloring the way a lot of people think others see them here.
Do you feel that your posts are ignored when the same post by a different poster gets a lot of responses?
I think that might happen in some cases, but when it does, familiarity has more to do with it than anything. People prefer to deal with the familiar. If you spam the forum with posts, people get to know you and pay more attention. I felt ignored when I first starting posting here.
There’s also the fact that people make friends on here, and naturally people are more inclined to talk to their friends. I don’t see that as a bad thing.
I’m making the poll anonymous so nobody has to worry about being judged.