Are you addicted to boards?

Chemical Burn

Sorry if this has been done before. I am addicted to boards. I constantly think of things to post (but don't post most of them), I constantly read the newsfeed (if you can call it that) for After Hours and I constantly subscribe to interesting threads to see what's going on. I have to check it every day. If I don't then I get boards withdrawl symptoms. I go on boards more than facebook. So fellow boardsies, are you addicted?

Micky Dolenz

I'm still on the denial stage.

xLexie

No.

Crack, on the other hand.

Mr. Wong

No, I'm not. When I see a poster with 10,000+ posts I feel sorry for them. Do these people have a life?

Private Piles

Chemical Burn wrote: »

Sorry if this has been done before. I am addicted to boards. I constantly think of things to post (but don't post most of them), I constantly read the newsfeed (if you can call it that) for After Hours and I constantly subscribe to interesting threads to see what's going on. I have to check it every day. If I don't then I get boards withdrawl symptoms. I go on boards more than facebook. So fellow boardsies, are you addicted?

Can only imagine how sh/te the other stuff is you don't post.

Just Like Heaven

Mr. Wong wrote: »

No, I'm not. When I see a poster with 10,000+ posts I feel sorry for them. Do these people have a life?

You registered this month. You have 100+ posts.

Did you have a March? :pac:

MadsL

Mr Wong - posts per day 6.10.

Me -
Total Posts: 9,330
Posts Per Day: 2.54

Stick around for ten years and then we'll talk.

Lucena

I don't know. Could be heading that way, though. I'm on every day, and Facebook has lost a lot of its interest for me. It's just a genius idea having a forum about everything that is only a forum, as opposed to a forum for specific topics on a related website i.e. motorbike forum on motorbike website, farming forum on a farming website.
It seems like boards is a good place to discover and learn new things.

orestes

Mr. Wong wrote: »

No, I'm not. When I see a poster with 10,000+ posts I feel sorry for them. Do these people have a life?

You joined this month and you have a higher post rate than me, so you're a noob and you have no life. Poor thing.

Here, have a cookie.

Micky Dolenz

Mr.Wong got pwnd

inmyday

orestes wrote: »

You joined this month and you have a higher post rate than me, so you're a noob and you have no life. Poor thing.

Here, have a cookie.

Whats she going mad for?

Fr_Dougal

Been here nearly a year...ahem...3 posts per day...don't think I've a problem.

seven_eleven

No, I secretly hate this place but visit out of boredom.

Miss Lockhart

No. I often don't look at it for days or weeks. I have been posting more often in the last while though but that's because I'm procrastinating instead of doing a particular task I should be at.

Sky King

The specialist forums are awesome and full of really helpful friendly people offering advise.

Mr Simpson

Mr. Wong wrote: »

No, I'm not. When I see a poster with 10,000+ posts I feel sorry for them. Do these people have a life?

You really did not think that one through

MadsL

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Been here nearly a year...ahem...3 posts per day...don't think I've a problem.

999 posts, quit now before it is too late. 1,000 posts and there is no turning back!

No

Completely, first thing I do every morning when I get to work is go through my 4 of 5 favourite forums and same before going to sleep at night. If im posting on topic I can barely go 15 mins without checking back into the thread. Boards is worse the the rest of the internet combined for my productivity.

Lucena

seven_eleven wrote: »

No, I secretly hate this place but visit out of boredom.

Not very good at it, are you?

mattjack

No , sure what harm could it cause ? , that's what you think , split personality me hole , we'll see about that so

.Henry Sellers.

No

I can quit any time I want......*twitch*

Chucken

No

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Been here nearly a year...ahem...3 posts per day...don't think I've a problem.

Make the 1000th post good cos we'll remember it

ger vallely

Guess I must be. This page took about 5 and a half seconds to load and I felt anxious waiting!

Lando Griffin

Not addicted to it as much as I used to during the Celtic Tiger era; back in the day us Private Sector workers had a job that paid more than the public sector.
Now I am obliged to post quality well paragraphed posts.

danslevent

No

I'm hooked. Wasn't so bad until I got a smart phone but now always on it. I even flick through it in the mornings to help me wake up and in bed before sleeping.

No one knows the extent! !

BillyMitchel

No

When I first started reading boards it was just on my computer so I'd only read it every so often.

Then technology and smart phones and Ipod touches took over and that's when I became a boards addict. I'm still only averaging around 3 posts a day though which isn't bad but I'd only regularly post in AH and 9/10 it's just for the craic.

Question I'd like to ask for the boards long termers is: at any stage have you got bored of it and just said fock them fockers or would you still check it everyday religiously?

Lucena

BillyMitchel wrote: »

When I first started reading boards it was just on my computer so I'd only read it every so often.

Then technology and smart phones and Ipod touches took over and that's when I became a boards addict. I'm still only averaging around 3 posts a day though which isn't bad but I'd only regularly post in AH and 9/10 it's just for the craic.

Question I'd like to ask for the boards long termers is: at any stage have you got bored of it and just said fock them fockers or would you still check it everyday religiously?

Sounds a bit like lifers.

"When I first met Andy Dufresne..."

cloud493

Yes. Specially since my phone is constantly buzzing, with emails telling me what someone has posted.

TheBody

No

Just to prove I'm not addicted, this will be my last post for a week.

TheBody

No

TheBody wrote: »

Just to prove I'm not addicted, this will be my last post for a week.

Ok, this one is my last one.

TheBody

No

TheBody wrote: »

Ok, this one is my last one.

Oh god I just need one more hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seachmall

No

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Question I'd like to ask for the boards long termers is: at any stage have you got bored of it and just said fock them fockers or would you still check it everyday religiously?

I routinely lose interest in Boards for a few months and pop back in randomly and find myself addicted again.

BillyMitchel

No

Seachmall wrote: »

I routinely lose interest in Boards for a few months and pop back in randomly and find myself addicted again.

Do you find a difference in posts and quality of the threads or has it always been up and down like a yoyo?

No

Yep.

mattjack

Seachmall wrote: »

I routinely lose interest in Boards for a few months and pop back in randomly and find myself addicted again.

Binge poster ?

Lucena

TheBody wrote: »

Oh god I just need one more hit!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dWpsVdHsME

Seachmall

No

BillyMitchel wrote: »

Do you find a difference in posts and quality of the threads or has it always been up and down like a yoyo?

The forums can be pretty repetitive, especially AH. You can pretty much anticipate what topics you'll see and what the responses will be before even turning on the computer.

But it's fun at the same time. And I've learnt quite a bit from various posters.

catallus

I've used boards for just over two years now and while I wouldn't say I'm addicted it does take up a fair amount of my web-time; but then I only post in between when I'm waiting for the next picture in YouLaughYouLose.

With regards to the quality of the forums, I do tend to see the same topics recycled a few times, but that's the nature of forums everywhere; what bugs me is that when a poster starts a thread and wants input from others, invariably more long-termers jump on it and say it has been done before or if it is perceived to be a contentious issue then it is spammed by "ibtl" and "this will end well" and is therefore instantly derailed.

A lot of the time a thread will just turn into an echo-chamber; which is unavoidable on a site such as this.

On the other hand, some topics are just not up for discussion at all, and I guess that's fair enough, nobody needs another 4Chan on the loose (God bless 4Chan!).

Squeaky the Squirrel

Squeaky sees at least 7 addicted people sitting in the No Vote Camp.

First step is admitting you have a problem...:pac:

Johro

Posts per day: 2.81
I could write fifty posts one day then nothing for a month. I'm a binge poster.

shanered

even though im posting here, no

edit:maybe a little

Johro

I'm addicted to tea and biscuits.

Pherekydes

No

I'm addicted to broads.

LizT

No

I could totally stop posting anytime I want to... I just don't want to.

Mr Simpson

LizT wrote: »

I could totally stop posting anytime I want to... I just don't want to.

Lies

LizT

No

MarkMc wrote: »

Lies

Shhhhhhhh.

Chucken

No

I closed my a/c once but still read a few forums a few times a week.
The longest 3 months of my life

Or was it 5 months???

SicklySweet

I said no.
I do log in every day (maybe even twice) and read a few threads here and there. May or may not leave a comment.#

Not yet addicted

Autosport

No

Yea i'm addicted


Is there Rehab for us????

--LOS--

boards. not even once



/looks at OP's post count.................no you are not addicted my friend, checking a site at least once a day is addiction? gimme a break

Ihatecuddles-old

No

Heh, I was the 69th vote for yes.