*Survey* How much time do you spend on TEFc?

January 28, 2011 - 10:25pm — quadraptor

Just need some info to help me kick my TEFc addiction - how much time do you spend on the community site each day? Just say how many minutes or hours every day you have a web browser on the community site (not necessarily looking at the community site but you have a window or a tab open that is on the site).

The reason why I am asking is because as you may know I've realized I have an addiction to this site.

After doing some calculations on my typical schedule and when I have access to a computer, I was shocked to realize that I spend between 8-12 hours with a window on TEFc. That's why I know I am addicted to this place. I am not always looking at the site of course because part of the time I am working on homework, am away from the computer doing other things, watching TV, ect. But nearly a half a day is too long for this.

So I'm going to work on setting aside a time during the day where I can check the site but not for the lengths of time I have been. It needs to stop anyway since I've got a lot more homework and studying that needs to be done this semester. (And please don't criticize me about this, I have been using the site as a way to relax. I never intended this to happen, I didn't even realize until now that I have spent that much time.)

So how long do you spend on TEFc each day?

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January 28, 2011 - 10:27pm — Nopje

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG,

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG, LOL! <3

I guess even the whole day sometimes. :'DD

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January 28, 2011 - 10:28pm — quadraptor

At least I'm not the only one

At least I'm not the only one then, huh?

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January 28, 2011 - 10:30pm — Kasparov

I spend about 1 hour - 2

I spend about 1 hour - 2 hours each day, sometimes more, sometimes less. It depends how much work I have to do. I have two days a week where I don't allow myself to come on, as otherwise become too addicted. c:

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January 28, 2011 - 10:31pm — aihnna

Too Much B(

^{Too Much B(}

January 28, 2011 - 10:31pm — shamiya

Way too much.... TEFc is in

Way too much....

TEFc is in a browser 24/7... unless I force myself to close it. It could be open for weeks at a time until I restart, lol.

January 28, 2011 - 10:32pm — .

I might spend too much time

I might spend too much time here, but then again I don't care about that fact. Not really anyways.

January 28, 2011 - 10:32pm — trigger_mortis

Hm, I tend to do a lot of

Hm, I tend to do a lot of bouncing around from site to site and other things while I work on my art and stuff, but probably around 4 hours maybe? It's kind of hard, since it depends on if I'm working on TEF artwork or not. If I'm working on a piece of gift art, I tend to keep a window open looking at their biography for most of the time I'm working, so that would lead to many more hours.

As an example of how my night goes, if I'm working on homework for example, I'll usually check out the site for maybe a half an hour before starting homework, then close it, and re-open it when I need a break for maybe ten minutes or so to check any new posts.

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January 28, 2011 - 10:32pm — Bylah

I, personally, only spend

I, personally, only spend about maybe 4 hours a week on the site - and that's at the most, but that's all.

But see, I don't quite agree that having it in a tab means you're addicted. There are some tabs that I keep up with a certain webpage, solely for the sake of expediency. It's just easier to have it there.

Now, if you were to say that you spent hours browsing the site and hitting the refresh button dozens of times a day, that might be an issue.

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January 28, 2011 - 10:33pm — trigger_mortis

^--- Thank you Bylah, that's

^--- Thank you Bylah, that's what I was trying to get at. C:

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January 28, 2011 - 10:37pm — quadraptor

Ah you have a point there,

Ah you have a point there, Bylah. That makes me feel better about it, since generally in the mornings (when I have about 2-3 hours before my classes) I'll have it up on a tab but I'm just refreshing every now and then when I'm taking a break from my homework. I'm still probably on here too much, but it's not as bad as I thought.

Thanks for the information, everyone. I'm actually really relieved that there are others who spend just as much time on here as I do.

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January 28, 2011 - 10:40pm — Scythe

I honestly don't spend that

I honestly don't spend that much time on the community site, an hour, half hour at best on most days, (today being an exception because I am bored out of my mind at work), but it is almost always open in a tab when I'm at home. A lot of my artwork tends to be TEF-related, so I like to have easy access to profiles and such, whether they're my own or someone else's. I do have moments when I refresh constantly, if I'm waiting for an RP post or a certain entry, but I'm otherwise content with MSN and actually checking on the site maybe once or twice a day.

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January 28, 2011 - 10:43pm — Unplugged

Too much, probably as much as

Too much, probably as much as you if not more. I also have a TEFc tab open nearly all the time and refresh Recent Posts/track every few minutes even when doing something else.
This is sort of a personal topic for me; I have been on the Internet for the longest time and I've been spending "too much time" on the computer for many years. My feelings about this constantly jump from not minding to extreme worry. Sometimes I feel or notice that I am "hooked" and in other situations I know that I can "part" from it. Sometimes I think this uncertain fear is the cause for many negative thoughts I'm having, but I don't feel ready to confront this at the moment.

January 28, 2011 - 10:46pm — Hart

More than I should. |3 Hi,

More than I should. |3

Hi, my name is Vee, and just like QuadRaptor, I'm a TEFcaholic.

January 28, 2011 - 11:00pm — MickKreiger

Varies...sometimes more

Varies...sometimes more sometimes less.

I've found that if i'm in a more chatty mood, then I'm more likely to spend time here and on msn. If i'm not, I go and kill some people on my cosoles.

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January 28, 2011 - 11:17pm — eyestrain

Maybe 4-7 hours a day. I

Maybe 4-7 hours a day.
I compulsively refresh.
This is a fairly recent development.
On one hand if I spend too much time in one place, I start to feel bad. And I regret losing the wordless quality that makes this game so special. It is impossible to play the way I used to, which I feel is the way the creators likely intended.

On the other hand, this community feels like home. The atmosphere here is uniquely loving and familial. It gives me someplace to turn to. Knowing that I have this place makes me feel safe and content.

Being content isn't always a good thing. But it is hard to pull oneself away from.

I will say this. I used to feel like I was spending too much time on the internet, so I cut myself off from it and swore off the old site of my addiction. I didn't realize until recently but the loss of my 'home' and friends, even if they were not physical, contributed to the depressive episode I went through recently.

There must be balance. I think the amount of time I spend here is too much. But online friends and community can be important too, and supplement holes in real life.

I am trying to set an alarm to alert me when I've spent two hours or so online so I can stop and do something else.

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January 28, 2011 - 11:19pm — Flyleaf

I play the forest in full

I play the forest in full mode . Not in a window .
So when i have my deer in the forest i am fully there too and i play

Guess i play mostly all day of the week for about 2 or 3 hours

Then i close the game and come here to the forum looking what's new and if my friends are on and to see what they have posted .
Later i shut down my prime gaming laptop and go watch tv . While i watch tv i am looking at the forum here too . I am using a little 12 inch netbook on my couch while i watch tv .
Does this mean i am addicted

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January 28, 2011 - 11:26pm — quadraptor

I think by the responses I've

I think by the responses I've gotten here, we're all addicted.

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January 28, 2011 - 11:47pm — Wishinthedrawer

From when I wake up until I

From when I wake up until I go to bed.
I can't go outside, it's not like I have anything better to do.

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January 29, 2011 - 12:06am — Skitties

Not nearly as much as I used

Not nearly as much as I used to. During winter break, and up until I took my hiatus, it was probably fairly close to where you are. Now I'm only allowing myself a max of 2 hours with the site open. Still in forest for like 6 hours a night, but I'm cutting back on coming here a lot.

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January 29, 2011 - 12:53am — Graveyard

Not as much as I used to,

Not as much as I used to, though it's still at least four or five hours in periods. Though I frequent less when there is nothing too much for me to do for the most part. I come around periodically through the day to update statuses of my characters and my own status and to reply to RPs but anymore I'm not a heavy addict like I used to be XD

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January 29, 2011 - 5:26am — Verdalas

If I counted in total over

If I counted in total over the entire of one day, I'd say no more than an hour or two.

I play WoW. That in itself is an addiction. x_x

January 29, 2011 - 5:37am — Fuchs

I used to all day and was a

I used to all day and was a former TEFcaholic....but now it's hardly ever :c

I'm sorry...I just feel like I no longer belong here plus I got more of a life now.

January 29, 2011 - 5:42am — Verdalas

I feel the same was as Lex.

I feel the same was as Lex. You get washed away in all the new people. I still don't have much of a life but there are periods when I feel I don't belong. Other times I feel more accepted.

January 29, 2011 - 10:37am — bigcrow

I don't spend more than about

I don't spend more than about an hour at a time... but I bounce back to this site while moving around the internet about 5/6 times a day, soo... a lot :\ I'm on the internet way too much, and this, despite I'm not terribly active here(forum-wise anyway... I'm in the game whenever possible) is only fueling me to sit here longer, so its not helping. Mehh.

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January 30, 2011 - 4:31am — Impact

Not for very long. I only

Not for very long. I only ever come on for a about an hour to check new messages, blogs and pictures, and comment on a few things. I don't come on every day either.

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January 30, 2011 - 4:35am — Kittyo8

I used to be on here 5--9

I used to be on here 5--9 hours a day, but because of school, and other factors on average it's just two or three. I leave the browser open though, but I don't comment around as much as I used to.

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January 30, 2011 - 4:47am — Kaoori

too much. Although I have it

too much.

Although I have it open as a tab a lot and I'm not looking at it, and I don't constantly refresh it unless I'm bored or looking for something.

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