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<blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 8448246" data-attributes="member: 6696971">I know what you think. You’ve made it abundantly clear.The folks who have talked to me about it in the last 10 years via PM, text message, Discord, email are pretty much the same answer:* Don’t have the time.* Don’t have the interest in engaging with a bunch of strangers but will gladly read and take-in exchanges.I think you see the problem as some kind of “barrier-to-entry” based on x, y, z detached from what I’ve mentioned above.My anecdotal evidence says no. I regularly talk to people who are smarter and more articulate than I am but who don’t post exclusively because of what I’ve posted above. Someone like [USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] is a perfect example of an extremely thoughtful person who doesn’t post much because of time/lack of interest. In the course of the last 11 years on ENWorld, we’ve lost about 40 excellent, thoughtful posters due to various forms of attrition (none of those folks have left this board due to anything I’ve said or jargon or theory or language barrier-of-entry).EDIT - I note you removed the “you think” from your first sentence. I appreciate that you agree that I’m not delusional!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Manbearcat, post: 8448246, member: 6696971"] I know what you think. You’ve made it abundantly clear. The folks who have talked to me about it in the last 10 years via PM, text message, Discord, email are pretty much the same answer: * Don’t have the time. * Don’t have the interest in engaging with a bunch of strangers but will gladly read and take-in exchanges. I think you see the problem as some kind of “barrier-to-entry” based on x, y, z detached from what I’ve mentioned above. My anecdotal evidence says no. I regularly talk to people who are smarter and more articulate than I am but who don’t post exclusively because of what I’ve posted above. Someone like [USER=1282]@darkbard[/USER] is a perfect example of an extremely thoughtful person who doesn’t post much because of time/lack of interest. In the course of the last 11 years on ENWorld, we’ve lost about 40 excellent, thoughtful posters due to various forms of attrition (none of those folks have left this board due to anything I’ve said or jargon or theory or language barrier-of-entry). EDIT - I note you removed the “you think” from your first sentence. I appreciate that you agree that I’m not delusional! [/QUOTE]

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