Fark was my real introduction to web communities. I spent so many nights just constantly scrolling through there reading headlines and reading comments. Then I took about a four year break from the online work. When I came back Reddit was just starting to get bigger. It sucked up huge parts of my time, which was a huge plus during my time working at a company doing nothing all day. Saved me from going crazy for a good two years. Now I'm here until the next great break.