Date: October 28th, 2026 1:57 AM Author: The Penis
Some stuff is still too inside baseball for me, because there are always certain poasters you don't really notice or follow or you weren't here for a few years, or forgot people
Date: October 28th, 2026 2:03 AM Author: Historical American (Counter-Abraxian)
I signed up 3 unique poasters who have all poasted at least once. OP is right this place is basically inscrutable and no one knows what we're talking about. No one wants to engage with new blood. It sucks but we have to roll out the welcome mat.
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:12 PM Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead (gunneratttt)
Idc about the negativity and have introduced a couple IRL friends here before registration closed. But as a middle aged man I can't think how I could possibly ever be like "Hey dude you should poast on this racist web1.0 chatblog I'm addicted to!" to anyone I haven't already told about xo.
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:23 PM Author: Historical American (Counter-Abraxian)
That's crazy. But we need more Active Participants. It's like the NFL draft. Average career 4 years but we need to find the next Hall of Farmer. We need the next Halford to appear!
Date: October 28th, 2026 2:04 AM Author: the wife guy cinematic universe
It's a process. I have invited 3 hot women from online and I have a group text where I'm explaining the memes and references to them; they had a massive chuckle at spaceporn's hairline and they couldn't believe the spaghetti story
Date: October 28th, 2026 9:28 PM Author: wait. before you kill me, let me
it'll take some time for some to get a grasp of the slang, but they'll adapt quickly
at first I didn't get much, but as soon as I started comparing the discussions to other forums and imageboards it quickly clicked for me
now most of the other forums don't really make sense to me, especially the ones that are moderated to hell, you can actually have fun and discuss lots of things here without constantly looking over your shoulder
i agree, i think the real key is when a good thread comes around, one that's a little more accessible and not just inside jokes, that's when new people with accounts find an opportunity to chime in.
Date: October 28th, 2026 9:31 PM Author: julius caesar's mistress
This is a bigger issue than ppl realize
Over the years ive encouraged several friends to lurk on this site. Have conservative guy friend that would make a great poaster but when he attempts to scroll thru threads, has no idea wtf 1/2 the thread titles mean. I have code for him but no clue if he'll use it
The kooky jokes and insider language that make this place fun are a pretty significant hurdle to attracting new poa
i think it's true that it's good, not-TOO-esoteric content that will entice people to start participating. that just means things that aren't solely based on inside jokes and nostalgia.
the invite system is the first step. long overdue housekeeping also important.
i agree with you though. we need to wait for a controversy, a celebrity, something to bring some eyeballs.
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:20 PM Author: Historical American (Counter-Abraxian)
Presidential elections always ramp up the intensity around here. Big media scandals too. Trayvon was a big moment in are history. Something will drop. 2027 we're breaking containment.
Date: October 28th, 2026 9:35 PM Author: Genius Bear on the loose in Japan
this was an issue for me initially as well
the unfortunate truth is that only the most irrationally confident and narcissistic and deranged people are able to push past this initial barrier to entry and become active poasters
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:08 PM Author: wait. before you kill me, let me
what flies with the current administration might not fly with the next one
i think XO is also better suited for the longpost format, since on other platforms you're subject to several constraints, whether it's the feature that exposes your location on your profile or certain words that might restrict the reach of your tweet or whatever
social networks such as X have tons of artificial issues that are absent on XO
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:14 PM Author: julius caesar's mistress
Oh for sure there are a lot of benefits to xo over twitter and other more popular platforms, its just a matter of getting the right types of people to come to xo and take the time to understand the community well enough to poa here
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:25 PM Author: julius caesar's mistress
Oh, definitely not
But imo i think many people are just accustomed to the garbage on major social sites
If the poa with irl friends (i know, i know) all made an effort to bring friends here and poa w internet reach made xo more visible, we might get some decent fresh blood in here
Date: October 28th, 2026 9:54 PM Author: richard clock
its literally always been like this. we dont want anyone posting here who would be put off by this, who cant figure it out eventually and who cant handle the general dickish attitude of poasters
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:11 PM Author: rachmiel
ironically this is an example of the kind of thing that brings out new poasters. discussion. the humor may be my favorite thing about the bort but the discussions are where newcomers make their debuts.
Date: October 28th, 2026 10:14 PM Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead (gunneratttt)
Xoxohth is too insidery *now* because it's been on superlockdown. But forums have always been very insidery when they stagnate. If new blood comes just don't shame them for it. In fact we should all commit to shaming poasters that spergout about how long they've been poasting if anyone new starts poasting.