You may or may not recognise this thread from .org since I posted it there first. I didn’t want to just copy and paste the thread from there and put it here, so I went ahead and added 2 more outcomes.
During your time on the forum, you probably noticed that you enjoy it more/less at certain intervals (ex you enjoyed using the forum more when you had 600 posts, compared to now)
So, I’ll go over the 3 most common ways people enjoy the forum, and their outcomes.
1. The “bad” outcome
This is how the average user enjoys the forum. At first, he doesn’t really understand how things work, so he doesn’t really get any dopamine from the site (Area 0-2)
Shortly after, he realises what this place has to offer, and is overwhelmed with dopamine (Area 2-3).; But of course, all good things come to an end, and he slowly starts to get bored of the forum, until he deletes/leaves the space.
Pretty tragic ending, but ultimately, the world keeps spinning, new users will join and older users will be forgotten
I’ll try to give out a user as an example for each outcome, but I don’t think that’s needed here as you probably know someone already who decided to leave the site.
This is how the average user enjoys the forum. At first, he doesn’t really understand how things work, so he doesn’t really get any dopamine from the site (Area 0-2)
Shortly after, he realises what this place has to offer, and is overwhelmed with dopamine (Area 2-3).; But of course, all good things come to an end, and he slowly starts to get bored of the forum, until he deletes/leaves the space.
Pretty tragic ending, but ultimately, the world keeps spinning, new users will join and older users will be forgotten
I’ll try to give out a user as an example for each outcome, but I don’t think that’s needed here as you probably know someone already who decided to leave the site.
2. The Good Outcome
Similar to the first graph, in the beginning you have no clue how the forum works (0-2), so you don’t enjoy it much. The main difference between this graph and the previous one, is that your enjoyment doesn’t fully plummet (Area 10-14+). You start viewing this place as a replacement for tiktok, twitter etc. so you don’t have a reason to leave.
Of course, you don’t enjoy it as much as you did Xamount of time ago, but you still have fun using it.
A good example would be @Gengar, who’s been on the forum for more than 7 years, yet he still has fun here, maybe not as much as he had a few years ago, but he hasn’t gotten fully burned out.
3. The True Outcome
again, similar to the first 2 graphs, you have no clue what you’re doing in the beginning, but
The main difference is that, you figure out how some stuff works, but you’re not fully hooked to the forum, so you just forget about it. The site has around 110k members, but most of them suffered this fate. You probably know a grey who got a few hundred posts, and then just forgot about the forum completely.
4. The “Good” outcome V2
You probably know someone like this who’s really active for a few days and then leaves for a few weeks/months, wether that is because of work, school, hobbies or it’s just that said person forgets about the forum and hops on every now and then.
People like this don’t usually end up deleting, and they still enjoy the site, regardless of how many years have passed.
5. The Idiot’s outcome
I think the name speaks for itself, how the fuck do you even manage to get banned? There is even a warning system to keep you from getting banned yet you still managed to get nuked?
While I can’t dictate your outcome on the forum, I can give you a tip to avoid the first outcome, and that would be to simply post less. Most new users think that higher post count=better user, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Try to post only when you have something to say, or you really want to do so
