Emotional reasons people stay

People stay where they feel less alone and more capable.

Belonging, humour, dignity, and calm competence — the feelings that beat hype.

Stay feelings: ‘I get it now,’ ‘I almost got scammed but didn’t,’ ‘someone answered without dunking,’ ‘the joke still lands.’

Leave feelings: shame, urgency, purity tests, and being treated as exit liquidity.

Design for stay feelings with guides and rooms. Refuse leave feelings as a growth tactic.

Not therapy — just honesty about why humans bookmark and return.

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