blue_bean wrote:
I've been here a long time and I'm in no "in crowd". I can count my friends here on one hand. Nor am I in a crowd anywhere else.
In general (and I'm stating this as something I've observed universally not just on WP) people cry "in crowd" or "cliques" in order to try and transfer the blame for their own social inability or dislikeable personality quirks. If they don't fall into the group they claim the group is closed off or exclusive rather than admit that the social problem is on their end. Of course we have to be understanding of people here and realise not everyone has the social ability to make and maintain a lot of friends (me included).
You can't just post stuff and expect friends to happen, you have to make them. That's true here even in the most supportive environment.
This.
Individuals bond with others here, but they dont actively exclude. So we dont have true cliques.
Folks also complain about 'bandwagonism", and that folks "gang up" on them, which I also never observed either. The folks who complain about that are just casting themselves out to be martyrs.