Why are we here (on EO)

Submitted: Wednesday, Mar 15, 2006 at 20:20
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The thread that was started as an apology from Des Lexic (I still don't know what he was apologizing for; doesn't matter) and the discussion that followed got me thinking. Why are we here?

I've got three web sites that I fire up every morning and I stay logged on all day. This is one and the other two are to do with share market investing (my other great interest) and one of them is also a forum. Now, I don't spend all day in front of the computer, but I do check in a few times on most days. I don't watch a lot of TV, so I spend a couple of hours most evenings on the computer chooking around. A fair amount of that time is on EO.

Now that is a lot more time than is required to get information needed for trip planning, setting up the 4B etc. Like most, I like learning new things and sharing knowledge and experience when I can, but that's not the whole story.

(Gets philosophical now). I suspect I'm like a lot of others. Sharing experience and knowledge is part. Then you have entertainment (and it is entertaining sometimes), social interaction, a 'chat around the fire', a discussion and sometimes a debate. But there's more. It is like any large group of people, like your school days (if you can remember), at work or a club you are in. You come to respect some, but perhaps not others. You gravitate to the views of some, but not others. You might even form (virtual) friendships with some, but not others. No different to 'real life'.

For some people who are a bit isolated (by distance or circumstance) it is an outlet to another world. A chance to interact with people which may not otherwise be possible. I guess I'm a bit like that when SWMBO is watching a favourite TV show that I'm not interested in.

Well I think that's why I'm here. What about you?

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