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Addicted to Forums!

TLDR: Addicted to Forums!
The forum thread revolves around various users discussing their experiences and habits related to posting on forums, social media, and other online platforms. Key points include: 1. **Online Activity Levels**: Users like Naiwen, Pinky, and WhippedCream express a strong affinity for online socializing, with some admitting to feeling addicted. Others, such as Foxy and WhippedCream, mention going through phases of high activity followed by periods of low engagement or needing breaks. 2. **Balancing Online and Offline Life**: Several contributors, including Gibby, Kyng, and Pinky, emphasize the importance of maintaining a balance between online activities and other aspects of life. Kyng, for instance, mentions focusing on hobbies like railway modelling to ensure online activities do not become all-consuming. 3. **Influence of External Factors**: Users like safeinsanity hint at external factors (e.g., cold weather and social distancing) influencing their increased presence on online platforms. 4. **Community and Interaction**: The thread highlights the role of community dynamics in forum participation, with users like WhippedCream and safeinsanity noting that active forums with engaging members make the experience more enjoyable and addictive. 5. **Personal Significance**: For some like iamSharon, forum participation is described as valuable 'me time'. In contrast, Nomad views extensive online activity as part of professional life rather than an addiction. 6. **Diverse Motivations**: Sincerem enjoys the multicultural interactions forums facilitate, which are not as feasible on social media, and also integrates this activity with other online work like writing articles. Overall, the thread illustrates a spectrum of experiences with online forums, from casual enjoyment to integral parts of personal and professional life, with a general consensus on the importance of moderation and maintaining a healthy balance with offline activities.
Naiwen

Naiwen

I'm addicted to posting on message boards, blogs and social media. Addicted to online socializing. Anyone can relate?
 
I feel a bit the same way :P . But, yes - it's important to have other things in your life, so that it doesn't become all-consuming. For example, I'm trying to pay more attention to my railway modelling.
 
There are some days where I will post a lot on the forums I am on and that takes a chunk out of my day. I just really have to be in the mood to do that. I am addicted to forums but I am gaming most of the time so I am not letting it take over my whole life.
 
I got through phases when I'll be really active sometimes and then will not go on forums at all for a while.

I think if a forum is really active it's very easy to get sucked in.
 
Forum dwelling has become part of my 'me time' I tend to feel antsy when I'm unable to take a little time to escape into the virtual world of forums.
 
I post on forums, I publish on article sites, I work on my own forum, I publish on my own blogs. I spend 8-10 hours every day online. But I won't call this addiction, this is my job. I am a full-time online worker.
 
I do enjoy posting on varieties of forums, it simply a pleasure to meet people from different countries coming together to share worthwhile conversations. It isn't possible that way for me to get real people from social medias that is helpful.

Apsrt from that, I enjoy writing, I can cover up large number of forum posts a day, create 1-2 articles everyday, complete other mom related forum gigs online.
 
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