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Can't anyone just talk?

Sure, message me. I'll talk!
8 years

Can't anyone just talk?

It's absolutely possible, but it's difficult to find people because a lot of people aren't looking for anything but frequent but shallow interaction.
Which is all fine and good, but because there are more of them, they tend to crowd out the people who are looking for fewer, longer term interactions.

It's an unfortunate reality of niche sites like these as well, because the pool of people is just smaller in general. I don't know the statistics but I'd wager that the active userbase of this site is in the thousands (or less), while the active userbase of some other social network could number in the tens of thousands.

Don't let it get you down though, just keep at it!
8 years