My only regret would be that the Primitives' behavior changes because they have a cognitive awareness that they are being studied.....
That's been a concern of mine for some time now, sir.
The primitives did provide a great deal more amusement and merriment when they didn't know of our existence (other than, of course, the "Atman" primitive), and acted uninhibited, natural.
I give you the examples of the sparkling husband dude, who was a great deal more amusing when he was unaware we were looking, or of the hippywife primitive Mrs. Alfred Packer, who gave us volumes of excellent comedic material until she knew of us, after which she evaporated from Skins's island.
Good times, good times, but they're gone now.
I dunno if you were around at the creation of conservativecave in late December 2007, but at the beginning, it was slow going. From the first day, this site was gaining momentum, but still it was slow, until about, oh, three years ago. The DUmpster on conservativecave at one time was an obscure little place, one of the minor forums; it was nothing near the size and range of "the Best/Worst of DU" at our old home.
DemonicUnderwear (Lord Undies here) and I ran the DUmpster as a "check in for a few minutes every other day or so" chore, and I even asked for more forums to moderate (which I got), just to stay busy.
But then alas I made the most-catastrophic mistake in my internet career (although it seemed like a good idea at the time); wishing to get some excitement going, I took means to publicize our existence among the primitives, the idea being to increase traffic.
Well, well.
But as my good friend USA4ME pointed out a couple of years ago, I'd actually wreaked havoc with scientific research, because once the primitives were aware this place existed, instead of acting naturally, they began acting artificially, as if actors on a stage.
And for the purposes of anthropology, it's important to watch primitives act
naturally.
(By the way, Margaret Mead had the same problem, and never resolved it.)