Love the question and the responses!
It was a pleasure to read this.
Fluther came at a time for me when I felt under stimulated, slightly depressed by circumstances I don’t have the power to change. It was wonderful to be able to redirect my thoughts to questions and answers. To see interactions of people. To have narratives to piece together and discover new things and ideas. The people here are as a whole friendly polite and welcoming and human.
It has been a joy to engage.
There are times I need breaks, and sometimes those breaks don’t last as long as I think they will. There are times when I have unhealthy let it aid in procrastination. It can also be wearying and feel slumpish. But I always have the option of disengaging.
As of yet I barely have met or interacted with a few. But I am in no rush. It will happen or it won’t. But those experiences were positive ones so I will continue.