Facebook and Twitter Addictions~

Posted by jester5 on Sunday January 22, 2012 @01:41AM
from the self-post dept.

Curious.. Do you think it is possible for someone to have an addiction to posting on FB or Tweeting on Twitter? I have heard people say such things like I "spent hours on Facebook and I don't know why?"

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Re:Facebook and Twitter Addictions~ by pestaa on Sunday January 22, 2012 @08:17AM (#3496500)

A young (~16yo) male relative of mine just spent half a day in my home - in front of his smartphone, to be precise. All the time he'd hit the refresh button and scroll through the same FB news feed again for the 100th time.

There is a potentially dangerous feedback effect in social sites imho. Experts will probably better articulate what the trigger is.

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Re:Facebook and Twitter Addictions~ by jonbishop on Monday January 23, 2012 @02:24PM (#3501680)

I don't think posting or tweeting is addictive, but I do think reading other people's content can be. Myspace was still popular when I was in college and it seemed like half the computer lab I did work in was always on Myspace.

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