You are certainly in the minority right now and I doubt much will change with the voting in the future. How did you meet al those people (not counting the ones you knew before you registered here)? Did you guys organize meetups where you would hang out, do some business, and discuss crypto, or where did you come across that many individuals?
There used to be meetups when Bitcoin wasn't that common. Also because the local section was small, people were more likely to get to know each other and meet in real life if they lived nearby. Exchanges were not developed, Bitcoin purchases were made through the forum. I met a lot of people back then. Although many of them stopped posting on the forum, when those people think of Bitcoin this is the first place they look. Some of these people are currently working at Bitcoin related companies, including the biggest local exchanges.
The conditions of 8-10 years ago and now are very different. So I can understand new members not meeting people from the forum or wanting to stay anonymous.
I think people met to have interpersonal conversations about bitcoin with forum members and it was rare to see anybody at random that could talk dip on bitcoin 10 year ago. Unlike now, it won't mean a lot to have bitcoin discussion with someone from this forum because they are always people who are not members here that knows about bitcoin. So, it was all that new feelings of beginners trying to meetup with each other in the forum. That'll be rare now and some local boards have more members that seem to stay miles away from each other. I've never met any new friend from this forum let alone know their real name. But, some members were friends of mine who I introduced to the forum and they no longer use the forum because of how complex it appears to them. Other than that, I've never been in that boat.
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