awellhungboi: Your point is well taken, Dee, but I think it's a matter of perspective. What may not seem very 'fruitful' to one person, may be very important to others. Often these posts you're describing (and most of them are here in Meet & Greet, or Etc.) do seem, to my way of thinking, to have a
very important purpose: mainly to foster bonding and positive feedback. Don't underestimate how important it can be to have someone write 'LMAO' or a smiley in response to a post, especially the first time it happens. It can make a poster (at least I felt this way the times it's happened to me) feel like, "Hey, I'm okay. They like me. Now I have something really serious to say, so I'll go ahead and say it." And 'something interesting to contribute' is subjective.
We have a very high calibre of content here, all in all, IMHO, and a little bit of lighthearted banter doesn't detract from that. For me I find it profoundly interesting what Paul or Pecker or Rain or Longtimelurker or Nony or you or Sammy or (I could go on and on--not leaving anyone out on purpose--just don't want this to start sounding like the book of Chronicles) . . . has to say, whether it's about sex, the Universe, bad movies, deodorant. That's the thing about friends, about fellowship: it doesn't always have to be profound.
For me the 1000 post thing is an arbitrary act of recogntion. It is an act of positive feedback to valuable members such as Paul or Gigantikok to recognize their continuing contributions to the board, and hopefully a little bit of incentive for others to keep adding, keep posting, and to receive recognition as well. People can choose to give a damn or not about such things, to me it's just a way to foster a feeling of teamwork.
And I have to adhere to APA standards all day at work--I have no desire to have to deal with that in my relaxation hours.
