Every few months, this old saw comes to the fore again. Why aren't people posting more and why aren't more people posting?
And I don't think there is one easy, simplistic answer which applies to everyone. All of the reasons cited thus far on this thread - busy schedules, people dismayed with the site, other social media sites, etc. etc. play a part; and I'm sure there are others I haven't even thought about.
I can only speak for myself. I am retired and have time on my hands. But I have things to do, e.g. family matters, drs appts., food shopping, local government official business. My other free time is taken up by the internet and television. TV is my primary source of entertainment and I dvr a lot of it and always have a backlog to catch up on. I'm on the net several times a day checking email, and a variety of other sites. When it comes to porn, I check in with
Broke Straight Boys first to see what's going on with the forum. I almost always post on a scene thread and when that is done I usually don't post on it again unless it is to comment on another's post or an issue raised by another's post. With respect to the general board, if the topic is of interest to me I might post if I have something to say.
But let's face it, Most of us are settled in our ways and we get to know what each other likes and what type of models each of us prefer so it is not as if there is much new said, myself included. I still enjoy reading what people say even if I sort of know what they are going to say, but I don't usually feel compelled to comment because it would basically be repetitive.
Also I am very private and rarely talk about my personal life. Others share every jot and tittle. I might read those posts depending on the person posting, but since I really don't know them I tend to doubt much of what is written, being the cynic, doubting Thomas, and curmudgeon that I am. I find that with age my bullshit meter is pretty good, though not infallible.
There are times when I might post frequently and other times not so much. It really depends on what is unfolding on the forum. As they said on the old tv show, "There are a million stories in the Naked City, and this is just one." And this is my story - my general approach with respect to posting on the forum; I'm sure, like in the Naked City, every one else has their story - their own criteria and methodology when it comes to posting.
To me, it is really not complicated.
PS - It seems recently some might have stopped or reduced their frequency of posting, or change their style of posting because other forumites have been critical of what they have said or how they have said it. That has not and will never stop me from posting. I will not be intimidated by any one (there is only one person on this forum whose opinion I value enough to get me to reconsider something I have written or how I have written it). This is a free and open forum. If a forumite thinks another has been inappropriate, then they have several recourses: use the ignore option; just don't read the posts of the person you think is inappropriate; or if the post was egregious enough by your standards, take it to the administrator, and let him decide.
