Damaskox
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Reddit was awesome. It’s sad what became of it. Jumped ships that took me to Lemmy-kbin Land!
I love games, gamification and chat roleplaying, socializing with people, volunteering, different lists and difficult topics!
A fine question!
The easiest answer is effect of the hobby towards other aspects of life. If one’s relationships with people suffer, or school or work, because one rather sits in front of one’s gaming device, then there’s a chance that one has a gaming disorder. Also, continuously postponing things that need to be done in real life and rather play games can be a sign.
Things that can lead to adding gaming hours:
- having most friendships in multiplayer games
- feeling that one’s not good enough in the real world compared to skills and activities related in video games
- getting praise for what one does in games but receives no positive feedback in real life
- having the urge to flee from real world through escapism (problems with parents, bullying, traumas and other life difficulties)
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Some people don’t even get joy from games anymore, and they still continue the activity. Some get to the point of experiencing suicidal thoughts. Then there’s the thing of social exclusion - you simply drift away from the society and lock yourself up at home.
EDIT: It doesn’t mean that one has problems if one is having a blast with games for one or two weeks. After a half a year and neglecting other parts of life however…
One pro about working with the rest of your coworkers in flesh is socialization. You get to talk with people during the day.
At home it’s you, alone (if you live alone).
Of corse, some folks has it better working alone. I wouldn’t have.
And, all work cannot be done from home.
Hmm. Does this mean that it’s expensive to run this whole Fediverse thing and that the money is running out?
A thing that has helped me maybe 90+% of the time (if I recall correctly, it’s been a while from the last one):
- Empty your lungs
- Hold your breath as long as you can
- Breathe in and out very fast for a few seconds
- If I created a community, would I become it’s (lone) moderator automatically?
- What consequences, requirements and things would I need to keep in mind as a moderator?
- Is it advisable to copy-paste content from Reddit to kickstart new communities (given that the link source to the original content was added as well when making new posts)?