What do you use the internet for?

There is a debate currently whether regular users of the internet are suffering depression so therefore use it a lot. Or people are becoming more depressed from regular internet usage.

Most of my friends hardly use it at all. A couple are on Face Book for example as they have travelled far, and use it as a means to keep in touch with friends. High usage can be beneficial to Social Phobics for example. As some sort of communication with the outside world is enjoyed.

I am a high user, for reasons I have said before, depression.

Do you see internet usage increasing? Do you think there is real value in the communications we experience or do you think that idea is a fools paradise?

What do you see yourself as using the net for? Has it been beneficial or detrimental to your social life?