Posted by Estella on August 3, 2006, at 13:12:32
In reply to Re: shelter, posted by Estella on August 3, 2006, at 11:59:07
if there is no other way for you to meet your needs then meeting your needs on boards is a wonderful thing indeed.
when meeting your needs on boards becomes a fairly reliable source of reinforcement... to the point where people forsake working on IRL interactions to receive rft here then... i think it encourages dependency on boards and encourages people to withdraw irl.
in some respects... boards are easier than irl.
but in other respects... the rewards of irl interactions are greater.it is a hard one.
i lived my life here for... couple years. i really did. i really did live my life here.
what is the equivalent of IRL ban on interaction for a coupld weeks / months?
hard to compare huh.
where are the hugs? where is the human touch? people get those at babble meets perhaps but how often are those?
one can pick and choose conversations...
one can not respond 'cause one doesn't feel like it.
one can jump into a conversation 'cause one does feel like it.so much on ones own terms...
IRL...
how much are the boards preparing people... empowering people for irl...
and how much are th eboards encouraging / fostering unhealthy dependency and resulting in people withdrawing from irl for a 'quick fix'
hard to say...
poster:Estella
thread:670602
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