When I joined this forum, over a year ago, I was thinking in terms of “I”, like: “I’m going to see what all this is about” “I’m going to try to learn about bitcoin” “I don’t know if this will be too difficult for me”, and so on.
I’ve been increasingly involved with the forum and now I think more in terms of “we”, the same way as
Jet Cash on this thread.Did the same happen to you?
Or maybe the opposite? I mean, maybe you were once hopeful and excited about the things that could be done by the community and after seeing how it the forum has declined and all the shitposting you became more distant.
What is your personal experience?
The "I" part becomes a "we" when you're a regular meta poster, or have regular conversations with other members, in different sections. I was thinking as,"I am gonna do this , I am gonna do that" and I still do, but when you need to do something to big enough that might have to change things around, then you start thinking as "we", if that makes any sense.
This forum does a weird thing to you. With all of its problems, and all of its ball aches it pulls you in, and keeps you here. You eventually become quite passionate about something that isn't even yours. You become passionate about the community as you become part of the community.
I fucking know right? I literally ask this everyday to myself, believe it or not: "What the fuck am I doing in this forum?". And I'll be honest, sometimes I feel like "Ah,this shit is fucking boring." So I just go and read some shitposts, and get back to weird normal person who I was. I have even had thoughts on leaving this forum(despite the fact that I am in the highest paying campaign), but just can't do it, you know what I mean?
Bitcointalk is sort of the only forum I have been part of, and yeah this is it.