It would be nice to hear from the community team themselves their reasoning for doing it the way they do.
I won't talk for anyone else (because I'm not them), but a lot of it ends up depending on what I've got going on that day, whether I notice stuff that makes sense for me to answer, etc.
First and foremost: I'm primarily a lurker. It's kind of difficult for me to shake that instinct, but I'm trying harder to do so.
Secondly: It's not as much of a "I'm ignoring the forums on purpose" as it is "it's hard for me to catch the places on the forums where it would make sense for me to chime in and respond". That said - I do agree with you in that I can be making a better effort to spend more time on the forums to answer stuff around Drops (or other DDB stuff that I'm able to talk about/answer). I'll make a better effort to talk to y'all here!
It would be nice to hear from the community team themselves their reasoning for doing it the way they do.
I won't talk for anyone else (because I'm not them), but a lot of it ends up depending on what I've got going on that day, whether I notice stuff that makes sense for me to answer, etc.
First and foremost: I'm primarily a lurker. It's kind of difficult for me to shake that instinct, but I'm trying harder to do so.
Secondly: It's not as much of a "I'm ignoring the forums on purpose" as it is "it's hard for me to catch the places on the forums where it would make sense for me to chime in and respond". That said - I do agree with you in that I can be making a better effort to spend more time on the forums to answer stuff around Drops (or other DDB stuff that I'm able to talk about/answer). I'll make a better effort to talk to y'all here!
I get the anxiety, and just explaining yourself does go a long way. You don't even have to be the one that talks to us if you don't want, it is just that we kinda want someone to.
It really didn't help that people kept speaking on your behalf as self-appointed guard dogs. It is one thing to be told "No" by a person themselves, and another to be chided for wanting to hear from someone at all.
Hope you find it warm here. And don't worry about rushing into it all at once.
He/Him. Loooooooooong time Player. The Dark days of the THAC0 system are behind us.
"Hope is a fire that burns in us all If only an ember, awaiting your call To rise up in triumph should we all unite The spark for change is yours to ignite." Kalandra - The State of the World
Without hard numbers take this with a grain of salt, but IME sites like Reddit and Discord get way more engagement than here (traditional message boards seem to be going the way of BBS). But as long as there's some kind of compilation or link to anything important similar to what perringaiden is helpfully putting together that would be enough for me!
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D&D Beyond StaffI won't talk for anyone else (because I'm not them), but a lot of it ends up depending on what I've got going on that day, whether I notice stuff that makes sense for me to answer, etc.
First and foremost: I'm primarily a lurker. It's kind of difficult for me to shake that instinct, but I'm trying harder to do so.
Secondly: It's not as much of a "I'm ignoring the forums on purpose" as it is "it's hard for me to catch the places on the forums where it would make sense for me to chime in and respond". That said - I do agree with you in that I can be making a better effort to spend more time on the forums to answer stuff around Drops (or other DDB stuff that I'm able to talk about/answer). I'll make a better effort to talk to y'all here!
I get the anxiety, and just explaining yourself does go a long way.
You don't even have to be the one that talks to us if you don't want, it is just that we kinda want someone to.
It really didn't help that people kept speaking on your behalf as self-appointed guard dogs.
It is one thing to be told "No" by a person themselves, and another to be chided for wanting to hear from someone at all.
Hope you find it warm here. And don't worry about rushing into it all at once.
He/Him. Loooooooooong time Player.
The Dark days of the THAC0 system are behind us.
"Hope is a fire that burns in us all If only an ember, awaiting your call
To rise up in triumph should we all unite
The spark for change is yours to ignite."
Kalandra - The State of the World
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Without hard numbers take this with a grain of salt, but IME sites like Reddit and Discord get way more engagement than here (traditional message boards seem to be going the way of BBS). But as long as there's some kind of compilation or link to anything important similar to what perringaiden is helpfully putting together that would be enough for me!