Reasons you’ve left the forums for long periods

[DubWolf 17,213]

Have you ever decided to leave the forums for an indefinite amount of time without notice  ? This ranges from a few weeks up to several months or a year  ? Like did something significant happen or did you just lose interest in the show or being here  ?

Edited January 28, 2018 by WWolf

[Sparklefan1234 169,351]

I took a break the forum for a few days due to feeling bored, does that count?

[Babyyoshi309 1,829]

Nope. The longest I have been gone was when I went on vacation and had no internet.

[peachy 20]

i had an account on here back in, i think, 2013 / 14. i left because i was pressured to by my friends who had also left (and also i was going through a Hardcore sjw phase where i thought bronys were terrible people, i think this was around the time molestia got taken down and i started following rhat dragondicks person? idk)

but yeah i'm uh, definitely out of that phase now lol and ftr bronies are pretty damn chill.

edit;; yeah joined in 2012 left in 2013. so a 5 year break 😬

Edited January 28, 2018 by peachy

[DubWolf 17,213]

1 minute ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

I took a break the forum for a few days due to feeling bored, does that count?

Ehh well sure  ? I guess I mean something more significant, like for me I used to be on Lego.com a lot, but I eventually lost interest and gradually faded away until indefinite absence.

[jackfettgames 50]

Honestly, I'm not quite sure.  I think my enthusiasm and self-esteem just waxes and wanes, and my activity supports that.

(Also I don't have much to contribute during hiatus because I've seen seasons 1-3, part of season 7, and bits from the other seasons.  That's mostly the extent of official pony I've seen.)

[Retro*Derpy 3,181]

You knew I left for awhile, but I needed it.

My reason being I was just getting bored after awhile, most topics are just rehashed of ones I've already replied to. (Mostly because I'm just in GD/MD)

So I left for a couple months and started to get an interest back. I'll probably just keep taking periodic breaks till the interest is lost completely or something happens to the forums.

 

[Jeric 46,850]

I've taken breaks over the last three years due to family and health reasons. I also vanished for a period when I resigned from staff the second time. 

[Looks 130]

I left for a long time, months, for various reasons. Mainly because of a hurricane and me having no ability to get online at all, but once I did I was simply too anxious to really do... anything. It's only recently I was able to stand up in my feet, and even then, every so often I can do nothing but trip and fall back down. I want to get online more often admittedly, a lot of people here seem to be nice and friendly. ^^

[Denim&Venöm 18,573]

I left for all of a week. I just felt burnt out and nothing new was going on. So I took a break.

Kinda sorta feel that way from time to time, but can't exactly quit to do having obligations on these forums. 

[Hierok 11,831]

I've been away for like 4/5 months in the beginning. Joined in october 2016, left that same month, and starter again in April/May 2017

[Here No Longer 5,276]

I've left the forums for extended periods numerous times, for various reasons,  mostly on my old account I made in June of 2013.  Most of the time it was because:

• Just didn't feel it 
• Dad didn't pay the internet bill
• Pre-occupied with Paladins or League of Legends

 

 

[Prospekt 11,018]

Well... I was gone for the better part of a week last November due to a family emergency. But apart from that, I'm usually not gone for more than a day. I try to post something on a daily basis. And if I ever had to leave for an indefinite period of time, I would try to post a status update about it so nobody would think I'm dead or comatose. -_-

[GeekySonic 1,150]

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[Flutterstep 47,066]

I took a break after almost all of my friends on here left. Now I've returned and have been greeted by new and more friendly friends 

[MasterSpark95 430]

I took a break for a long while because I was really busy with life and stuff, and I honestly just didn't have the time to be on the forums.

I was just so busy that I didn't have enough time for it, since I had to do a lot of other things.

[PiratePony 8,475]

Cause of a little incident that happened last year that left me unhappy with some policies

[They call me Loyalty 1,948]

The state of my mind is not always compatible with a given environment.

[CheeryFox 23,819]

When I was really sick or too busy. 

[Wardaddy 470]

All I literally do is leave the forum open and never use it unless I feel like it. Waste of laptop performance space I know, but my mind works in mysterious ways. One day it's interested. The rest, it's not. Mind you, I used to be a lot more active until an incident occurred that I will not speak of. Since then interaction with me has all but died, as has my interaction with the forums.

Edited January 28, 2018 by Wardaddy

[Thuja 3,658]

It's mostly because I forget about it or I don't really see the point anymore...  Or, just wanting to take a break.

[Dark Qiviut 22,378]

I left for a few months in Fall 2016 after some of my friends from the MLPF staff revealed how they were treated behind the scenes. Returned in February 2017 after the house was cleaned.

Edited January 28, 2018 by Dark Qiviut

[Nightfall Gloam 18,258]

Left the forums for mostly the same reasons as the person above me, as well as just being burnt out a little... Decided to come back after a long absence and I don't regret it one bit ^^

[IronM17 5,335]

I never completely left the forum, but I often needed some breaks or I had some private reasons in RL why I wasn't here active. It can also happen in the future.

[The Kaeya Simp 13,988]

After I joined in November,

I forgot this exsisted for a month until i used opera again and I commonly use it now every day (or most days)