I think the key is to only read posts with buddies in them on the community board.
I find if I stay away from posts I don't know anything about on the CMB, and only chat when someone I wanna talk to is in there, I can manage the rest of my life okay.
And lurking is a BIG nono unless you're just wandering the net aimlessly anyway.
Keith (NOT BACK)
One always dies too soon-- or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are-- your life, and nothing else. - Garcin, No Exit