What are your favorite websites or forums to pass the time away and why?

[gearhead000]

Kung sa forum... as in actual forum - Tsikot na lang yata ang natira para sa akin. Kaya imagine my sadness at the time na di siya ma-access for several days. I was having a mild sepanx (separation anxiety) episode na nga eh! Eto na lang nga natira tapos mawawala pa.

Used to be lurker (mostly) din ako sa PinoyDVD, PinoyExchange, Peyups (open naman sila kahit di UP student/ alumni), TipidPC/ TipidCP, DPReview at marami pang iba na hindi ko na matandaan. That was the time that I was still working, and alongside MSOffice, SAP at Outlook eh naka-open mga forum na 'yan kung hindi man naka-bookmark. Minsan kahit mainitan sa trabaho, mas mainitan ang balitaktakan sa forum kaya natatapos ang araw walang trabahong nahawakan.

Sa ngayon, I have installed Quora and Reddit pero hindi ako actively pumupunta doon. I mean, I have allowed notifications for both apps so kapag may nakita ako interesting topic sa notif saka lang ako bumibisita. It is one of those rabbit holes din talaga where kahit pumunta ka due to a single interesting topic lang, aabutin ka ng ilang oras or minuto bago ka makapag-exit. Pero in both sites, talagang hanggang lurk lang ako since I feel di ko kaya ang level nung mga regular posters doon. Kahit na nga hindi regular contributor, usually mga experts in their field mga nagre-reply or has relevant experiences with regards to the topic at hand.

Aside from tsikot.com, sa mga sites that I've been on regularly eh mas madalas talaga ako sa YouTube, FB at Twitter. Instagram and TikTok not as much, although madalas yung mga video sa FB eh galing din naman sa TikTok. Between Netflix and YouTube, it's still the latter for me. I have allowed browser cookies so everytime I log in with any of these sites, stories with my interests are there already. Hehe! It is truly a rabbit hole (again) with these sites kaya I have several tabs in several browsers open at any given time. Kaya nga lang din ako nag-upgrade to a more powerful PC yung laptop ko can't keep up already. Napaka-resource hungry kasi nitong mga browsers, especially Google Chrome although may improvements na rin naman lately. At 16GB RAM I can open several browsers with multiple tabs to my heart's content.

[kagalingan]

LocaL eh tsikot at paminsan-minsan pinoyexchange.

international mga health forum at old school health blogger/ website like raypeat.com, stephan guyenet, chris masterjohn, chris kessLer, weston price foundation...etc 15years na ako nakasubaybay jan.

waLa ako maintenance meds mapa sugar or choLesteroL,. compLeto ngipin ko waLey rootcanaL, hindi ako araw-araw naLiLigo, kung haLos Lahat na-omicron eh ako pawaLey-waLey Lang.. Im in my 40s.

Kita nyo naman itsura ng ehbak ko sa thread ng Share Your HeaLth Regimen.

[_Cathy_]

exhibitionism, or commerce?
or both?

I'd say 90% commerce and 10% exhibitionism. I am shocked may ganun pala sa Pilipinas. They need help (psychiatrist)

Look who's talking no doc? I have control of myself naman, kay crush lang wala

I’m actually more frequent on Reddit than Tsikot. More activity kasi eh. Although different topic (personal finance and career) so I guess appeals to a wider audience.

What Tsikot has that Reddit can’t copy is the sense of community. I’ve made real life friends from Tsikot which I don’t expect from Reddit (though the converse is true, I’ve met real life friends on Reddit).

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I don't like the tree format kasi kaya I still frequent that traditional forums.

It's true re the sense of community. One of my constants is a tsikoteer though he mostly lurks. I'm glad I met him kasi he has been there for me for years. He was there from me when I had covid and even when I was in the US and sick for 2 weeks siya kausap ko! Nightmare pa when I had fever and chills then he told me it's probably side effect of Pfizer vaccine (which is true)

BUT BUT BUT I browsed the PH threads of reddit, very common naman pala meet ups there (esp the hook up x rated subs) Ewan ko lang if they form friendships there.

What I like about reddit is its vast range of topic. Yoo have a particular hobby? Search it and chances are there are subreddit for it. Recently I want to know more about gshock, searched "reddit gshock" on Google and there was a community for it. If you have many interest and hobbies, changes are there are subreddit for each of those hobbies.

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yeah anything under the sun talaga. I thought they only allowed wholesome topics, was I wrong

and stories from r/alasjuicy!

why oh why did I look this up. I'm disturbed with what it read. It's like a rabbit hole, I ended up going to other subs which were worse pa

[marky2115]

Locally Tsikot nalang talaga pinupuntahan ko that I reply. PinoyDVD just to check what TVs are recommended. Puro Reddit nalang din ako as well as YouTube with Reddit taking most of my time. But I try to limit browsing r/philippines kasi nakakastress magbasa ng politics. Same sa political threads sa Tsikot. Hehe


Edit: Forgot to include Tsikot and Philmug forums.

[dr. d]

youtube.
anything and everything,
even those you'd think were impossible...

i am currently enamored by the family with baby and malamutes.

[gearhead000]

YouTube is kind of rabbit hole.
But at least most of the time you're either get informed or entertained.

Tiktok on the other hand eh mostly kalokohan lang, but it sucks you in.
May mga Tiktoker din naman who showcases their artistry or creativity.
I just noticed, or I just learned, na may YouTube/shorts na rin pala ala Tiktok.

Nakakaubos din talaga ng oras once you clicked a link to any of these sites.
Kasama na FB Videos. Parang Hotel California lang..... or Pringles.

[BratPAQ]

YouTube is kind of rabbit hole.
But at least most of the time you're either get informed or entertained.

Tiktok on the other hand eh mostly kalokohan lang, but it sucks you in.
May mga Tiktoker din naman who showcases their artistry or creativity.
I just noticed, or I just learned, na may YouTube/shorts na rin pala ala Tiktok.

Nakakaubos din talaga ng oras once you clicked a link to any of these sites.
Kasama na FB Videos. Parang Hotel California lang..... or Pringles.

Same with me. If I want to just laugh or see short movie/TV scenes I watch tiktok. Some creators are creative naman, not just the usual pa ***y at pa cute. There is this one tiktoker I like that reenact her dreams, yung tipong sequence of event eh sa dream lang mangyayari and doesn't make sense. It's very creative.

[papi smith]

Ugali naman ni Misis when she watches TV is mag you tube muna, light short videos para ma relax, then serious na after that, right now we are following Marcella one episode daily after YouTube.