Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
1. Why is talking with someone who will listen (in person, on the phone
or online) the activity we want and need and do more than any other activity
(including eating, working or sleeping) in the course of a 24 hour day?
2. What purposes does silence serve on the internet?
3. Of RHP's many active public forum posters who have disappeared, wh ...[text shortened]... _________________________
8. Do you think you're happier today than you were a year ago?
#6: Around 2005 or 2006. Don't know if he's still here or not.
#3: I believe we remember those who were our friends, those whose posts we enjoyed, and those who drove us nuts the most. Those would be the people who stood out the most and thus the most memorable.
#4: More free time. I've had internet-free periods. The only problem is that I need the internet to do my job sometimes, and that's when its loss is a burden.
#5 is very complicated. People are lonely when they think they don't matter. They can participate in things (events, clubs, service projects, etc.) but still not feel a connection with the other people involved, or think that they are negligible to the other participants (I'm thinking live participation, not cyber).