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Originally Posted by Junkyard Donner
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
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
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
1 knows I post on forums, the rest wouldn't know what a forum is.
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Originally Posted by Silenzio
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.
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Originally Posted by Goofle11
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.
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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.