# community-wide codependency?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-wide-codependency/88494>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-wide-codependency/88494 "2001-10-19T21:28:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![magpie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magpie)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2001, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-wide-codependency/88494/1 "2001-10-19T21:28:13Z")

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i find myself in an interesting situation with an online community that i’ve been involved with for several years. long story short, i’m wondering if there’s a more technical term for what i’ve been thinking of as “community-wide codependency.”

i’ve done some research on codependency as it pertains to individuals, and i find that many of the traits and concepts apply to this particular community. i have yet to find anything about the notion of intercommunal codependancy.

any thoughts on this? anyone have any suggestions as to where to look for information about this? i don’t know if such a thing is even recognized within the psychological field.

thanks much,  
magpie

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-wide-codependency/88494/2 "2001-10-20T04:17:33Z")

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Ah, I see that with only 10 posts, you don’t spend much time here, Magpie. 😃 So you want a technical term for “community-wide codependency”? Try “message board addiction”.

One of the biggest complaints over in MPSIMS is, “Help! I’m a SDMB addict! I have no life!”

I run down [this list](http://www.winternet.com/~terrym/codependency.html) of codependency characteristics, and yep, they all apply to the SDMB.

Yo, Bibliophage, you might wanna move this over to MPSIMS so Magpie can see what I’m talking about… 😃

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**Author:** ![magpie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magpie)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-wide-codependency/88494/3 "2001-10-20T04:49:55Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose \*  
> \*\*Ah, I see that with only 10 posts, you don’t spend much time here, Magpie. 😃

heh. i read more than i post. _grin_

> [@](#):
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> [this list](http://www.winternet.com/~terrym/codependency.html)

rock on. thanks much.

🙂  
magpie