Are you addicted to boards?

john the one

I find myself browsing boards an awful lot, on the train, on the can, in bed, in work, before gym, lunch break etc.

How long per week do you spend on boards, is it a problem and do you have fun?

Do other people know you are on boards and try work out which user you are?

Feed me information

The Backwards Man

Might as well face it

The_Valeyard

It's a nice easy way to pass the time travelling alright. Or just when bored.

Username here

Yeah - I could end up goosed if I'm not careful. It can be fierce interesting, though.

john the one

In fairness, most of the time on forums (other than ah) the discussions and chats are of a good standard

john the one

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Might as well face it

I know you are!

mosstin

No.
F5 F5 F5 F5 F5......

Username here

john the one wrote: »

In fairness, most of the time on forums (other than ah) the discussions and chats are of a good standard

True, and some discussions throw up genuinely useful information, i.e. discussing potential purchases with peeps who have previously made same purchase, etc

Fat Christy

Yup, boards addict.

heldel00

Thank god I'm not the only one!
Long time browser but only fairly recent poster. I enjoy it but some things really annoy me.
- the preachiness of some people.
- how fairly innocent statements get lost in translation and come across wrong
- how some people are so angry and are lookin for a feckin argument all the time.

Overall though I love boards a little too much. Housework is suffering!

john the one

Three regular sites I use on the train home in the most used order are:

Boards
Listverse
Facebook

Mostly just refreshing boards and talking to the computer geeks in the PC forum

zcorpian88

I do find myself on here almost as much as Facebook and that's saying a lot.

I read stuff on here more than I post I think, always find it really good for a laugh, a lot of the posters on here are hilarious.

Trebor176

An addiction would be glued to the forum constantly refreshing, refreshing, refreshing. I look at the topics when I'm home or on a lunch break (the latter being a quick glance), see what topics are of interest and, when possible, reply to those or whatever ones I follow that have been updated. Apart from lunch breaks, I don't look at this at all during work, so I'm certainly not addicted :)Still, I thoroughly enjoy the forums and the contributions made by the posters.

Duff

My life-support tabs on my browser are Boards, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Eurosport.

claranancy28

I am addicted towards List25.com , Facebook.com , DifferTwo.com & TopTenz.net websites.

Je suis tres mal

Yes

Medusa22

I joined boards in 2011 and I mostly just lurked but not very often and I didn't post very much at all, very sporadically. Recently though I've been posting with alarming frequency and spending far too much time refreshing, refreshing, refreshing. My OH is not impressed. She is a boards widow.

summonerm

Nope, but it can be a decent source of information (especially if you're an outsider).

4zn76tysfajdxp

Nah.

Je suis tres mal

9 years and 30460 posts would disagree there :P

It's like eavesdropping, oddly compelling, but something I shouldn't do so much of.



ETA: I just realised what a beautiful word eavesdropping is. It's lovely.

Menas

Nah, I just have a low boredom threshold and there is always something interesting happening here.

Talib Fiasco

It is the perfect platform to waste time in a sense. Too many sites and forums are Americanised, but boards is perfect for us due to it being obviously Irish which makes it very appealing. I love the site for the most part, some forums here are ideal, but I wouldn't say I am addicted. When I am busy I can easily stay off the site while I would still visit sports websites and dare I say it Facebook.

Wacker The Attacker

I prefer **** and alcohol

Areyouwell

No addiction to Boards here.

Junkyard Tom

heldel00 wrote: »

- how some people are so angry and are lookin for a feckin argument all the time.

WHO? ME IS IT? :mad:

5rtytry56

not as badly as gugleguy was.
But i definitely need to lay off....

sadie06

I go through phases.

When I find myself peppering conversations with real-life people with anecdotes from Boards that I have to pretend I 'heard on the radio', I take a step back for a while.

Just bought an e-Reader which is taking up far more of my time as I love it.

Alexis Sanchez

Je suis tres mal wrote: »

9 years and 30460 posts would disagree there :P

The best way to judge someone on the amount of time they spend on here is by their number of posts per day.

He has an average of 8.73 posts per day.

You have an average of 18.92.

You're new, though; you'll probably post less as time goes on. It's the long-term members with a high post per day rate that are the biggest addicts/losers on Boards.

boobar

I'd really miss boards if I didn't have internet access, it's the site I visit the most.

I suppose I am addicted to the internet.

In the past you had to fire up the PC and make do with dial up, but now with smart phones and tablets, you're always online....like now almost 2 in the morning.

Ffs, I need to cop the f&#k on...

dubscottie

Boards is like a bad TV sitcom that you cant help but watch.. Just so you can say "bellend" etc..

aaronjumper

No way, I can quit whenever I want . . .

Aine The Farmer

All the time

RayM

I'm not addicted, but whenever I stop posting, this happens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgeDh1WCyeM

PLL

Check it a good few times a day, I get really annoyed when there are no interesting threads to read.

Day Lewin

I'm addicted to the Internet in general, and Boards is in the top half-dozen of my favourite bookmarks.

Always good for a laugh and a great place to look for local information, too.

So, yeah, sort of. Could give it up anytime I like, though.

KERSPLAT!

HugsiePie wrote: »

I have over 10.5k posts, Ive probably deleted 1/2 of my posts from the past year, so in a nutshell.....no, not at all :pac:

Yes, quite obviously yes :P

Why would you delete your posts?

The_Valeyard

HugsiePie wrote: »

Cause I'm odd and just have to be weird about things :P

Weird is good, normal is boring, carry on with the weirdness!

Ruu

I can quit whenever I like!!

aaronjumper

Ruu wrote: »

I can quit whenever I like!!

aaronjumper wrote: »

No way, I can quit whenever I want . . .

Maybe we should start a support group. The Boards Addicted forum?

Ruu

I'll bring the chairs and cake.

aaronjumper

Ruu wrote: »

I'll bring the chairs and cake.

I'll bring a big table and a teddy for the speakers to hold.

And some booze to speed things along.

beks101

It's good for catching up on all the news back home, find out what people are talking about in the pub, what kind of messed up attitudes are hidden in the lovely pleasant people you might walk passed on a busy Irish street.

It's also good for opinion-forming. I've often found myself surprised at an overpowering view I never knew I had on something until some boardsie comes along and says something absolutely moronic and unbelievably bull****ty about something. And then I'll get into a heated debate for a few pages til it's time for dinner or the gym or work gets busy and I'll just stop replying coz I can't be arsed.

You're not allowed to do that in real life. To get yourself committed and embroiled in a passionate debate about something and then just feck off coz dinner's ready. I like that about boards.

And the belly laughs from AHs from time to time.

john the one

aaronjumper wrote: »

I'll bring a big table and a teddy for the speakers to hold.

And some booze to speed things along.

I call assistant vice president in charge of affairs.

efb

No, I could quit anytime I want... really... no, really...

KERSPLAT!

I think I was but not anymore. I usually just browse in the evenings when I'm bored now or during lunch at work

aaronjumper

john the one wrote: »

I call assistant vice president in charge of affairs.

Okay but you better ask first, I don't think there are going to be many swingers at the meetings.

KingBrian2

Boards is great, keeps me updated on all the important issues and stories of the day. Not an addict but it is a very important source of news for me.

colossus-x

I'ts like the telly, there's too much on it.

KingBrian2

colossus-x wrote: »

I'ts like the telly, there's too much on it.

Ah Television was once my great passion a long time ago. Now it mostly comprises of News or crappy shows. The future is DVD's, the OnDemand sometimes throws up a odd good film but the days of constant TV are behind us. The Internet will never be as good as TV in its heyday of the 90's and 00's but at least DVD's are still around.

bajer101

No, don't be silly.