It all starts very subtly, with the posting of the first node. It may be many months before the subject is posting on a regular basis. During that time, the subject begins to have an increasing appreciation for e2 and what it represents. The subject slowly garners a few experience points here and there, and may occasionally check the XP levels of some of his friends.

And then, eventually, Everything becomes the only website worth reading. The subject becomes more and more deeply engrossed in the art of noding. Although it is not an obsession, the subject begins noticing small things in his life, and may occasionally think, "That would make a good node." Turns of phrase may become corrupted in the subject's increasingly confused mind; "note to self" may become "node to self," and so on.

But then, one day, I was looking at a (non-Everything) website. And I thought it was neat. And I go to exercise my meritocratic right, and then I realise: Toto, we're not on Everything anymore.

I suspected that, indeed, perhaps Everything had me hooked.

But this suspicion was finally confirmed today. I was reading a magazine article — in the paper medium, for crying out loud — and I swear, I actually thought this to myself.

"Where's the VOTE! button?"