Do A Lot Of You Come Here To Fill A Need?

Very good question, and I am not sure I have questioned my motivations for mylot the way you are describing. I found the site though some list of online money making opportunities, it took me a couple of months to really get involved. I met a few friends that I found intellectual, funny and entertaining, the next thing I knew mylot was taking up all of my online time. I do not use mylot to vent, although I do vent to a few friends here on mylot in private, but I do have the chance to exchange life experiences with other people that seem to be asking real questions. Does it fill a void, I am not sure about that. What I do know is that I enjoy mylot, I am obsessive to a point, but my real life goes on also.

Well I'll be honest and say I came here first to make money but now it's for more then that. I get to interact with others in ways I can't off line. I also get to learn about different things, help others with problems they might be having, and of course vent if need be. All of that makes mylot a place for me. I love spending time here. It makes my life a bit better so I'm afraid you are stuck with me. Run for cover now :)

I come here for hope! I hope to get advice, i hope to help a friend, a hope to learn something new, a hope to make friends, i hope to relieve my depression. The one thing i can't find, is no hope! LOL! Take care Pyewacket.

I've joined a few discussion forums before, but nothing like this. I don't seem to find anything interesting in them, either discussions are way too serious and the mods can block you from posting response just like that, or I don't feel like making a friend at all since they are rude to new people. So I'm glad I found mylot, someone in the other forum mentioned that there is a site like this. I did a search and found mylot. Now I'm more comfortable here after 5 months and making good friends I would never meet somewhere else.

My main reason at myLot is to make the extra $$ in the begining... But later on, I've anaged to make a few discussion friends that I find worthy of just chill out about some topics here and there.....

I come here just to interact with the people and the discussions here. I don't have a great deal of venting to do and when I do I can open some windows....:}. I enjoy my time here and I have fun when I am here....I also manage to learn stuff here. For me there is no need, it is just fun.

well, my friend, for me i am absolutely certain i have a need that is filled here but im bu ggered if i know what it is blessed be

This is not an escape for me. I feel I will never solve any problem by trying to escape from it. I don't have much to vent about because not much angers me. It isn't worth getting upset because 99% of the time it isn't worth getting upset. And beleive me, I have what you would call some serious problems in my life. But I don't want to come on here and talk about them. Because I don't want sympathy. I need answers for my difficulties and in truth, I am the only one who can solve my problems. And what is great is that all my difficulties are fixable. I know I can fix them in time and it is my responsibility to do so. I have lived alone for much of my life, but I am far from lonely. By replying to topics, I can see how I am thinking and understand more about my thought process. Then I can see how I think and decide to make changes. Whatever you write on here is a reflection of how you think. As I go from post to post, I can see how people think. I am not here to judge that, only to learn more about myself. I have no attachment to this site, other than it is available to me if I want to use it.

I love coming here to be with my friends and to get help with some of life's lovely problems. I also like to come here when I've had a particularly bad day. Even though I have close friends that don't live very far away, sometimes it's easier to come to my friends here to be cheered up, and to get advice. And....yes....it's an awesome way to escape for a little while. There! You got it out of me! LOL

I come here to replace the therapy I can't afford right now? =p Seriously, there are a lot of things that are hard to talk about to people offline, or that I just never get a chance to. My social life has greatly dwindled in the past couple of years, between health problems and having a child. So I like coming online because I can talk to people and make friends while still being home with my son, or in the limited time I have between being with him and working. I think the other thing I really like about mylot is that I get to talk to a lot of people interested in things I am, or who have the same issues I do. Where I live there aren't many pagans, there aren't many people into anime or some of my other interests, and some of my health problems are rare enough I've only found other people with them online.

I definitely use myLot as a lot of things. I have met so many wonderful, fascinating people here that I enjoy "talking" to. I feel like I have friends all over the world! I spend time here when I am bored. I spend time here when I am lonesome or frustrated. I log on when I am blue and I post something about it and get so many supportive responses. I get to share the good things with people and get glad responses. I vent when I am frustrated or angry and again, my friend sympathize. I probably spend way too much time here! But I do enjoy it.

I don't remember how I came to mylot, but I do know I love it here. This is the first discussion group I have been in. I didn't know what to expect. I was surprised to find friends list and everything. I used to hang out on yahoo 360 & blog. I still stop by there once in awhile. I was on myspace, but I closed my page, because it's just to superfical over there. I really love the mylot community. I have learned alot from being here. I do sometimes come here when I'm feeling down, and it tends to cheer me up. I have met a lot of really nice people here!!

There is absolutely no doubt that for me MyLot is filling a void. I have been going through some rough times and I have turned to this site for advice at times. The advice I have received is very thoughtful. I really do like this site. And yes...the money is a little added bonus...but certainly not the reason to come here. cheers,

yes and no I'm here just to post and chat with friends, and alot of people are here looking for a quick buck! money money money, i bet if they were not geting paid alot of people will not be here!

I come here to see how my friends are doing because when you talk to someone everyday you become a part of their life. I think so anyway. And yes sometimes I like to vent if there is something going on in my life. I think its good to talk about things if your upset about something it helps to talk. And if I need some advice on something I know I can get some good information here at mylot. Its also nice to get alittle something for it too.LOL

You know Pye, I can't really explain it. For sure, I'm addicted to the place, first thing I do is come on-line and over time I get coffees, look after animals, do bathroom things, make brekky, get dressed etc. If I wake in the nmiddle of the night and am really awake I come on here. I can't really explain it. I'm not lonely, so that doesn't fit in, I don't vent my frustrations too often, Id still come on I think even without the financial bonus, I do bare my soul a lot as I find the anonymity allows me to speak my mind here without the fear of being judged. Maybe that's my need. Just to have someone (somewhere) I can pour my heart out to. The curious part of me also loves learning about how others think and feel too.

Hello pyewacket. My experience with mylot was like a roller coaster at first. I was so hyped up partaking in any of the discussions I saw and didn't have any "real" friends yet. Eventually, I found friends who did more than fill my need. They became my inspiration to hang on. I even have some select few one who are not on my list but we always respond and respect each other's threads. It is not my nature to post thread that are way too personal. I am a very private bunny and personal matter is shared through PM, emails or chatting only. I only vent on matters that have to do with mylot.

I come to mylot because i enjoy and never really thought of it as a void filler till now. I believe that mylot does that in alot of ways for me. If i am lonely i find friendship and when i am down i find things on here that either help me with my problems or something that makes me smile. Yes mylot does help fill my needs and i thank all mylotters for that.

i think that most of us come here to earn some extra bucs, soem of people here come for social interaction but i think there r some people who do come here to escape from wordly woundsand to share with the frends present here!!but i come here only to earn some extra bucks!!

I love mylot. I just started and already I am making some great friends. I think I will def have someone who will listen to my problems and help me out as best as they can. I also feel like I can help others the best I can. This place is awesome! I amm glad I found it!!!!