Thursday, September 15, 2011
Facebook Addiction
Why is it that people feel the need to get on Facebook literally every day? I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that I don't fall into this category because I do tend to get on Facebook frequently because I like to see what people are doing. Or in other words, creep. Don't pretend that you guys don't do it, too. Mostly, I get on to stay in touch with my friends back in Nashville and see how they're doing. But it tends to become a distraction at the worst times. I also read posts from other people saying that Facebook is such an addiction and they honestly can't stay off of it to get their homework done. I, personally, can stay off and finish my school work, but for some people, they just seem to have an addiction problem. But, who's to judge what people do with their free time?
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Facebook, by its very nature, creates a network that encourages one to continually check up on it. The idea of social media is to have available for one to discover right away. The need to know things as soon as they are posted is created. That is why these sites are so addicting. They make people think that they need to constantly know what is going on in their ‘friends’ lives. This makes them read through endless status updates and look through infinite amounts of pictures just so they stay ‘in the loop’. Thus people when they sign up for this are drawn in by the convenience of Facebook and spend hours on it, unable to leave even to do homework. Sad, isn’t it?
ReplyDeleteI think it's just natural for people to "creep", it's just natural curiosity. If there's someone doing something outside of your window, you're going to pay a bit of attention to them. Facebook presents you with the same situation, but it does so 24/7 at the click of a button.
ReplyDeleteFor me, I just get on when I don't have anything else better to do. It can get in the way of my homework, but just the same as television, music, video games, or other miscellaneous activities, but I wouldn't consider it an addiction or problem; just a distraction.