Why do you forumquest?

[Seducio]

Serious question. Trying to understand the motivation of those that have thousands of posts on these forums. I have hundreds of posts so I'm not immune from my own question.

I'll start: I have had good experiences on these forums in interacting with other members that are less expressive than I am communication wise. They have reached out to me based on what I have written. As in it has increased my network of people with specific sets of skills that are otherwise hard to find. It hasn't been without any negative experiences of course, but those have been worth weathering for the benefit of the good experiences overall.

How about you - what do you get out of posting so much on these forums? Do you find these forums make you a better person or player? Or do you just like hanging out here?

[magnetaress]

Boredom. Insanity. It's hard to find cool places on the internet anymore now that Google controls it. Too lazy to sub somewhere else. The Suicideforums forum (I forget the URL) is kinda bad for my health. I can't get up off the couch to go volunteer at a local VA or Church.

I'm ugly and a shut in.

I actually like all you guys even the ones I don't. (Bilbao baggins reference).

I suppose if I could fuss with my computer again I would get on Quarm.

Discord makes me ill. I get nausea when I load it up. Butt not the voice chat or TeamSpeak part. That is kinda cool when u got like 5 ppl to talk to.

[Lune]

Creative writing. Lune started as a persona in 2013 mostly to troll hardcore raiders and hasbinbad. Before MAGA came around, there were some very intelligent conservative posters on this board and arguing with them helped to clarify my own thoughts. At the time I was far.... far less liberal. Also helped me stay up to date on current events and gain insight into the thoughts of people I'd never otherwise encounter or talk to in my daily life. Debate helped me retain some of my writing and thinking skills while being a NEET in my 20's before I went back and got my clinical doctorate. After MAGA came around it was partly about taking out my anger at the movement on some of its members. This was not productive.

I've usually posted during relative lulls in my life, so, sporadically for a few months or years, gone for a few years, repeat. Averages out to .85 posts per day since 2013.

Every once in a while there was creative writing and low-effort EQ content. I've made maps (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=363279&highlight=norrath+maps), Lune's Ranger Tips (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156572), Lord of the Pixels (from a post in a raid drama thread) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KELnaC10yU), and was one of the first RP story writers (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65001&highlight=kuriak%27s+great+crusade)(pictures were photobucket and are mostly gone now unfortunately). People used to send tells to Kuriak all the time in game, it was great fun. All pretty low key but fun to make.

This forum is a special place. It is one of the few remaining hobby communities in the old style that has mostly been replaced with reddit and other mass-media. I wish it was half as active and populated as it used to be. This box and forum had some of the most hilarious drama ever. I wish J was still around as I genuinely believe they are as good a writer as Hunter S Thompson or James Joyce. Barkingturtle was fucking hilarious and easily could have written comedy for TV. Why do I post now? Who the fuck knows. Love of EQ?

[Evia]

I don't use social media at all. So in a way this is my social media medium.

I also am a big fan of Everquest, especially in the classic-velious era. So naturally I've found myself on p99.

I do ask myself pretty often why I stay and keep posting tho. I like a handful of posters but I likely have more of a negative experience on the forums these days vs positive ones. With that said though the positive experiences I've had at the forums, in general, has far outweighed the negative if you factor in all of the years spent.

[magnetaress]

You really can't focus on what upsets you in life. If I did. I would never interact with anyone.

[Ooloo]

Serious question. Trying to understand the motivation of those that have thousands of posts on these forums. I have hundreds of posts so I'm not immune from my own question.

I'll start: I have had good experiences on these forums in interacting with other members that are less expressive than I am communication wise. They have reached out to me based on what I have written. As in it has increased my network of people with specific sets of skills that are otherwise hard to find. It hasn't been without any negative experiences of course, but those have been worth weathering for the benefit of the good experiences overall.

How about you - what do you get out of posting so much on these forums? Do you find these forums make you a better person or player? Or do you just like hanging out here?

I post here for the same reason I talk to anyone else. I'm not sure what the magic distinction is between talking to people here and talking to the RL friends I just happen to live close to, other than everyone who posts here presumably plays or has played everquest. There's a nice mix of eclectic weirdos and thoughtful posters and trolls, it's great. Why fix what's not broken?

[unsunghero]

Serious question. Trying to understand the motivation of those that have thousands of posts on these forums. I have hundreds of posts so I'm not immune from my own question.

I'll start: I have had good experiences on these forums in interacting with other members that are less expressive than I am communication wise. They have reached out to me based on what I have written. As in it has increased my network of people with specific sets of skills that are otherwise hard to find. It hasn't been without any negative experiences of course, but those have been worth weathering for the benefit of the good experiences overall.

How about you - what do you get out of posting so much on these forums? Do you find these forums make you a better person or player? Or do you just like hanging out here?

I dislike echo chambers, and with the way algorithms work to feed you more of what they believe you want to hear, it becomes challenging to get objective info from the other political side

Most of it comes in the form of propaganda, either written that way in the article or presented that way from the person citing it, but it’s propaganda I would prefer to read and filter out what might be true amidst the bullshit…rather than the alternative which is having no idea of its existence at all. Rarely is something ever completely untrue or true. The gray area of each is for me to to find

Also typing out communication is most likely flexing some part of the brain that would wither without any practice. And since online communication is often far more convenient than in-person communication, it ends up a second rate substitute to in person communication but each still having a unique benefit to the brain

Which is why I scoff at people who mindlessly just post the same quote over and over. Because if I’m correct and having to come up with new succinct arguments flexes some part of the brain where that neural activity is a benefit, posting the same copy pasted line most certainly would not. So spamming is getting little or none of the neurological benefits of posting online communication, if they exist at all. But maybe they don’t

[magnetaress]

^ erudite r there

[Origen]

Hostility towards reactionary conservatives.

I also do not use social media. If I can make posting here unpleasant for reactionary conservatives, mission accomplished.

[arvidez]

Hostility towards reactionary conservatives.

I also do not use social media. If I can make posting here unpleasant for reactionary conservatives, mission accomplished.

next step is to recognize it as a problem.

[unsunghero]

Hostility towards reactionary conservatives.

I also do not use social media. If I can make posting here unpleasant for reactionary conservatives, mission accomplished.

Thought it was to get the forum shut down?

It’s ok, contradicting yourself in a confused state is kind of your forte, besides whining

[Seducio]

Hostility towards reactionary conservatives.

I also do not use social media. If I can make posting here unpleasant for reactionary conservatives, mission accomplished.

Tracking, it appears a version of ideological trolling which typically stems from willingness to dehumanize others with labels that they themselves don't associate with. In real life most of these trolling folks wouldn't have the cajones to say these kind of things to peoples faces because it would lead to physical altercations. Visit your local bar and you will see humans miscommunicate in these kind of manners that lead to fighting. By doing this online it utilizes the fact that you are digitally anonymous and thus has no bite in reality unless someone lets it.

This is old school Twitter user logic even though that version of Twitter died and you aren't on social media. Basically you are hooking up whatever platform you are on by increasing engagement via controversy. Weirdly its a version of trolling that benefits the provider rather than the user who is providing the engagement.

I doubt p99 forums really care about increased engagement, but if you did the same thing stirring up controversy on like X, Mastodon, or Rumble you'd be a prized user there unlike here because riling up others increases the amount of time people use the site thereby increasing ad revenue.

It might backfire here though. On social media it is all about the 'gotcha' moment but here on these forums long form discussions can be had, reputations developed, and this exposes many of those trying the gotcha model. I actually think one of the reasons old school forums have fallen out of favor is because it is easier to thwart those that aren't adding anything meaningful vs on other social media sites where adding negativity is prized.

In another thread I asked if you think what you do changes minds and you said you didn't think it does that. Why would you continue to troll in this particular manner when it's obviously backfired here? It just boggles my mind that so called progressives would engage in behavior that would increase the chances of the guy they despise winning a second term. The last two elections were won because the incumbent was hated. Are your actions helping or hurting play out the future that you want to play out?

[unsunghero]

^
Rob isn’t going to read all that and wouldn’t understand it anyway

Dude is a one-note copy-paste NPC like Horza was, alienating the entire forum except Botten, and then comforting himself when he realizes no one likes him with “I wouldn’t want them to like me anyway”

Dunno what happened in his personal life to make him take a nose dive online from how he used to be, but I miss the old Rob who at least demonstrated 1/10th a personality

[arvidez]

sarcasm = negative social points in china.

personality erasure

[Origen]

Tracking, it appears a version of ideological trolling which typically stems from willingness to dehumanize others with labels that they themselves don't associate with. In real life most of these trolling folks wouldn't have the cajones to say these kind of things to peoples faces because it would lead to physical altercations. Visit your local bar and you will see humans miscommunicate in these kind of manners that lead to fighting. By doing this online it utilizes the fact that you are digitally anonymous and thus has no bite in reality unless someone lets it.

This is old school Twitter user logic even though that version of Twitter died and you aren't on social media. Basically you are hooking up whatever platform you are on by increasing engagement via controversy. Weirdly its a version of trolling that benefits the provider rather than the user who is providing the engagement.

I doubt p99 forums really care about increased engagement, but if you did the same thing stirring up controversy on like X, Mastodon, or Rumble you'd be a prized user there unlike here because riling up others increases the amount of time people use the site thereby increasing ad revenue.

It might backfire here though. On social media it is all about the 'gotcha' moment but here on these forums long form discussions can be had, reputations developed, and this exposes many of those trying the gotcha model. I actually think one of the reasons old school forums have fallen out of favor is because it is easier to thwart those that aren't adding anything meaningful vs on other social media sites where adding negativity is prized.

In another thread I asked if you think what you do changes minds and you said you didn't think it does that. Why would you continue to troll in this particular manner when it's obviously backfired here? It just boggles my mind that so called progressives would engage in behavior that would increase the chances of the guy they despise winning a second term. The last two elections were won because the incumbent was hated. Are your actions helping or hurting play out the future that you want to play out?Contrary to that reactionary himbo below's thoughts, I understand this all fine. I do not think anything that is said here has any effect on the outcome of an election. I do not try to change minds. I demonstrate how to harness contempt.

I read this book some years ago and aspects of it stuck with me: https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=6c7b66ef-59ad-4269-8344-036622882efb

[Seducio]

I do not try to change minds. I demonstrate how to harness contempt.

To what end?

[unsunghero]

Contrary to that reactionary himbo below's thoughts, I understand this all fine. I do not think anything that is said here has any effect on the outcome of an election. I do not try to change minds. I demonstrate how to harness contempt.

I read this book some years ago and aspects of it stuck with me: https://www.amazon.com/Give-Them-Argument-Logic-Left/dp/1789042100?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=6c7b66ef-59ad-4269-8344-036622882efb

More like “I can’t do what I usually do when someone makes a long post critical of me and choose to not read it because someone just predicted my usual behavior and I don’t want to confirm that”

You posting a book is a step in the right direction. I like to post about working out, sometimes about WoW, sometimes about my personal life, sometimes about men’s issues, sometimes about p99 which I still play

Other people post about food, or their pets, or hiking, or other details of their personal lives

90%+ of Rob posts are “GOD DAMN FASCIST REACTIONARY FASCIST FASCIST!!” and I can almost feel his blood pressure spiking from here

I suggest you grow a personality, or just stick to your posts begging the mods to close the forum like you no doubt email daily

[Origen]

To what end?Liberals don't know how to argue with rightoids. I do.

[Seducio]

Color me unimpressed. You are talking means. To what end.

[Origen]

I don't feel the need to impress anyone. No offense.

[Seducio]

You sure? Why did you edit your post at 12:57. You aren't honest with yourself are you.

[Origen]

Very cool and very normal post, congratulations

[Seducio]

Nah calling out a deliberate bad faith actor. Good luck out there.

[magnetaress]

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[Origen]

Nah calling out a deliberate bad faith actor. Good luck out there.Another one bites the dust, lol. The "bad faith" defense. Classic.

[Seducio]

Origen. Get out of this thread, troll. Do no contact me any longer on these forums.

[magnetaress]

https://i.imgur.com/qVt4vxD.jpeg

[Seducio]

Thanks Magnetaress.

No contact > ignore

This is an adult matter that Origen doesn't get.

[magnetaress]

Anyone is welcome to copy the img url if they need to feel the need to reinforce their desire for no contact.

[arvidez]

colicky babies are a great exercise in patience.

[leonflorence]

Forums often create a sense of community where like-minded individuals can connect, exchange ideas, and build relationships.

[magnetaress]

I'm not sure i'm really like minded tho

[Toxigen]

to rustle

[nostalgiaquest]

I've lived abroad for about 10 years now, and I do still miss America in a lot ways. This forum helps me feel at least a little connected back to the motherland, even though it's generally just the crazies. Also quitting EQ but lurking the forums is classic as fuck.

[arvidez]

have sworn off news media..getting my world affairs here.

[magnetaress]

^^^

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