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1 knows I post on forums, the rest wouldn't know what a forum is.

I've told friends about posting here but they don't know what goes on at a forum, so it doesn't mean much. Just that I'm a music whore.

Prolly, at least one PRISM employee that knows my (and your) name.
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Have fun. I'm a Red Herring. Or...am I? Well...
Listen to some good music while you're here.

Su casa es su casa.

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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner (Post 1419680)

I'm open about the fact that I post here, though none of my friends or family members are particularly interested. I'm also involved in a philosophy community on youtube, so I play the role of the friend who spends too much time on the internet. People get noticeably uncomfortable when I say things like "I was talking to my internet friend about X..." etc. Whatever. Can't be bothered.

I say the same thing. It's funny, I say oh I'm a moderator on a music forum and people just go "oh yip" and that's it. It's not a common thing that people post on forums. None of my friends post on them, they don't understand what is the enjoyment of it. Facebook however, everyone is on. I find it utterly boring.

I've told my mom that I have internet friends and she says "cool". It's taken her a long time to accept that it's normal to be friends with people online that you've never met.

I don't really promote any forum or ask anybody to join, but I didn't make it a secret that I enjoy having conversations about games and music on the internet.
So technically, my family knows about it and some classmates - that's it.

I assume my parents know I am on several forums as they are bookmarked on their browsers but I don't discuss my forum usage aside from on other forums I go on.

Though talking to Americans on Facebook would probably lead to some of my real life friends to have a guess that I met them online.

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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner (Post 1419680)

I'm open about the fact that I post here, though none of my friends or family members are particularly interested. People get noticeably uncomfortable when I say things like "I was talking to my internet friend about X..." etc. Whatever. Can't be bothered.

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Originally Posted by Rjinn (Post 1420729)

I've told friends about posting here but they don't know what goes on at a forum, so it doesn't mean much. Just that I'm a music whore.

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Originally Posted by Vanilla (Post 1421032)

It's funny, I say oh I'm a moderator on a music forum and people just go "oh yip" and that's it. It's not a common thing that people post on forums. None of my friends post on them, they don't understand what is the enjoyment of it. Facebook however, everyone is on. I find it utterly boring.
I've told my mom that I have internet friends and she says "cool". It's taken her a long time to accept that it's normal to be friends with people online that you've never met.

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Originally Posted by Christian Benteke (Post 1420726)

1 knows I post on forums, the rest wouldn't know what a forum is.

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Originally Posted by Silenzio (Post 1421996)

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Originally Posted by Goofle11 (Post 1421998)

I assume my parents know I am on several forums as they are bookmarked on their browsers but I don't discuss my forum usage aside from on other forums I go on.

Interesting that so many people have experienced the same reaction -disinterest, lack of understanding or even mild suspicion.

The first time I met someone who used a forum was in the early days of the internet and I still remember the baffled questions that I put to him in quick succession: "You write to someone? In Norway? About vampires?" Seemed the most bizarre thing in the world, but MB has now changed that puzzled attitude: I now get more pleasure posting in MB than I do emailing my real-life friends.