If you are someone that posts allot without making threads, why? What holds you back?

So here is something to think about, if all "you" are doing is waiting for current events to comment on, well the news is all bad. Waiting in excitement for a dopamine rush on bad news

Just saying..

(09-29-2025, 08:42 AM)Sirius Wrote: If you are someone that posts allot without making threads, why? What holds you back?

So here is something to think about, if all "you" are doing is waiting for current events to comment on, well the news is all bad. Waiting in excitement for a dopamine rush on bad news

Just saying..

It looks like that can be looked at both ways, people who wait for current events (usually bad news) to make threads so they can comment on it with their particular perspective.

Others here have posted their different explanations as to why they don't want to create threads and maybe they will chime in again on this thread.

Maybe if TPTB on DI offered incentives, like free merchandise from the store, that might kickstart thread creation (?)

(09-29-2025, 08:42 AM)Sirius Wrote: If you are someone that posts allot without making threads, why? What holds you back?

So here is something to think about, if all "you" are doing is waiting for current events to comment on, well the news is all bad. Waiting in excitement for a dopamine rush on bad news

Just saying..

Just from my experience:

Some of us don't have the knack for writing/creating a thread that draws a lot of attention or that garners a large enough crowd to keep it alive for more than a day or two. I had a few over on ATS that had some momentum but most of them usually fell flat within a couple days, no matter what the topic of the thread was. 

Also could have something to do with some of us are not known for writing these "big ticket" threads, so people might not think twice about just skipping over it to try and find one written by someone they know gives the information/draw they are looking for.

(09-29-2025, 09:22 AM)PorkChop96 Wrote: Just from my experience:

Some of us don't have the knack for writing/creating a thread that draws a lot of attention or that garners a large enough crowd to keep it alive for more than a day or two. I had a few over on ATS that had some momentum but most of them usually fell flat within a couple days, no matter what the topic of the thread was. 

Also could have something to do with some of us are not known for writing these "big ticket" threads, so people might not think twice about just skipping over it to try and find one written by someone they know gives the information/draw they are looking for.

We are bad at gauging reactions, especially when doing things we don't do often. I bet many people will be surprised if they made threads. If the same people keep posting over and over then we create a silo. Only chasing big ticket current events will kill the forum.

We don't have enough posters, without variety more won't come.

I for one think it would be great if everyone started talking about their experiences, shared research and whatever on the forum boards, it also adds weight to opinion.

On the UFO topic there is a handful of guys that gives updates, some if it is nonsense but at the very least it tells me what they are looking at currently, the same comes back at me

The paranormal and metaphysical sections is dead because everyone gets tired of the shit or sees it and goes to other communities. It's surreal making a post here and getting pushback from someone and going elsewhere and there is literally a 1000 people going "yup". It's all just because of the small number of people posting

What do you think about the difference between "evergreen" threads and event-based threads? As in, some topics seem to get traction where people want to talk about it and have something new to say every six months or so. Like philosophy or theory or various paranormal epistemologies. So, do you make a new thread every six months or so called, say, "Astral projection", or bump the old thread somehow, or find a current-news angle (like a random book review!) to address the issue?

The problem with long threads is that people who haven't seen them before rarely read through and catch up, and they can become unwieldy. So what's the best approach? People need concrete ways to address the issues to make an effective thread I've found.

I also noticed a sad inevitable recurrence...

Great thread, irrespective of thread content otherwise....
It get's well-visited and is the home of good dialogue...

Newcomer arrives...
Sees some enticing new comments ... joins in... asks about something...
.. something brought up dozens of exchanges ago...

Then some member gives them crap about not reading the lengthy thread before commenting.

Speaking your mind in social media can't just be about "preparation" and "process."
These are dialogues, not research documents, nor true debates...

Yeah, I didn't know that 2 weeks ago, you posted a link to something now forgotten in  the dialogue...  just point me to it, remind me... isn't that what anyone should hope for?

I think we should never 'expect' a new conversant to be some kind of expert, and should not shun any questions... and, forgive the presumption, we should welcome the interest... if it's there.

Just an opinion....

(09-29-2025, 10:22 AM)UltraBudgie Wrote: What do you think about the difference between "evergreen" threads and event-based threads? As in, some topics seem to get traction where people want to talk about it and have something new to say every six months or so. Like philosophy or theory or various paranormal epistemologies. So, do you make a new thread every six months or so called, say, "Astral projection", or bump the old thread somehow, or find a current-news angle (like a random book review!) to address the issue?

The problem with long threads is that people who haven't seen them before rarely read through and catch up, and they can become unwieldy. So what's the best approach? People need concrete ways to address the issues to make an effective thread I've found.

Evergreen is interesting and can work, IP's thread on trump neurosis worked out pretty good, but I don't think that should be the norm.

Nothing wrong with short threads and there are moderators to stop spam. A thread that organically grows is a great reward but shouldn't be the goal, the rewards is metaphysical in any case, no opportunity for monetization here as it should be. Nothing is on the line everyone has an avatar and is "anonymous" 

If you make 5 threads and 1 is successful (what measurement is this about even) then you are setting a low bar, make a 100 threads and have 20. 20 bigger than 1 and you don't get 20 in one shot.

Generally people has very short memories, don't stress about opinion. Nobody remembers what was said last week.

(09-29-2025, 10:50 AM)Maxmars Wrote: I also noticed a sad inevitable recurrence...

Great thread, irrespective of thread content otherwise....
It get's well-visited and is the home of good dialogue...

Newcomer arrives...
Sees some enticing new comments ... joins in... asks about something...
.. something brought up dozens of exchanges ago...

Then some member gives them crap about not reading the lengthy thread before commenting.

Speaking your mind in social media can't just be about "preparation" and "process."
These are dialogues, not research documents, nor true debates...

Yeah, I didn't know that 2 weeks ago, you posted a link to something now forgotten in  the dialogue...  just point me to it, remind me... isn't that what anyone should hope for?

I think we should never 'expect' a new conversant to be some kind of expert, and should not shun any questions... and, forgive the presumption, we should welcome the interest... if it's there.

Just an opinion....

People talking in the community by making threads here is better than making threads elsewhere and talking about the community. this is also just an opinion

It's hard for me to simply place I.M.P.'s immensely successful Trump Neurosis Thread within that group.

As a topic... How members feel and vent about a certain celebrity figure seems an ugly evergreen to embrace.  But that's just me....

Evergreen (and I love that you chose the term) reminds me of something else...
Like the blossoming Mandela thread or, among my personal favorites, the Haiku threads.

These topics persist because despite being only sporadically active... they are not limited to a "person" who 50 years from now will be a near irrelevancy.

Other threads seem fed in popularity by "entertainment media" prodding... which is all well and good; especially when not ignoring when the "media" prompts a "heated debate" they engendered in their own "social" platforms.)... (slick, they can report "honestly" that "certain people are saying online...")  Apologies... I digress...

I think maybe evergreen as a topic was being misunderstood by me.  Some of the candidate threads might be considered "ever frenzied" rather than evergreen...

But this avenue of discussion is very welcome by me.

(09-29-2025, 10:50 AM)Maxmars Wrote: I also noticed a sad inevitable recurrence...

Great thread, irrespective of thread content otherwise....
It get's well-visited and is the home of good dialogue...

Newcomer arrives...
Sees some enticing new comments ... joins in... asks about something...
.. something brought up dozens of exchanges ago...

Then some member gives them crap about not reading the lengthy thread before commenting.

Speaking your mind in social media can't just be about "preparation" and "process."
These are dialogues, not research documents, nor true debates...

Yeah, I didn't know that 2 weeks ago, you posted a link to something now forgotten in  the dialogue...  just point me to it, remind me... isn't that what anyone should hope for?

I think we should never 'expect' a new conversant to be some kind of expert, and should not shun any questions... and, forgive the presumption, we should welcome the interest... if it's there.

Just an opinion....

Shouldn't the author of the thread take on that responsibility to assist a new conversant to which page of the thread addresses their questions for them to 'catch up to speed' so to speak?

I've also noticed some authors of threads abandon their threads early on, so of course others will abandon the thread too. I think managing a thread takes effort and time, but sometimes the subject matter can no longer be expanded upon, so that is another reason some threads end early on.

Expectations of thread success here should be thought of in terms of the actual number of members that engage regularly. It would be nice if the guests engaged, but how can they be enticed?

I've seen many introduction threads from those that claim they were long-time lurkers and then they make an introduction thread, then we never hear from them after that.

Maybe with new members who make the effort to come forward, we should encourage and help them to start their first thread and engage with them, so hopefully they will want to make subsequent threads (?)