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Presured by Dramalists?

Mokona
Hey everyone,

since I signed in, I feel like I push myself to watch more Dramas than before because I want to be able to give recommendations and fill up my list. I also find a lot of Dramas that I put on my Plan-to-Watch list and I feel like I have to work through it

How do you feel? Do you feel pressured? And is it a good or a bad one?
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Butterfly
For my case, I just want to complete my list and track which I had watch, wanted to watch.

and I have more on bad side. I tend to watch dramas all the time after I signed in this site. haha... I even lack of sleep due to dramas. Lol
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prettytin
it's not really pressure but when i started being active with the feeds, my plan to watch just became longer and longer. it's like i want to know what they saw and they enjoyed this show
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GentleRain
I'm not pressured. I watch doramas and movies when I have the time. 
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Midnight
HM, maybe a little bit, but that's because I have watch a lot more drama's and I seem to forget them all the time. I'd like to keep it up to date but it just won't work with me, hahaha.
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Alekwang
Nah, I just watch what I like and the reason why I finish them quickly is because I enjoy them, but I have never felt pressured.
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Asena
When I first joined, I felt that 'pressure' you are talking about. I would force myself to watch dramas quickly to fill up my list. Seeing other people's massive lists made me want to 'catch up' (I only started watching dramas a couple of years ago, but some people have been watching them for a decade). I also felt slightly pressured to watch the popular dramas (scared I was going to miss something). And I felt as though I had to finish dramas that I wasn't 100% into (otherwise the time I spent watching the first few episodes would have been a waste).
I can relate to this part but I wouldn't really call it pressure, it's just more like that you're new and feel like you have to catch up
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Mokona
@toots it doesn't sound peachy at all. I wouldn't have asked, if I wouldn't want to know your thoughts :)
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Linus
If anything, I think that joining MDL is going to make me slow down. I've only discovered Asian dramas about a year ago, but have already watched and dropped a bunch of them. When I got an email with the estimate time spent on Drama Fever last year, I almost fainted. I spend almost a month watching stuff :> It all makes me think that I should be more selective and more focused on doing more productive things in my life, lol 
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JoanneSmith
I occasionally feel behind because there are so many dramas/films and so little time.  However, I do remind myself there is no rush and to pace myself.  And drop more.   And most importantly, not add stuff to my planned list haphazardly. (< pressure reducer). Otherwise it could be as big as the whole MDL database.   

i see the lists as 2 things -

1)  My personal drama management system...I use the lists how I want....For instance, I dump a lot of things in Currently Watching that I want to shake out further or i want to be reminded of every time i go to my currently watching list.  This helps me not to feel pressure.  

2)  I also fill out the lists as a bit of a responsibility (in a good way) to be able to participate in feeds and discussions so people can figure out recommendations for me and/or decide if they have something in common and want to be friends.   To me that feeling of responsibility overtakes any feeling of pressure. (< mental tricking myself ;D)
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Knavery
If I don't like the title and summary combined - I usually end up ignoring it unless I see someone else loved it. So my Plan To Watch list stays pretty short.

I think my problem is when I find a drama that has already aired that looks interesting to me.... I binge watch it instead of going at a more healthy pace. I should probably stop an episode or two earlier because in the long run giving up all this sleep is probably going to bite me in the ass.
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l y l a

Yeah, I guess? I've always felt like this with anything I do. I just feel like I need to keep it clean and stable

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Linus

My apologies Mokona; when I first answered your question, I joined MDL not too long before, so I didn't really get hit with the MDL craze yet :D ;) 

Now I feel like I get the feeling that you are talking about. I don't know if that's pressure necessarily or just pure curiosity that is sparked by people on MDL, but the more I come here, the more things I want to see. Once I get into my head that I want to see something, I keep thinking about all the other things I wanted to see... That creates sort of a feeling that could be described as being pressured. I think I used to savor dramas more before joining MDL. I would look for the one particular drama I wanted to watch for days and then slowly decide on it. There weren't 20 other titles that I needed to see ASAP ;) Now I have 45 items on my PTW list and it's only because I keep myself from adding about 30 more I think I might be interested in :D 

So yes, all in all, there seems to be internal pressure that being active on MDL can create ;) Thanks to MDL, I definitely found a lot of dramas that are gems, but I also watched at least 50% more dramas that I would otherwise. Also, I finished about 90 dramas.... that is a TON of dramas and time invested in one hobby for an average person, but nothing impressive on MDL ;)

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