I was too young during the days of the Internet when forums were more commonplace and the Internet was more decentralized, and by the time I was old enough to comprehend it all, I had been using social media like Twitter -- which was awful and most definitely to my detriment. I always wanted to be a forumer.
I always browse SS because this is the first time I've ever really found comfort in being an active user of a forum, and it's also such a low-stress environment, funnily enough. This is a kind of place which comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable. We all have our problems, and there is comfort in that. There is never any pressure to do X or Y or Z with our lives. We come from many different walks of life, and we talk, and sometimes we disagree. But any drama here seems much more low stakes than on social media. It's only a disagreement or argument and nothing more, which is how I think it should be. I can no longer handle such extreme social anxiety. And I'm drawn to this place because it's very diverse yet unjudgmental.