Everyone is in it for something, as is the case always. A lot of people are in stasis here. Looking for validation, comfort, friendship, answers. Mourning feelings lost, people who've left or who they no longer recognize. People with whom their relationships are no longer what they used to be, and relationships that may or may not be salvageable. Escaping. Putting aside unhappiness, dissatisfaction and putting on a happy face.
This becomes a little bit like home. A new home. With new friends. New experiences to be had, new things to learn about. A medium through which we can work through feelings of confusion, hurt, anger, pain, whatever it is, with strangers, some of whom eventually become our friends. Free therapy with cool people. For some others, a place to observe, come and go without much attachment.
I joined to have a place to make stupid sexual innuendoes, which were plentiful to the point that I had to keep them to myself and laugh at them in my own head. I joined to have a place to read about sex, about other people's experiences, to learn. The internet has the same shite laid out in different ways, info that is all funneled to present more or less the same advice. This site has people talking about their personal experiences. People with all kinds of kinks and fetishes. It is fucking fascinating! Also, I never knew boobs, pussies and penises had so much variance. Porn only shows you the content most fappable to.
I later (very soon after, lol) realized I'd also joined because I was going through personal stuff, big stuff. Like, the kinda stuff that makes you start drinking vodka and tequila when you ain't even a boozer. FCN pretty much changed my life (no, this is not a paid advertisement). By purging heavy emotions and writing freely and liberating so much of my angst on forums, by listening to other people's stories and talking to friends, I worked through emotions and also through latent thoughts I didn't know I had, and understood myself so much more. That's something this site also does. It helps you figure out aspects of yourself if you're willing to read, learn, observe and question things.
Anywayyyyyy, I write wayyyyy too much. So I better shattap here