Is anyone else constantly on this site? It’s become my new Tiktok!

[Blueberreh]

Sometimes I fall into patterns of scrolling reels on Instagram or Tiktok. Lately this site has become that for me, I wonder about the outcomes of some of the threads, always refresh to see updates etc. Surely it can’t do the brain any good? Who needs to constantly be taking in huge volumes of information about stranger’s lives?

I think these boards have their uses and are really great in places for advice and quick answers/opinions but also see how you could soon become invested and care more about this at the expense of other activities, hobbies and the likes. I’d love to scroll through Netflix and find a film, or read a few chapters from a book - but instead I pick my phone up!

It's like reading Agony Aunt posts from magazines but much better.
My daughter says I've become addicted.. l have to make myself stop and pick my kindle up.

Same!
I'm always on, I watch threads to see how the op gets on, sometimes because I'm genuinely worried about them.
I get super excited over a parking thread 😁
I have a busy life, work full time but I'm addicted to MN to the extent that if the dog needs a wee in the night I bring my phone down and the dog does her business and has to wait until I stop scrolling MN.

After 10 years on here I can say it doesn't do that for me.
Back in the day it would, some threads were great. Sadly it's just not the same. Look through Classics to see how it was in it was all fields

I always fall for the deleted threads, just can’t spot them. Some of my most thoughtful and insightful posts have hit the deletion floor even as I press post.

I realised the other week that I had spent far too much time googling for a suitable outfit for a stranger on the internet!
Mental. I just get sucked in 😀.