The vote up/vote down option

Unfortunately the vote up and down option gives an all too clear indication of how well or not your contributions are valued, and from that how well you are regarded as a participant here.For all people here try to reassure me, there is solid proof that I'm not regarded very well here.  That's not exclusive to here. Historically I've never been truthfully regarded as a good forum participant - when it comes too over 95% of the online forums I've been a member of. It's just that I do comparatively less poorly online than I do IRL.

I see this forum and its members as a group in some sort of classroom or hall, I actually imagine everyone here how they could look like, the tone of everyone’s voice etc. and when I come here I’m just happy to see, that all these people from this group, I got used to it, are still sticking around here. And it means, that I’m also happy to see you here, even if I don’t express it. Which I’m actually doing now writing this post. There are some users who I think of, and miss them here, but I also understand that it’s everyone’s decision if and how long they want or can stay here etc. 

I see this forum and its members as a group in some sort of classroom or hall, I actually imagine everyone here how they could look like, the tone of everyone’s voice etc. and when I come here I’m just happy to see, that all these people from this group, I got used to it, are still sticking around here. And it means, that I’m also happy to see you here, even if I don’t express it. Which I’m actually doing now writing this post. There are some users who I think of, and miss them here, but I also understand that it’s everyone’s decision if and how long they want or can stay here etc.