As a kid, I hated that question, I didn't dream of working as a kid, early misfortune in life taught me some interesting lessons.
I think I grew up with a vague idea of wanting to be free of money, as I associated with misery growing up and as a result, never had an answer to the question outside of "I just want to help people".
If I had more confidence in myself I'd love to make a tutorial or intro vid to get people started but....... I'm not motivated enough to ignore insecurities.
As for your last question, I've seen such behavior before and I think it's sort of group self-defense mechanism at play. I 've not been on the web too long (compared to others), a sort of gatekeeping through obscurity is what keeps everything safe from those that would "ruin the vibe" of things. Which yes, it keeps advertisers, bots and other undesirables out but also it's what's keeping people from even trying to join, let alone stay.
I recall feeling a similar way towards Reddit when it first launched, seemed like everyone just wanted to seem smart, snarky or too cool to deal with each other which kept me from getting on it for years. I think the issue isn't so bad here on most servers, barring a few unusual examples I've seen, I'm optimistic that as our numbers grow things will only get better as a whole.
Nothing to apologize for, wouldn't have commented if I wasn't willing to converse.
So far, I've enjoyed my time here, functionality wise I think things are great as is and have plenty of room for improvement but the biggest issue FV is currently facing is how small the population is. Unfortunately an issue that can't really be "fixed" without time and effort but mostly time.
I understand where the "ghost town" comments come from, and I think it's folks just not knowing how to navigate the site or expecting the site/sites to cater to them. For this same reason we don't have as much spam, bots or engagement bait, so I think it's a fair trade, you have to want to be here to really figure things out.
Off the top of my head, I think some sort of tutorial or intro to help people get started would do wonders for those curious but intimidated from trying out FV.
As a kid, I hated that question, I didn't dream of working as a kid, early misfortune in life taught me some interesting lessons.
I think I grew up with a vague idea of wanting to be free of money, as I associated with misery growing up and as a result, never had an answer to the question outside of "I just want to help people".
If I had more confidence in myself I'd love to make a tutorial or intro vid to get people started but....... I'm not motivated enough to ignore insecurities.
As for your last question, I've seen such behavior before and I think it's sort of group self-defense mechanism at play. I 've not been on the web too long (compared to others), a sort of gatekeeping through obscurity is what keeps everything safe from those that would "ruin the vibe" of things. Which yes, it keeps advertisers, bots and other undesirables out but also it's what's keeping people from even trying to join, let alone stay.
I recall feeling a similar way towards Reddit when it first launched, seemed like everyone just wanted to seem smart, snarky or too cool to deal with each other which kept me from getting on it for years. I think the issue isn't so bad here on most servers, barring a few unusual examples I've seen, I'm optimistic that as our numbers grow things will only get better as a whole.
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Nothing to apologize for, wouldn't have commented if I wasn't willing to converse.
So far, I've enjoyed my time here, functionality wise I think things are great as is and have plenty of room for improvement but the biggest issue FV is currently facing is how small the population is. Unfortunately an issue that can't really be "fixed" without time and effort but mostly time.
I understand where the "ghost town" comments come from, and I think it's folks just not knowing how to navigate the site or expecting the site/sites to cater to them. For this same reason we don't have as much spam, bots or engagement bait, so I think it's a fair trade, you have to want to be here to really figure things out.
Off the top of my head, I think some sort of tutorial or intro to help people get started would do wonders for those curious but intimidated from trying out FV.
This was encouraging to read, I will keep trying to encourage others to give things a try
These idiots will seriously march to their own graves thinking it's a million dollar idea.