Confessions of a Reddit Karma Whore
This is the money quote for me:<p>&quot;I shut myself up in my room. The further I removed myself from the people I knew in the real world, the further I descended into the minds of people I’ve never interacted with and would never meet again.&quot;<p>It seems the author isn&#x27;t even aware of how awful this is, since later he admits he&#x27;s still a karma whore.  I am thankful that I recognized what an abysmal facsimile of an actual life this sort of thing is when it was only Usenet.  I had a similar addiction for a little less than a year in the mid-90s.  It seriously damaged my marriage, and more than I realized at the time, in hindsight.<p>Real relationships with actual, real people that you can see and touch and talk to are essential for a healthy life.  If this statement causes a negative reaction, please ask yourself why.  It needs your immediate attention.