Why do you waste your life on messageboards?

I've just noticed my post count and realised I've been wasting my life.
So why do you visit messageboards etc?

 

it's a substitute for having these kinds of cool people around me in reality! lol

that aside, i guess it's also a great way to network on a larger scale and make distant friends.

 

I don't think it's a waste of time. Sure it can be, but I still have a life. I've met some of the coolest people online, and I've always loved being able to talk to people from all over the world. I've learned so much becuase of it.

 

Aye, that's a fair point. However, I still prefer to be outside rolling around in mud and talking to sheep than sitting on a computer for 20 hours of the day.

 

I only really post on Hipforums and almost only ever on the UK Forum. I don't feel I'm wasting my life. Since I do most of my work on the computer, it's pretty easy to switch windows every now and again when taking a break. And for the times I've put hours a day into posting here and helping trying to build an online community, I don't feel any of that is wasted if people are getting a bit of enjoyment out of it....

 

I can waste my life and not be on a message board. However what’s the point of doing that? I would rather waste my life and be happy. It is better than wasting your life and not being happy.

 

It was either this or a crack addiction.

 

It's only a waste if YOU think it is.

 

i don't feel i waste my life on message boards. i tend to come on when completely bored or in between doing other things. granted sometimes i get sucked in and spend more time on the forums than i had intended, but it's usually while having a decent conversation with someone.

it's a nice way of meeting people you might not get a chance to meet otherwise.

 

I too have met wonderful people and made life long friends on message boards..so I don't think the time I invest in it is a waste of time at all. I do admit that it is addictive however.

 

Because people on here relate to me, you know. There's no hippies round this area!

 

Too true.. although Uni is a bit better as regards cool people, the majority of the hippies I know are on here

 

Because without this there are a million people i would never ever talk to... And its fun and my parents dont kill me for it.

 

I was housebound for a while due to illness and being on the forums a lot helped me in getting through that rough patch. Sure i wished i could be out doing something more productive a lot of the time, but at least i had good people to talk to and things to keep my mind going

Ive been posting for years though, just not so often, but ive never seen it as a waste anyway. Like others have said its a good way to meet likeminded people...Im not really the clubbing type, and ive tried joining lots of clubs and volunteer groups etc, but genuinely mostly all ive been faced with is bitchiness and closed-mindedness, sadly. Of course i still try and get out there, but im yet to meet a decent friend who sticks around more than a few months, weeks or days since i moved in here 2 years ago. Sad, but fact. But this place seems to attract a certain kind of person generally, and its ever so good to have meaningful conversation

I realise in many ways this isnt "real life" (because im just sitting in my chair facing a screen) but then if youre willing to stick around and get to know people, its worth it. I mean the people are real afterall, long as you avoid the weirdos And many people from here meet up "in real life" too

Still, im spending a lot less time here now im getting healthy again

 

I do ramble on, dont i?

 

I never had any imaginary friends when I was a kid, so I'm making up for it now.

 

i like to think of it as an expressoin of my personal opinion and way to meet other like minded individuals.....havnt met anyone from this forum so far but so it goes....

 

So it goes...

The internet was a pretty new thing to me when I first joined the hipforums. And at that time I was a bit of a shut in, not too keen on most people or the outside world! So it was nice to find a more open-minded community.

And aye, made a lot of good friends through it, found people who were happy to go to things like anti-war marches and hippyish music festivals If it wasn't for these forums I'd of been marching and partying by myself!

Nowadays, I spend very little time online. Check emails, get my learn on, and pop into the forums to see how folk are getting on. It's got to the point where I think it'd be a bit of a waste to stop doing that and potentially lose touch with some sound people.

 

Talking to people that I would ever get the opportunity to talk to otherwise doesn't seem a waste of time to me!

 

These forums attract a certain type of person who form their own oppinions, and I like reading them