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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 9:59 am
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When I visit Gaia, and even when I deliberately try to spend time on Gaia, I'm finding it harder and harder to stay entertained. I remember, back in the day, when I could honestly sit here all day long and not even desire to get up from the computer. So I'm wondering why, exactly, has Gaia lost its appeal to me?
Thinking about it, I'm not even sure if it's a change in the site, or a change in my own interests, but generally, browsing random wikipedia articles is more interesting than browsing random discussion topics.
There are a few key entertainment values that, in my opinion, are missing from Gaia.
First and foremost, relevance. When browsing Facebook, UER, or 4chan, it's actually stuff I want to read. Stuff that I want to contribute to, as opposed to simply posting for gold. ********, I wonder why I'm even typing this right now, it's not like it's all that interesting to discuss how un-interesting something is.
Secondly, artistic vale. If I want to see shitty anime artwork, I'll visit Pixiv or DA. On 4chan, especially on boards like /w/, /wg/, /x/, /c/, and possibly even /e/ (and on rare occasions /fa/, /p/, /h/, and /d/) , you get images that are at least somewhat VISUALLY interesting to look at. With the increased copyright bullshit on Gaia, even most people's signatures are disabled or s**t.
Next, content value. It's not that I only like discussing anime that's inappropriate for Gaia or something, but rather, it seems that Gaia's audience just sucks a** at picking out anime. Naruto and One Piece are hardly worth mentioning when compared to Kara No Kyoukai, Shangri-La, Eve No Jikan, etc. Sure, there are occasional threads here dedicated to Eureka Seven, Elfen Lied, Higurashi, or some other series I've tolerated, but it's never new or revolutionary. It's always s**t from at least a few years ago that's already been mainstreamed and fagged up. Even Facebook tries to provide you with things relevant to your interests. The fan pages and groups send out useful announcements, and at least there I know who people are, as opposed the overprotected privacy rules here. I've only met people in person to find out that they have Gaia accounts; I've never met someone in person who I previously knew on Gaia; with most websites, it's the other way around.
Whatever.
/rant
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:18 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:22 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:29 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:41 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:44 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:51 am
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Professional Conversationalist
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:51 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:57 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:59 am
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That's the thing, my most valuable items are a cache of ZOMG CL 10 rings (which I can't exactly sell) and everything else ZOMG will saturate the market in due time. As far as items, I don't actually have a ton, maybe a millionsworth or so. So I don't exactly have the funds to item whore (and when I do, I usually spend it switching my gender back and forth, as the items I like, outside of the ones I'm wearing, usually look better on female bases).
I've honestly had too much fun with the store items. Most of them I've had and exhausted at one point or another, and they've severely slowed updates. The items I want now are cash-shop exclusive, and I've unfortunately started paying for my own school, leaving me without the IRL funds to waste on Gaia Cash (and they'll probably ban me again for no reason some day or another). And I no longer have the gold to just buy them.
Even so, avatar customization, while it does encourage you to show off your avatar, only keeps you entertained for so long.
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:05 am
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Professional Conversationalist
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:08 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:10 am
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:10 am
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