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[Ashedragon]

Not so, as there is a view count on the topics themselves.  I won't reiterate myself a third time, however.  You are absolutely free to feel how you feel, and I am as well.

I seek not to judge, merely to make observations based on the proposed circumstance.  Ideas are a dime in a dozen; there is only merit and value to a product that finds itself towards some sort of completion.

[Schoq]

the counter is how many people clicked not how many people read you doofus
also ffs stop using words you obviously don't understand

[michaelplzno]

Why are we here?

There was once a dream that was Indie Games. You could only whisper it. Anything more than a whisper and it would vanish. So fragile, and I fear it will not survive the winter.

Let us whisper together you and I.

[Dr. Büni]

I'm sure they do, as I do as well, but I will only say something if I have something to say.  If my singular comment is the difference between a project dying and it being continued, then it wasn't worth very much from the start.

Sometimes all a person needs is a word of encouragement to keep working hard on their project. I don't think it has anything to do with the project being worth of very much or nothing at all.

[ProgramGamer]

Yeah, even a single compliment can go a long way for sure. I remember when a small youtuber did a let's play of one of my games, it made my day and encouraged me to pursue that game's idea further!

[friendlinzh]

i can learn a lot of things from the game dev blog

[marcAKAmarc]

As a relatively new user here, I pretty much only look at the dev logs.  I follow Leilani's Island currently, and have followed the Obra Dinn in the past.  There are some other ones that I pull inspiration from, but I don't usually return to them.  I'm actually about to start my own dev log here in a few weeks.  Wish I knew this place like you old heads do.

[Spirit Galleon]

As someone that used to frequent the forums quite a bit a few years ago, I will say that even back then the devlogs often felt deserted. I don't know what thread subsciption means, as I don't know how you'd even get notifications for that in the first place. Is there some kind of forum feed you can connect to the browser?

[JobLeonard]

In this context it means that when you reply to a thread it'll start showing up in the "Show new replies to your posts" link.

[Alevice]

I still think a Like button would do wonders for lurkers. That way you dont have to feel posting "cool" is spam or smth

[JobLeonard]

You have a point, but then why not immediately go to emojis so people can specify what they feel?

Also, the upside of this is that the signal/noise ratio is much better on fora