This question was posed on another thread. My take? If you have more “friends” on-line than you have in the face-to-face world, you need a break. If you spend a day off indoors, on-line instead of outside (or doing something constructive indoors) you need a reality check.
In my case, I use the CR as an alternative to a news site. I used to check the NY Timnes and the “other” hemish news blog, and found the CR to be more worthwhile. Surely less depressing and a none of the prustkeit you see on the NYT