This time last year, I was basically clueless about Facebook. I signed up but wasn't using it and definitely wasn't connecting to anyone else.
But if you look at my Facebook page today, you would think I'd been an active FB user for a LONG time. In addition to my own page, I host three fan pages and one group page.
I came across this interesting article written by Dan Crowther that I think some of you, like me, can relate to. He, like many of us, has become a facebook junkie and wants to know if the social media site is ruining your life. Here'a a portion of what he wrote:
Here are some signs that Facebook is ruining your life as written by :
1. You have more communications with people in your tight circle of local friends on Facebook than you do in real life.
2. You spend more than 20 minutes a day on Facebook.
3. Facebook's the first thing you do in the morning, then you're back midday, then again in the evening, just to keep track of the lives of everyone in your friends group.
4. You've ever found yourself saying "not right now, I'm on Facebook" to your child, spouse, significant other, parent or friend
5. You've ever announced some important change in your life on Facebook before you picked up the phone or met in person with your closest friends and told them in advance (I'm pregnant, I'm engaged...)
6. You've cut short a real-world conversation with someone you've just met (and liked) so you could stalk them on Facebook
7. You've ever heard some variation on the words "I wish you would stop chatting on Facebook and spend time with me."
8. You've ever revealed something deeply personal on Facebook that you've regretted later
9. You regularly find yourself together with friends, all accessing your own Facebook accounts instead of actually talking with each other
10. Your wall has more applications that your friends are playing than real communications with those you like.
11. You go on Facebook mostly to do applications
12. You regularly choose to chat rather than to pick up the phone and actually talk with someone (or, gulp, actually visit them!)
What can YOU add to this list?
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I have to tell you, Bev, I did find myself going down that "addiction" road with Facebook. Fortunately, I "caught" myself and backed away. I do find myself checking it in the morning and in the evening (most days), but I'd still rather have a real conversation with my close friends and family. It is an excellent communications tool - not a way of life.
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