Being a wallflower on the internet is even worse than being a wallflower in real life.



On DU my threads sink like stones. Don't know why I keep punishing myself here!

My impression is that there's a pretty small core of people whose OPs get a lot of replies. I don't think it's "just us" whose posts drift into obscurity; there are just some people with followings (or anti-followings) whose stuff gets more responses.

i think many mentally ill people, especially those with depression, find safe places online, or get caught up in bullshit online that a healthy person just wouldn't spend the time on.
i know that is how it has flowed in my life. it has been a truly golden place to be connected when i feel the most alone. it has also sucked me into conflicts when i am at my most contentious.
it's a symptom.

Saw plenty of that in me when I was growing up.

But being in stressful online forums can be a downer.

being affected,, but being online a great deal certainly
affects my weight!