10-04-2022, 05:30 PM
Looking at activity and participation on multiple forums, it becomes quickly apparent the prominence of fetish seekers.
And If this no porn one is looked at, there is very minimal participation of the fetish seekers. Why?
Points to ponder:
1) Tactile content.
Sex is physical. Sex is easy to describe, and there are various levels of how it can be done. It can be very clinical, with medical like terms used to present the action all the way to the most crudest and vulgar of language. This sliding scale gives a wide range a variety which can be used to elevate the spiciness of the descriptive text. And to the reader, visual imagery can be generated just from the written text. The consideration of porn doesn't even have to be factored, but it obviously also presents visual imagery to show sex.
Meanwhile, love is ephemeral. Many have difficulties generating direct descriptions of it. And terms are vague, fuzzy, hard to pin down. And one person's interpretation may make little connection to the reader.
Humans for the most part, are visually driven creatures. So it is easier for them to connect to something that they has visual components.
Additionally, most (excepting virgins) know what sex feels like, and as a pleasurable experience, reliving those experiences, either their own or through external input, is sought.
However, an individual may be uncertain, even with personal experience, on defining the emotional connections. Having difficulty coming up with descriptive language to express it, even from external content, may be more difficult to grasp.
These contrasts suggest that, in general, readers (that are interested in the material) may find it easier to connect with material covering physical relationships, rather than the emotional ones. And because of that association, will produce a stronger reaction. Stronger reactions create a feedback loop to the source of material, which is a reward of it's own, and thus spurs more content to be generated. I'm not suggesting a diminished reaction to the more lofty, feeling content, but disparity due to traffic.
2) Traffic
A look at the history reveals there were many web pages with various degrees of content generated as the age of information came into full swing. But there was also a lot less of both types of content, and much of it was of lesser quality. There was also some internal moderation in the form of peer pressure of approved behavior versus access to content. Content was often controlled for distribution, rather than broadcast for the taking. So where are the consumers of that content now? Well, looking around, sites have gone away, formats and forums have come and gone. And so has the some of the various users.
However, when we look at the spectrum of fetish seeker to non-fetish seeker, the fetish seeker continues to connect to new locations and find new content. That finding of content is a reward in and of itself. So as time goes by, there is more fetish seekers gained, rather than lost, as a population base of the forums. But for the non-fetish seeker, there is not a drive to continue to seek content. In fact, the content they seek are their own animals, their own personal relationships. Reading about someone else's love is nice, but if I were to consider my own preference, I'd rather experience those relationships first hand, than read about it. And those first hand experiences are not online.
So by the desired content gradient alone, the non-fetish seekers are less driven for continuation of content consumption.
3) Attrition
Those that seek to protect their animals become weary of the pressures and risks involved of an online presence. Before the information age, looking over your shoulder was making sure you were in an environment where chance discovery was a minimized risk. But as the online communities grew, the fetish seekers, in ever seeking their fetish, would slowly collect, asking for content even to the point of complaining that others haven't offered up their animals to them. Add in the other risks of an online presence, such as dodging backlash from new laws, and bad actors that would attempt to dox others, etc, the risks and hassle made the total experience less and less rewarding. Eventually, some walk away.
Meanwhile, new generations show up, with their own mix of fetish seeker to non-fetish seeker.
So the populations of fetish seekers grow, while the populations of non-fetish seekers is somewhere significantly below in progression, be it a slight growth down to a decline in online population.
However, the ratio of the 2 would cause the population of fetish seekers to grow in relation to the non-fetish seeker over time.
4) What's it mean?
It's a culmination of effects.
Over time it has been repeatedly observed that this taboo to attract young deviant seekers. Those deviants are more likely to be towards the fetish seeker end of the gradient.
There is a the continuance of fetish seeker participants, willing to recruit, willing to share, willing to create more content for other fetish seekers, which give them positive feedback.
There is also comparative reduction of non-fetish seekers, with several side effects, such as less peer pressure exerted on behavior.
The elevated view generates a shift of the total online presence progressively shifting towards the fetish seeking end of the spectrum, if evidence of online content and participate volumes are considered.
5) Interpretations?
I'm inclined to suggest it is a visibility issue. This is difficult to support. There has never been a reasonable survey of those that engage in sex with animals over as a percentage of general population. But it is apparent that many of the online participants of times past are no longer active online. And while new participants have arrived over time, some have not stayed long.
But I'm inclined to consider that non-fetish seekers decide a level to be content with their personal experiences and are comfortable in limiting contact locally and with deep formed friendships. The net result is a general withdrawal from participation.
Further thoughts could be made about a factor of thrill seeking (adrenaline rush) prompting continued desire for new sensation in association with the fetish seekers. But without scientific data, this is purely speculation.
