I have to wonder if the niche of people who would seek out and post on a forum like this are by-and-large introverts or nerds/freaks/queers/geeks/dropouts who would feel 'rejected' and not part of the in-crowd even if they were.
I'd wager my magnificent arrogance (what mm so eloquently called "raging egomaniac that believes the world is hanging by a thread waiting to hear what they have to say ") is the main reason I come back.
If true, I'd wager it's hard to ever make someone feel like part of the 'in group' and even if it were feasible to somehow encourage the wary en masse I don't think it would be the solution to a dearth of posts.
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