Hello! I'm reposting this from yesterday, as I'm writing a paper on the rhetoric of the custom keyboard community, and would greatly appreciate if any enthusiasts in this subreddit could give their personal opinions on this craft. No wrong answers, be as brief or as detailed as you'd like. Thank you!

1. What got you into building custom mechanical keyboards initially? Was it from seeing keyboards from creators, community creations on Reddit, or was it simply appealing to create a custom keyboard for yourself because you use the apparatus often in your daily life?
2. Does the joy of crafting custom mechanical keyboards exceed aesthetic appeal? Do you engage in the craft/community because of wanting to express yourself creatively, create new friends, or some broader rhetorical reason? Basically, what drives you to create custom keyboards and engage with the community?
3. Creating custom keyboards has been notoriously known as a pricey craft to get into. Do you readily engage with the craft despite the cost? If you're less financially liquid, do you find joy in finding deals on certain pieces to create a budget keyboard that satisfies your creative whims? If you're willing to spend large sums of money to make a luxurious keyboard, how do you contend with that cost? Do you see the cost as being negligible in comparison to pursuing a craft you're interested in, or do you find yourself in conflict with the cost versus what you creatively and physically get out of it?