Why are we here?

[redvelvet]

@Desi_BeauTii

Why are most of us here? Why do we spend so much time on GS?

^I think it has to do with the format of GS. I’ve seen other desi forums such as ratedesi.com (gag) which are not comprehensive…not clean either. This a fairly comprehensive website…pretty clean…lots of interests to choose from…and you get along with most of the people.

Do we come here for advice on problems we are too embarassed to discuss face to face? Are we socially retarted? Are we just simply bored at work?

^I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. Reason being that sometimes our friends and family might give us biased advice. They may defend us even if we’re wrong. Or they may be more concerned with their own interests and their advice could be biased that way as well. On a forum with strangers…you don’t owe them anything…they don’t owe you anything…and they may even be able to look at an issue more clearly even.

Socially retarded? It could be the case, not necessarily. If you have have friends outside of GS…that you interact with and have a healthy relationship with…if you’re able to form healthy relationships at work as well…then I don’t think you’re socially retarded. One might even think that you are a person who has a DIVERSE circle of friends…which includes not only friends you interact with face-to face…but also through other mediums such as the Internet. And diverse can be good and healthy…it can develop your personality/mind. Of course…everything in moderation.

**Bored at work? During my spare time at work…I might take a break and log in for a few minutes and then go back to grading my papers. **

What is your story?

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I had been a visitor to GS for a long time (maybe a few years) and I would search for threads that would be relevant to issues/questions that I had. Sometimes I would read the topic and feel like giving input…but for some reason it took me ages before I decided to become a member (not sure why I hesitated). I guess I like analyzing issues and I thought that I’d be good at giving advice/helping people. That was one reason I wanted to join. And I wanted to join in the event I wanted anonymous advice. Those were the two main reasons for joining and then gradually…as you become comfortable with the format/people…you log in to take a break/socialize as well.