People quit MMO, buy console, come here, and join another MMO called game forum.
While game forum is, on average, less harmful than regular MMORPGs, it can still steal a lot of your time and thereby can hurt your real life goals.
MMO or forum, either case, the mechanism of addiction is essentially the same - sense of achievement, socialization, escapism, competition, optimization, group collaboration.
Some people unconsciously realize the problem of forum addiction and attempt to quit (they usually don't acknowledge they have an addiction, because admitting it is the hardest part).
But most of them keep coming back because there's nowhere else to go, either online or offline.
No, it's not going to stop 'Til you wise up
No, it's not going to stop So just ... give up
- Aimee Mann
