What keeps you here on AKP?

as opposed to going to other forums or platforms?

For me, it's mostly that I enjoy the interactions I have here with the users and that things are organized in a way to be discussion oriented.

I'll admit though, not a small part is that I really love my badges and don't want to start over somewhere else that won't have as nice of badges for my faves lol

In other words, Look at my badges!

Quote from BEYBLADE

for funsies i love to post nonstop its fun
your badges are indeed gorgeous !!!

Lol you're like me. I binge post too. I feel comfortable enough here to do it.

Thanks:) I wish that our profile pages had a section to nicely display all of our badges

Quote from keyboardwarrior7

Aversion to change.

I've been here for 5 years. I'm used to it: the formatting, the navigation, and interface.

If I go somewhere else, I have to start over.

Oh wow, i didn't realize you've been here so long. I just had my 3 year akpversary. I'm adverse to change too. I've looked at other places and the formatting is so different and is have to get used to that and new people urghhhh

Quote from timedisplace

I just keep forgetting to leave

Lol well i hope you never remember to

Quote from keyboardwarrior7

Wow!? Really? You've been here that long? I'm coming up on year 6, and I feel like I didn't start really seeing you until 2021. Guess I wasn't paying attention.

Yep, been here the whole time

Quote from hueningkaiLove

I stay on here because of SOME people.

You don't have to be coy. It's me, right? You stay for me

Quote from Kataphract

This is my first kpop forum

Cutting roots isn't my style but I might ghost now and then in the near term.

I disappear now and then too but i seem to always come back

Quote from soshilovelife

At the moment, not so much it used to be more fun and a place to interact with fans all over the world.

Nowadays I have less and less in common with the people coming to this forum. Maybe one or two users keep me around but I barely interact with them these days.

And, as others have stated, I don't feel like going somewhere else to start over.

Now that most of the exotics are gone, it is a sadder place...

Quote from BEYBLADE

yesss lol.

OMG that would be perfect. have you ever played IMVU?? like im talking OLDER imvu (pre-2013 probably, not whatever is happening in the newer one ) bc there used to be this feature that on your profile page, you can get stickers/badges and edit your page to put the stickers all over the place, like literally anywhere on your profile like sticking stickers on things. thatd be cute if we could do the same here :DDD

I'm not a gamer. I don't know it but it sounds like something that would be cool

Quote from crystalblues

Looks at badges. 🤔 I think you need more EXO badges to buy. What do you think?

I'm hoping that we will have new EXO and Baekhyun badges this year with the comebacks!

Also, I hope that there will be some custom bad opportunities, cuz I desperately want one for Love Shot

Quote from crystalblues

Well we have not decided on everything regarding badges yet with the changes in the team but I will let you know if we are able to before hand so you can gather the korns

Thanks Crystal! I appreciate that

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Of course hun

Btw Crystal, do you know if we'll still be doing album badges? Cuz....

Quote from Exo_bunnie

Mostly for Exo news. But that is tapering out. If it stops one day, I’ll gradually stop coming unless I find a newer group to be interested in.

We should be getting lots of news soon though! I hope some of the exotics who left will come back for it

Quote from trollacc

It's a nice mix of not too toxic while not being a complete echo chamber. There are actual discussions rather than any differing opinion being silenced via downvotes.

It's all about balance, true. There were times in the past when people were scared to share an opinion. I hope they will feel freer now