Just my thoughts…

I first found this site when I was looking for some ideas for BDSM stories and posted two stories before I actually joined the Forums. I looked at all those threads in the different areas and thought to myself, Well, they’re all fairly clued up on matters BDSM…and I don’t want to post for fear of embarrassing myself!” However, I did post in a couple of threads and seemed to be totally ignored. The same in the Chat Room – even saying ‘hello’ to the people in there was a nightmare and folks didn’t often bother to respond to the ‘newbie’ in the room.

The F&G thread was, for me, the best place to get to know people and it does appear to be the place where the new folks come to get acquainted with the site. If I hadn’t found the F&G thread, I would probably have never posted in any of the other threads, simply because I didn’t feel that ‘knew’ anybody. Even now, I agree with lily27 when she says, “…but there are a few people that have thousands and thousands of posts that I have never even heard of before."

I’ve made some very good o/l friends in the six months that I’ve been here and I must agree with Louise’s comment ”….posting here has been intertwined with making friendships, connecting to people and often new people here.” I also hear the comment from Warbaby1943 that “…most all who play games are also the ones who take the time to go and welcome new people to the forums.” Again there are many people greet the new members and it isn't solely those who frequent the F&G thread.

As for counting the number of posts (and I was the one who initially started the ‘stuck counter’ thread), it really isn’t important at all. I started the thread because somebody PMd me and asked if I’d noticed that the counts weren’t rising and I thought that Admin should know about it. I wasn’t really aware of 10k posts award until I received one.

As I see it, this site is about like-minded people sharing information, discussing various topics, writing stories, making friends and having fun while they do these things….and we all contribute in our own different ways.

Reading all these posts in this thread has made me feel guilty about 'contributing' to the F&G thread now.