not that 888 has any way of knowing this but Renaiwom is severely socially inept and says things like that in earnest frequently, so I feel kind of bad because 888 will probably just have made them feel super shitty.
I have said this elsewhere (not on this site, nor in regards to FR) but people have a HUGE problem with understanding the idea that 'correlation doesn't equal causation'.
I don't really know why there would be a sudden drop off, but things I can think of off the top of my head:
Number 1 is I think 2016 was about the time that they started moving from registration openings to open registration, which could have driven some of the more frequent winners off (there have been some people who feel that open registration is not good)
More frequent registration windows/open registration also meant more eyes on repeat winners, which means the whole 'why bother entering because the same people will just win' could have started gaining traction.
I think someone also said that is about when accents started gaining popularity, and accents tend to be much harder to get right (and there were still about half skins/half accents being selected, which I vaguely remember some people were upset about, since they preferred accents. That could have cause some people who made accents to simply not enter, feeling they wouldn't have a good chance of winning). Also, as it moved more to accents, people who did fully body skins probably also stopped entering, as they had less chance of winning.
then there are all the rule changes and people complaining about the rules and people who were bashing winners because their favorites from the thread didn't win and so on.
Not saying that these are the reasons, but if I recall, these were all issues that were around in 2016 and people were talking about them. All of which has the chance to drive away both newer artists and artists that aren't as confident in their art.
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(Anonymous) 2025-03-17 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)the chart made in response to it is so funny
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(Anonymous) 2025-03-18 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)I don't really know why there would be a sudden drop off, but things I can think of off the top of my head:
Number 1 is I think 2016 was about the time that they started moving from registration openings to open registration, which could have driven some of the more frequent winners off (there have been some people who feel that open registration is not good)
More frequent registration windows/open registration also meant more eyes on repeat winners, which means the whole 'why bother entering because the same people will just win' could have started gaining traction.
I think someone also said that is about when accents started gaining popularity, and accents tend to be much harder to get right (and there were still about half skins/half accents being selected, which I vaguely remember some people were upset about, since they preferred accents. That could have cause some people who made accents to simply not enter, feeling they wouldn't have a good chance of winning). Also, as it moved more to accents, people who did fully body skins probably also stopped entering, as they had less chance of winning.
then there are all the rule changes and people complaining about the rules and people who were bashing winners because their favorites from the thread didn't win and so on.
Not saying that these are the reasons, but if I recall, these were all issues that were around in 2016 and people were talking about them. All of which has the chance to drive away both newer artists and artists that aren't as confident in their art.