I remember back in the nineties using the internet to get on the internet relay chatrooms known as IRC. It was a way to keep busy without having to worry about all the weirdos on the AOL chatrooms. I used a free program and would go to the same chatroom every day and chat with the same online friends. That was back in the day when I used AOL’s dialup service. Those sure were the days.
I remember when I found the online bingo websites years ago. I would play on the popular bingo websites for hours hoping to win some extra money to go shopping with. I did win money several times but I also lost more often than I won. What is addicting about the bingo sites are the free bonuses that they give you when you setup an account. I would try to win with the free bonuses but that didn’t always happen and I eventually stopped playing. I know someone that has played for YEARS though and never seems to give up on it.
I have spent HOURS online reading stuff. I also have to admit that I have spent quite a bit of time playing online games. I have played Webkinz with my children and that popular Runescape game that my friend Shannon told me about. Today, I mainly use Facebook for my form of entertainment. On Facebook I can chat with my family and friends, play online games and participate in discussions in the groups I am a member of. Since I spend quite a bit of time online working, I try not to spend that much time online games and spend my free time with my children.
So what do you do online that wastes time?
I sooo remember when going online was all about hanging out in the chatrooms! Now facebook takes up WAY too much of my time
I spend way too much time on FB and twitter these days but I totally remember the whole chatrooms, forums and listserv days
I think all my time goes towards my blog…lol
Words With Friends, lol – that game is addicting!
Blogging, seriously. ~lol~
Mmmmm, blogging! What else is there, lol!
Not to much, I truly feel like I am always working online. Maybe then Facebook 🙂
I Facebook…I guess it wouldn’t really be time wasting since it builds my Klout and gets me freebies….excuses. LOL!
I’m always tweaking my blog or reading online. 🙂
I usually play a game like Bejeweled or something.
LOL — I remember chatrooms! I used to play games too … now it’s just FB, forums and the blog!
Skyping with friends.
I wish I had time to waste online!
I love playing Farmville and reading blogs or forums.
Aside from blogging and chatting, not too much.
I look up random questions on Google, enter various sweepstakes, and chat through IM.
Facebook also takes most of my time. LOL. It’s actually the first site on my bookmarks, that’s why. But if I’ve already seen the interesting stuff there, I visit other sites for recipes. I always visit the website of National Geographic, by the way, and TIME. These are two of my favorite sites. I guess, I pretty much read a lot of stuff. Do you have a favorite site, too? 🙂