Serious Reason for Returning to Pokecommunity?

Started by ZeoStar August 30th, 2020 2:44 PM
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ZeoStar

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What's your personal incentive for you to keep visiting? I mean, logging off one night and the next day or week, the thing that makes you return.

For me, I like so many of the sections. There's at least 10 that I hop around and check, and there's enough new topics made that I can check the next night and there will be new ones to post in.
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Seen February 25th, 2023
Posted April 9th, 2021
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3.4 Years
^ basically that, the people are really nice and there's always something to do here. I usually come here when I'm bored tbh but that's really often.

Fairy

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Seen January 27th, 2023
Posted January 6th, 2023
I just love being a part of a community who shares similar interests with me. I learn something new everyday, I make a new friend everyday, what's not to love? :)
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Roni

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Wholesome forum with competent mods. That's rare for me nowadays.
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gimmepie

Age 27
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The admins have my family and won't feed them unless I keep moderating.

Jokes aside, PC is my happy place. It's such a great community and I have a lot of friends here.
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Posted March 15th, 2023
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18.9 Years
been here too long to quit lmao

but also, I have friends here and I make friends here and there's things to do and people to talk to and ultimately this is my internet home and it's comfortable here but not stagnant which is nice
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I really enjoy the forum games section here!
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Flowerchild

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i would get fired if i stopped showing up

professor plum

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louisiana
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I got super depressed back in 2011 and dropped everything except for tumblr for the most part. I revisited PC's IRC channel a few times - 2013 and 2014 I think, and then visited the Discord server once in 2017. I started chatting again in early March of 2018, and started bonding with a lot of the regulars on Discord. Now I live here.
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ZeoStar

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5.6 Years
i would get fired if i stopped showing up
This is an interesting point, as it almost caused me to stop showing up. Halfway through my stint on the social media team, I came to the realization that I loved coming here to post casually but not so much having to fill a role. It led to feelings of guilt, I would come online and make posts while completely neglecting that I was part of the social media team. It was a partial reason in my decision to drop it.

I got super depressed back in 2011 and dropped everything except for tumblr for the most part. I revisited PC's IRC channel a few times - 2013 and 2014 I think, and then visited the Discord server once in 2017. I started chatting again in early March of 2018, and started bonding with a lot of the regulars on Discord. Now I live here.
Hopefully your doing better. I actually thought about putting this in the user appreciation thread, but hey your here might as well just quote you.

If you ever feel that way again, know that your an incredible individual. I was more of a lurker, but I had never seen someone with so much dedication to this place as I had seen with you. Every time I'd check into the discord, no matter which server, I'd see you in it and think "There's erik being a great part of it". And if the staff team were the incarnation of a human, you would be the beating heart of it. It really is admirable, to have even half the work ethic and passion for this community as you do would be nothing short of incredible.

professor plum

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Hopefully your doing better. I actually thought about putting this in the user appreciation thread, but hey your here might as well just quote you.

If you ever feel that way again, know that your an incredible individual. I was more of a lurker, but I had never seen someone with so much dedication to this place as I had seen with you. Every time I'd check into the discord, no matter which server, I'd see you in it and think "There's erik being a great part of it". And if the staff team were the incarnation of a human, you would be the beating heart of it. It really is admirable, to have even half the work ethic and passion for this community as you do would be nothing short of incredible.
What I've learned is to take things one day at a time. I definitely have it a lot more under control now versus then. Your words are very kind, though, and I really appreciate them!!! Thank you!!!
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Firene
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The community is much nicer than any people on social media. I tried soc media for years and it just made me anxious and worsened my mental wellbeing.

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I have no idea. I don't really have friends here, my contributions to most threads are definitely not positive, and I have so much else going on in my life at the moment.

But I've been on forums in some form since I was 14 and I'm settled here (more or less) so...ehhhh. Maybe I'm just too old to change my ways, haha. A lot of people tend to quit forums in their mid-to-late twenties because of IRL obligations and that whole becoming an adult process. Either it's my life circumstances or I'm just a little better at managing my time so I can include time spent posting my negative thoughts about a franchise I'm not sure if I still like or not on PC too? idk.

Soaring Sid

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Age 20
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Posted April 7th, 2023
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3.8 Years
There are lots of wonderful people here. That includes you, Zeostar! There are new threads or...talks in old ones. Dawn is a fun presence and makes you think more about things. There are colourful people here, so PC has grown into an "internet home" for me.

+ I have to win the Last One To Post Wins game.

Lunar

Age 24
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England
Seen September 16th, 2020
Posted September 15th, 2020
Everyone here is so nice and there's always some great discussions to be had about the series' we all love :)

Plus it's always nice seeing familiar faces and your friends around the forums!

Sammi

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Posted November 8th, 2021
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18.3 Years
I came to PC when I was like 14 back in 2003 (oh god I'm old), and I stuck around over SPPF because I could actually have a custom avatar here!! Also, since it was a smaller forum, I felt like I could actually make more friends here.
Let's not talk about the "friend" that introduced me to here in the first place.

People here are so friendly and chill, even now. Lots of cool people over on Discord that I can chit-chat with about similar interests. I'm not super active on the forums, but I do like dropping by OT and reading people's posts before I drop a reply.

I got super depressed back in 2011 and dropped everything except for tumblr for the most part. I revisited PC's IRC channel a few times - 2013 and 2014 I think, and then visited the Discord server once in 2017. I started chatting again in early March of 2018, and started bonding with a lot of the regulars on Discord. Now I live here.
I love that we have pretty similar stories: left 2010-2011ish, and the Discord dragged us back in years later.

I'm pretty sure it was you who told me to go back to the Discord in the first place. Was this your diabolical plan all along????

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moon

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15.5 Years
The community is much nicer than any people on social media. I tried soc media for years and it just made me anxious and worsened my mental wellbeing.
I usually refer to PC as my anti-social media.

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Sothis

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Firene
Seen 11 Hours Ago
Posted 14 Hours Ago
17,837 posts
9.9 Years
A good way to put it, soc media has caused me a lot of stress

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colours

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gracidea fields
Seen December 30th, 2022
Posted December 29th, 2022
8,974 posts
18.1 Years
i still like pokemon and i still like to talk about pokemon. it's as simple as that, really. o: the community itself is cool, too! i've made some of my best friends here and they're probably the bigger reason why i'm around~

LadyLurantis940

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Seen April 16th, 2021
Posted January 11th, 2021
765 posts
2.8 Years
It’s one of the few Pokémon websites out there, and with competent, involved moderators who don’t enforce the rules in a way that makes others feel terrible. (Maybe that’s just me being sensitive, though. I’ve been on a community before, which I left, with kinda scary mods. 0:)

Pendraflare

Age 32
Male
Pennsylvania
Seen July 30th, 2021
Posted March 29th, 2021
6,263 posts
9.8 Years
With how Marriland is basically just Discord driven at this point, I decided to peek back in here. Even though I keep saying I'm gonna post more here, it'll happen at some point. But I do still browse regularly.
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Ghost Owl

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I don't really post anymore but I like to check in a couple of times a month and see how things are. I spent so many years caring about PC, and even though we've grown apart I think some part of me will always care about this place. I cherish the memories for sure.