Are you a Facebook Maniac ???
Facebook
For the collection of photographs of people after which it is
named, see
Facebook (directory).
Facebook, Inc.
|
Type |
Private |
Founded |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (2004)[1] |
Founder(s) |
-
Mark Zuckerberg
-
Eduardo Saverin
-
Dustin Moskovitz
-
Chris Hughes
|
Headquarters |
Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
Area served |
Worldwide |
Key people |
-
Mark Zuckerberg (CEO)
-
Chris Cox (VP of Product)
-
Sheryl Sandberg (COO)
-
Donald Graham (Chairman)
|
Industry |
Internet |
Revenue |
US$ 4.27
billion (2011 est.)[2] |
Employees |
3000+ (2011)[3] |
Website |
Facebook.com |
IPv6
support |
www.v6.facebook.com |
Alexa rank |
2 (November 2011)[4] |
Type of site |
Social networking service |
Advertising |
Banner ads,
referral marketing,
casual games |
Registration |
Required |
Users |
800 million[5]
(active in September 2011) |
Available in |
Multilingual |
Launched |
February 4, 2004 |
Current status |
Active |
Screenshot |
Screenshot of
Facebook's current homepage |
|
Facebook is a
social networking service and website launched in February 2004,
operated and privately owned by Facebook, IncAs of July 2011, Facebook
has more than 800 million active users.Users must register before using
the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other
users as friends, and exchange messages, including automatic
notifications when they update their profile. Additionally, users may
join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or
college, or other characteristics, and categorize their friends into
lists such as "People From Work" or "Close Friends". The name of the
service stems from the
colloquial name for the book given to students at the start of the
academic year by some university administrations in the United States to
help students get to know each other. Facebook allows any users who
declare themselves to be at least 13 years old to become registered
users of the site.
Facebook was founded by
Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow students
Eduardo Saverin,
Dustin Moskovitz and
Chris HughesThe Web site's membership was initially limited by the
founders to
Harvard students, but was expanded to other colleges in the
Boston
area, the
Ivy
League, and
Stanford University. It gradually added support for students at
various other universities before opening to high school students, and
eventually to anyone aged 13 and over. However, based on
ConsumersReports.org on May 2011, there are 7.5 million children under
13 with accounts, violating the site's terms of service.
A January 2009
Compete.com study ranked Facebook as the most used social networking
service by worldwide monthly active users.
Entertainment
Weekly included the site on its end-of-the-decade "best-of"
list, saying, "How on earth did we stalk our exes, remember our
co-workers' birthdays, bug our friends, and play a rousing game of
Scrabulous before Facebook?estimates Facebook has 138.9 million
monthly unique U.S. visitors in May 2011.
[12]
According to
Social Media Today, in April 2010 an estimated 41.6%
of the U.S. population had a Facebook account. Nevertheless, Facebook's
market growth started to stall in some regions, with the site losing 7
million active users in the United States and Canada in May 2011.
Some Advantages of Facebook
Advantages of Facebook
1.
Facebook is
social software. Which is the reason why Facebook and
Myspace are appealing to adolescence and university
students. These students all the time correspond or communicate explicitly
concerning their lives, estimation or opinion, interests, and academics.
Though the majority of us working with adults are awkward sharing ideas or
information in open surroundings, the social feature of Facebook creates fun
and its rapidity of learning knowledge.
2. Facebook
provides us the chance to choose what you desire to share, and what you
don’t need to impart, and what you desire to impart with chosen associates.
My best friend daughter
“friended” me in Facebook. She permitted
me to catch a glimpse or see her status and pictures, except she does not
allow me to watch what her associates or friends have to say, “Hmmm that
makes me speculate”. However, the purpose here is with the aim that she has
power over what I observe or see on her profile or space. Similarly, I can
manage or control how much ideas or information I share about on my profile
and I can restrict assured portions of information to particular associates
or friends.
3. The building of
Facebook appears over time. Clients or users can make
groups and conversation or discussion topics. This assemblage or group can
cultivate, or be gone alone to pass away, depending on the clients or users
and their involvement.
4. From the young people
and university students’ perspectives not utilizing Facebook
are “social responsibility or liability”. A few
professionals not possess an online presence or attendance can be
career liability.
5. Facebook
a one-stop shop or supermarket for imparting blogging,
media, calendaring, communicating, sharing
ideas or information and others. Facebook can provide “Cooperative
Extension” abilities or capabilities to work together and construct
our networks in a single place by giving one place without difficulty,
imparting ideas or information and discuss subject or topics of interest.
6. Facebook
brings jointly more than a few online apparatus. Furthermore to being
capable to impart ideas or information and pictures, you can append
applications few examples are:
Flickr
, del.icio.us, Twitter,
your blog, news feeds to your Facebook home.
7. Facebook
is mobile phone. Containing Facebook on your mobile maintains you up to date
with posts, statuses, and
deliberations. These aspects, similar to others are optional.
Consequently the downside of social
apparatus or tools, like Facebook and MySpace
are imparting too many ideas or information could turn into trouble
or problem so impart only what are at ease with sharing. Keep in mind that
you can manage what you impart.
A few pronounce that social
networking squander or wastes time. “It can be, but it does not
have to be”. Furthermore, it does not contain to be seeing as a time waster.
Facebook permit us to study from each and every one and
construct relationships with each and every one which takes point in time.
If everyone running on building relationships, continue or maintains those
relationships by ongoing to talk with them, trap or catch up on reports or
news about them.
Facebook is an online
doings or pastime that will obtain a few times. Through Facebook and other social
media sites, we will study or learn about each one of us, discuss
or talk about concern or issues and methodologies, and defy each other
Cute Looks of Facebook
Profile shown on Facebook in November 2011
Facebook profile shown in 2007
Profile shown on Thefacebook in 2005
Facebook mobile
graphical user interface
Disadvantages of Using Facebook
The Facebook Madness of 750 Million Users
“Facebook Facebook Facebook” says Jane Brady of the Brady
Bunch. It’s just not fair! There is some Facebook Madness
still happening and I wanted to comment because some of you
might be hanging on to Facebook because of what superheroes
are saying all over the Internet still and in the past.
The biggest thing said that drives me crazy is that you
can’t ignore the platform that has 750 million active users.
I hate it. It drives me freaking crazy. Marketers make it
seem that you better be active on Facebook because of the
750 million users! If you spend more time on Twitter or
decide to ditch Facebook for Google+, you’re going to fail.
Or you’re simply MAD! People keep going back to the
argument of 750 million users. But how many of those users
do YOU and your
photography business actually connect with?
If you’ve never been a fan of the way Facebook works,
feel free to
promote your photography and your photography business
wherever you want. Perhaps you don’t even participate much
in any social media and you’re photography business is going
awesome anyways. If going on Facebook and trying to push
people to your “Fan Page” makes you feel drains, lost, or
guilty, feel free to experiement on other platforms. Yes,
you may risk the time spent on a new platform, like Google+,
but you’ll never know what may have been if you simply stick
to the Facebook madness.
Facebook isn’t for everyone and we’re noticing that more
and more with Google+. Google+ circles, the visual streams,
segmented sharing, and clean look might help your make much
better use within your internet strategy. Many people are
already reporting interesting metrics from Google Plus.
But Facebook has 750 Million Users.
Because Facebook might have 750 million users, it doesn’t
mean that you are going to capitalize on those numbers. Are
you even using Facebook Ads to try and reach those numbers?
The number, 750 million, triggers hope and potential mass
volumes of clients flowing into your door (physically or
digitally via traffic), but realistically are you making any
headway?
You might also win the lottery, right?
Maybe you’ve heard that Google+ only has 10-18 Million
users. I know, you’re probably thinking that user base is
much too small for you to promote your photography at this
point. Are you kidding me? Get in early while you can
build awesome connections with other people. I’ve already
made a good number of new connections and it’s freaking
awesome. When the people you’re continually trying to
connect with seemingly ignore you, it’s nice to know that
people are open to connecting within a newer platform.
Maybe 750 million users is too big. Maybe you don’t want
to go to the same grocery store now that it’s lined up out
the door and no one knows your name anymore. That grocery
store used to be awesome because it carried really cool
items and you always ran into your best friend. That same
grocery store is so busy now that you rarely run into your
friend and the store has decided to ditch the cool rare
products for what the status quo wants and pays for. How
great are your connections on Facebook today compared to 2,
3, and 5 years ago?
Facebook had the monopoly (almost). Twitter is rad but
it’s not as feature rich as a Facebook or a Google+. With a
new player in town, what kind of impact can it have on your
photography website and business? If you play tired and
whine about “yet another social media site,” perhaps the
Facebook madness has seriously taken over your life.
If you’re someone that’s seen massive success with your
Facebook Fan page, have you noticed any metric adjustments
with Google+ being around for a little bit of time now? I’ve
been happy hearing many people mention that they’re glad
Facebook has some competition now because they never really
enjoyed the Facebook interface and interaction. A number of
Google+ users are reporting that traffic from the new social
platform is #1, #2, or #3 in referring the most traffic to
their websites. For me, Google Plus is sitting #62 in
websites that have referred traffic to
nuwomb.com;
however, I’ll be keeping an eye on it for certain. Point
is, if you like traffic to your website, Google+ is a new
source for you.
Google+ is a Facebook competitor and we should be
thankful of this in social media. At the same time, it
doesn’t mean you should substitute Facebook madness for
Google+ madness. I’m not “all in” with Google+ like Chris
Brogan, but I sure am spending time there.
Facebook is not just an addiction--it's a disease
These words will go down in history: ?Susan Mulla has
requested to add you as a friend, but before we can do
that, you must confirm that you are, in fact, friends
with Susan.? If you?re ever lucky enough to receive an
email saying that phrase, you best accept my friendship.
If you don?t, how else can we read each other?s profiles
every five seconds, or write inside jokes on each
other's walls? I think we all know what I?m talking
about here; it?s the Facebook
, and it has changed the way
we live as college students.
Some have said, ?Facebook is the worst social disease
to hit college campuses nationwide,? and I would have to
agree with that statement. So let?s take a deeper look
into this new fad that has taken so many of us
captive.Being a member of this cult following, I?ve
realized that quite possibly the most crucial aspect of
the Facebook is creating a flawless profile. Many of us
are guilty of spending hours upon hours crafting our
profile to ensure we come across as desirable to that
special someone stumbling upon it. A flattering picture
is the first step to the perfect profile. Next, your
music interests have to be listed, but in all honesty
it?s just an opportunity for people to pretend they are
really eclectic with their music tastes. For example one
might write: ?I?m totally into ?Death Cab for Cutie,?
?The Pussycat Dolls? and ?Yo-Yo Ma.?? You don?t have to
try to impress people by listing every band you?ve ever
heard of ? it?s pretty obvious you?re faking.
Then there is always the request for friendship from
that old high school ?friend? who you actually never
said a word to in high school. Maybe it was the person
who laughed in your face when you asked them to prom,
and now expects you to accept their friendship. Heck no.
I say reject that ?friendship? and show them what they
missed out on. Then, there?s that whole ?poking? deal. I
will never forget the first time I was ?poked.? I just
sat there at my computer dumbfounded, in awe of the
words I saw in front of me: ?You have been poked, do you
want to poke back?? I wasn?t sure if I should be
flattered, offended or violated.
Facebook madness: are
you asking the right questions?
How many fans do you have?
That's the question you'll hear in most conferences,
most pitches, most presentations. For Facebook has given
people what they were looking for (marketing people that
is): a digital environment they understand. One that
they use personally, and everyday, one their friends
use, one their colleagues use, one their boss uses, one
their kid uses. But more than that, it's also given them
language they understand: like, fan, share. That's it. A
nice change from the colleagues garbage most digital
experts like to serve.
And it's also given us a metric: the number of fans. One
bonuses can be indexed on, one that you can compare week
to week, one that helps measure the efficiency of your
work, and importantly... Compare with your competitors,
and other brands.
But this all begs one question:
Are we all obsessed with the right thing?
Are Facebook fan numbers really the right thing to
chase?
Am I totally mad just asking the question?
Is it Friday anyway?
Well at the risk of seeming totally mad, I'd like to say
that we're all looking at the wrong thing, or saying it
differently we are committing a well known sin: putting
old media metrics to new digital/social media.
Why do I say that?
1- Numbers without engagement is a waste of
everybody's time
Facebook is about sharing, commenting, keeping up. And
that has nothing to do with number of fans. So try being
obsessed with number of 'shares', and number of 'likes'.
Bizarrely a metric I have seen little people track.
Am I lying? Well try this for a change: do you know what
is the most shared/liked video on Facebook about your
brand? DO you know what is the most shared/liked video
by your 'fans'?
If the answer is no, then you should move quickly to
question 2
2- Numbers without engagement is dangerous for a brand.
Because when someone has given you attention, it's
always risky to ignore them. And a dead FB page, one
that never responds to comments is the real life
equivalent of standing in front of a customer that's
asking a question and looking at him while not
responding.
Better still putting material that does not get shared
or liked is like talking to him about something he does
not care about.
And the road from there to loosing a client is very
close.
So don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should not look
at numbers of fans, scale is always interesting. But
today fans can be bought on Facebook. Ask the people at
Facebook, they'll give you a price.
Only I firmly believe the questions need to go in that
order:
what percentage of what you posted got liked, got
shared?
How many likes and shares did you get?
How soon do you respond to comments, how often?
How often do you post something?
How many fans did you get from shared and liked content?
How many did you buy
How any fans do you have?
And finally and importantly: what do you plan do do with
them next that's going to excite them?
So if I had a little advice to give it would be to
remember that social media is a place where engagement
drives scale.
Facebook Addiction
Effects
[Ref:http://www.icecreammelts.com/blogs/facebook-addiction]
Facebook Addiction is a Click Away
|
|
|
|
Written
by RU ethics
|
Wednesday, 14 April
2010 15:10 |
Social networking has been around
for centuries, before technology and the Internet. Business cards,
flyers, TV commercials, banners, and social events were the only
available tools people used to network themselves. Photos were
actually tangible, and status updates were exchanged in normal
conversation with friends and family.
The obsession we know now as
Facebook has taken these tools and magnified them by an infinite
number. Digital photography allows users to broadcast pictures all
over the globe to others, as well as their profile including their
job, interests, status updates, wall comments made by friends and
family, and much more. The possibilities are endless.
|
Facebook Addiction from Philadelphia to the Philippines
|
|
|
|
Written
by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Saturday, 03 April
2010 23:56 |
A few months ago, I received a random email
from Anna, a 2nd year student from Our Lady of Fatima
University in the Philippines, asking for help on her thesis paper.
Her thesis topic was the effects of social networking addiction to
adolescents. She found me while researching facebook addiction and
came across my book, "Facebook Addiction: The Life & Times of Social
Networking Addicts." Her search landed her on our publishing
company, IceCreamMelts.com.
|
Addict Makes it Through Weekend w/o Facebook
|
|
|
|
Written
by Paul Aaron
|
Sunday, 21 March
2010 23:06 |
This is Paul Aaron, social networking
addict. After deactivating my Facebook and Twitter accounts Saturday
morning, I was depressed all day, but now it's Sunday night and I
feel great. I really have to watch it. Opening my Narcotics
Anonymous book tonight, the first thing I read was, "The disease of
addiction can manifest itself in a variety of mental obsessions and
compulsive actions that have nothing to do with drugs" (It Works How
and Why, p. 14). We can smirk, shrug, or roll our eyes all we want,
but when something like Facebook takes over a person's life,
Facebook is winning, not the person obsessed by it. There's nothing
wrong with Facebook. It's how we use it. So if any of you are using
Facebook--or any other social networking connection--to change the
way you feel, ask yourself if you'd feel just as good without it in
your life. If not, you have a problem, and the first step is
admitting it.
|
Drug Addict Finds Replacement in Facebook
|
|
|
|
Written
by Paul Aaron
|
Saturday, 20 March
2010 05:06 |
I'm Paul Aaron, and I'm a social
networking addict. And instead of getting on Facebook first thing
this morning, I'm grateful that I downloaded N. G. Osugwu's book,
Facebook Addiction: The Life and Times of Social Networking
Addicts. It was available through the Amazon Kindle application
for iPhone. |
The Real Mafia Wars: Mafia Kingpin Caught Because of Facebook
Addiction
|
|
|
|
Written
by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Thursday, 18 March
2010 18:00 |
We have all heard about the popular Facebook
Game, Mafia Wars, but how many have heard of
Facebook leading to the capture of a suspected real life Mafia
Kingpin?
|
Facebook Execs Get Facebook Addiction
|
|
|
|
Written
by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Friday, 12 March
2010 17:14 |
So I have this book, "Facebook
Addiction" that is getting
GREAT REVIEWS and was extremely FUN to write. It is a fictional
book but has real life news articles blended into the story line
[thanks to our friends at the NY Daily News]. A few days ago, I got
the idea to send the entire
Facebook Management Team personally signed copies of my book as
a "Thank You For The Inspiration" gesture.
|
Comedian Attributes US Senator's Retirement to Facebook Addiction
|
|
|
|
Written
by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Tuesday, 16 February
2010 21:59 |
Hi, my name is Evan and I’m a Social Networking
Addict. Comedian, Andy Borowitz’s latest Huffington Post blog entry
attributes Senator Evan Bayh’s retirement to Facebook Farmville
Addiction.
|
Facebook Leads to Triple Shooting In Philadelphia
|
|
|
|
Written
by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Saturday, 30 January
2010 12:35 |
It started with insults flying back and forth
on Facebook. It ended with three people shot.
|
Facebook Employee SNITCHES
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Thursday, 14
January 2010 14:43 |
Facebook had a master password that allowed
employees to access any account and still records far more
information about how you use the site than you’d assume,
according to a new interview with a Facebook insider.
|
Real Pets on Facebook … The Real Farmville …
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Wednesday, 06
January 2010 20:40 |
In my new book,“Facebook
Addiction: The Life & Times of Social Networking Addicts”,
there is a character named Zoe Mecklin that sets up a Facebook
Account for her Yorkshire Terrier, Fluffy. The goal of this
entry was to profile some real Facebook users that have set up
FB Accounts for their pets.
|
Facebook Causes 1 in 5 Divorces … Really?
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Thursday, 31
December 2009 18:11 |
It would appear that married folks are
CREEPING on Facebook. A new study states that 1 in 5 divorces
are blamed on the popular social networking site, Facebook. 20%
of 5,000 divorce papers analyzed by CNN source, Divorce-Online,
made references to Facebook. Spouses were accused of having
sexual chats with Online Friends. This takes our
Facebook Addiction term
"SNEAKING" to the next level.
|
Facebook Insult Turns Deadly for a Teen
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Tuesday, 29
December 2009 17:07 |
Teenage violence is now viral via Social
Networking Sites like Facebook. On December 23rd
2009, Salum Kombo, 18, of London, was stabbed to death over a
Facebook Wall Post.
|
Facebook Employees Are Eating in a Recession
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Sunday, 27
December 2009 02:28 |
Are you HUNGRY? If so, maybe you should get
a job at Facebook. Forget free massages, at work spa treatments,
or 24-hour health club services. It is all about FOOD. Guess
what? It is working.
|
Even Escaped Prisoners Are On Facebook
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Thursday, 24
December 2009 13:00 |
You are serving a 7-year bid for aggravated
burglary. You hatch out an escape plan like
Wentworth aka “Michael Scofield” from the T.V show “Prison
Break.” It actually works. You are now an escaped PRISONER
aka FUGITIVE and besides good food, sex, and FREEDOM, you also
miss FACEBOOK.
|
Facebook, Christmas, Friends, Family and Communication
|
|
|
|
Written by Tara Zoumer
|
Thursday, 24
December 2009 01:09 |
Facebook has changed they way I
experience the holidays. Since several of my relatives in Canada
have joined we can now keep in touch and wish each other well,
share photos and share stories with the click of a button. The
convenience is priceless. However, this year I had a friend in
New York post a good question just before thanksgiving, “should
I mass text or facebook everyone this turkey day?” I realized
that last year I did just that, mass text and post up a status
change. How pathetic and impersonal! I decided he was right. For
friends I am not particularly close with I did still wish them
well via facebook but for people I call family they got
something more than a remote message.
|
Facebook Teen Pedophile Sex Scam
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Tuesday, 22
December 2009 14:45 |
This is a sad case of child manipulation
with social networking being used as the tool. A 19-year (New
Berlin) Wisconsin man, Anthony Stancl, posed as a girl and
convinced 31 New Berlin Eisenhower high school boys to send him
nude pictures. He then used those nude pictures to blackmail
them into performing sexual acts.
|
Facebook and Twitter Snowball Fight Leads to Gun Play
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Tuesday, 22
December 2009 02:20 |
You are detective driving your HUMMER
through the BIG SNOW STORM of 2009. All of a sudden snowballs
start flying at your HUMMER. You are visibly pissed and come out
of your car, only to be met with more snowballs. You then
brandish your GUN.
|
Mutual Friend Results in Facebook Love
|
|
|
|
Written by Genna
|
Thursday, 17
December 2009 15:11 |
I found my love because of facebook usage.
He saw my picture about a year ago through a mutual friend we
had and realized we went to the same elementary school. He was a
year younger than me, however, and we did not know each other.
At any rate, he thought I was attractive and decided to friend
me.
|
Facebook Breaks Another Record
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Tuesday, 15
December 2009 21:33 |
Do think you spend too much time on
Facebook? Don’t feel bad, you are not alone. According to
Comscore, Facebook Accounts for 5.5% of all time spent
online in the U.S. That is a pretty HUGE percentage for a single
Internet site.
I guess, “Facebook
Addiction” is EXTREMELY relevant… LOL.
Additional Sources
Mashable
|
How to Throw a Virtual Party Using Facebook?
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Monday, 14
December 2009 16:20 |
This was the question that my team and I
pondered upon planning the Book Release Party for “Facebook
Addiction: The Life & Times of Social Networking Addicts.”
|
Relationship Expert Finds Love on Facebook
|
|
|
|
Written by Jenn Kaye
|
Wednesday, 09
December 2009 19:30 |
As a communication and relationship expert
I have been in no shortage of providing advice, tips and support
for those looking to have more connection, communication and
romance in their relationships. The irony of all that was that I
was not in the relationship of my dreams. After ending that
relationship just a few short weeks ago I threw down the
gauntlet with the powers that BE and said "Enough is Enough." I
layed down the law and explained that I was done playing in the
little league and that if I wasn't going to get BIG love in my
own relationship, then quite simply I was done.
|
Husband Leads Double Life on Facebook
|
|
|
|
Written by Tamika Morrison
|
Monday, 07
December 2009 18:32 |
Tanya P recently left her husband of less
than a year because of Facebook. Tanya and her ex-hubby actually
reconnected via facebook when he befriended her. Her junior high
school crush, Tanya was still smitten by what she “knew” of
ex-hubby when they were teenagers. Cute, charming, popular – he
was an athlete and got all the girls attention. So maybe her ego
was stroked a bit by his attraction.
|
Bride and Groom Update Facebook Relationship Status at Wedding
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Friday, 04
December 2009 00:39 |
Boy meets girl. Girl meets boy. They court
for a while. Boy and Girl fall in love. They state their LOVE to
the world and finally decide to get married. The preacher stands
before them and pronounces them man and wife. At that moment
they PAUSE and ...
|
A Facebook Addicted Family
|
|
|
|
Written by Patty Mooney
|
Saturday, 28
November 2009 15:27 |
Addictions? I have always scoffed at the
thought of myself possibly being addicted to anything other than
love, fun and okay, chocolate. I drink beers and take Motrins as
needed, and certainly have never messed with cigarettes or
heroin, so I’ve kept myself safe from those monkeys on my back.
|
Dude, Is that Your Mom on Facebook?
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Tuesday, 24
November 2009 19:35 |
In these days of technology, we have
introduced our parents to texting. Now it’s time for the next
stage in evolution, Facebook!!! Below are some stories of
Mothers staying in touch with their children via Facebook.
|
Depressed People Shouldn’t Be Seen Having Fun on Facebook
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Monday, 23
November 2009 14:38 |
So, you’re on medical leave from work due
to depression. Your insurance company is sending you monthly
checks as part of your benefits package. You visit your doctor.
He suggests that you have a little a fun. Of course, you should
always take the doctor’s advice. You know - advice like
exercise, vitamins, apples, etc. So why should this prescription
of FUN be any different?
|
Facebook, Jealousy & Relationship History
|
|
|
|
Written by Jordan Kasteler
|
Saturday, 21
November 2009 22:56 |
There is an overall concern that Facebook
has been breeding jealousy in couples that use it. In the
article "Facebook Can Threaten Relationships" it states that,
"Social psychologists from the University of Guelph in Canada
queried college students who were in romantic relationships
about their Facebook use. Their preliminary findings, described
in the journal CyberPsychology & Behavior, suggest that rather
than enhancing communication between romantic partners, Facebook
use may be fueling wild flights of jealous investigation, as
users in relationships perceive hints of potential infidelity
and then scramble to find evidence of a partner's unfaithful
thoughts or behavior."
|
Don't Commit Crimes Around Mutual Facebook Friends
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Thursday, 19
November 2009 19:21 |
So you're at a club having a good time,
dancing on stage. You notice someone giving you mean looks. You
think nothing of it and continue enjoying yourself. You dismiss
the gritty looks, to a tad bit of "HATE." Out of nowhere, those
mean looks get violent. The person walks up and grabs you off
the stage, onto the floor, and then smashes glass in your face.
|
Facebook Goes S&M (Sadomasochism)
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Wednesday, 18
November 2009 11:53 |
We have all seen the tight leather wearing,
whip dangling, physically/verbally abusive portrayals of S&M
(Sadomasochism) on T.V or the movies. A random picture that pops
into my head is a character from Pulp Fiction referred to as
“The Gimp.” Guess you had to have seen the movie. Another
thought was a random encounter with a woman at a bar who told me
that was her profession. She worked at a club where men paid her
to beat the crap out of them. I found the whole thing rather
interesting and because of my blogging ways, I wanted to tape it
or actually witness a “BEATING.” Well, needless to say, I never
got the opportunity.
|
Your Facebook Status Can Be Your Alibi
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Sunday, 15
November 2009 15:50 |
So you’re at home and update your status
with something random like your hunger for “pancakes.” The next
day, cops pick you up on a robbery charge. At the trial, your
lawyers use your Facebook status as an alibi. The district
attorney subpoenas Facebook to verify that the status update was
indeed typed from your home computer. Guess what? The good folks
at Facebook validate that your status update was posted from
your home computer. All charges get dropped. You are now FREE.
|
Enabling the Addiction While Researching Facebook Addiction
|
|
|
|
Written by Morgandorfa
|
Friday, 13
November 2009 05:38 |
I've been fortunate to read the
Advanced Readers Copy as I have been researching the topic of
Facebook/Social Networking Addiction for one of my graduate
courses. And I can certainly relate to the vignettes illustrated
in this book.
As a counseling student, and dedicated user of
Facebook since signing up in 2004, I have spent countless hours
connecting with friends, writing on their walls, super-poking,
buying them (buy your friends), partaking in surveys/trivia,
playing a week long session of scrabulous (before it got
removed), and the list goes on. I have routinely checked my
Mafia Wars character even before getting out of bed in the
morning (and I'll perhaps check it after blogging this post
before going to bed). |
Adult Facebook Friend Holding On To Past High School Drama
|
|
|
|
Written by Anonymous
|
Saturday, 07
November 2009 13:58 |
An old buddy of mine, John found me
recently on Facebook. This isn’t particularly interesting or out
of the ordinary. Just about everyone has had old acquaintances
find them on Facebook, right? Without the curiosity of wondering
what happened to old friends, Facebook wouldn’t even exist,
would it? Myspace would because there’s millions of crappy bands
and wannabe porn stars to populate it. So when John finds me it
opens a rabbit hole to all of these other old friends. One
person in this rabbit hole is Jeremy. |
Facebook Stalked Because of Privacy Settings
|
|
|
|
Written by Cassie
|
Friday, 06
November 2009 14:07 |
I was Facebook stalked my freshman year of
college. It was in 2004, right when Facebook was becoming big.
My privacy settings allowed other UCSB students to view all of
my info.
|
FACEBOOK CAUSES MAN TO LOSE HOME AND BUSINESS
|
|
|
|
Written by THOMAS BRENNAN
|
Tuesday, 03
November 2009 21:57 |
AS AN EXPERT IN PR AND OWNER OF A PR
COMPANY AND SOMEONE WHO HAS PERSONALLY BOOKED THE MOST IMPORTANT
MEDIA VENUES FROM OPRAH TO THE NY TIMES, YOU WOULD THINK I AM
PRETTY SMART. BUT NOT ALWAYS. ANYONE CAN FALL PREY TO THEIR
SWEET MEMORIES OF THE PAST, ESPECIALLY HIGH SCHOOL ACQUAINTENCES
WHO WERE GREAT, WELL-LOVED KIDS ON CAMPUS. THIS STORY IS
ESPECIALLY GALLING TO ME, BECAUSE I WAS ALWAYS THE ONE WHO
WARNED CLIENTS TO DO BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PEOPLE.
|
Facebook Reconnects the Woodson Family
|
|
|
|
Written by Victoria Woodson
|
Monday, 02
November 2009 17:02 |
On February 8, 2009 Angela Woodson-Cooper
and I met on FB (Facebook) through a mutual friend. After
jokingly calling her my cousin, we (Angela and I) decided to do
some research.
|
Facebook App "Friends For Sale" Spawns a Real Life Romance
|
|
|
|
Written by Bram
|
Thursday, 29
October 2009 20:09 |
It was a cold and rainy night when I was
sitting at home. Bored as I was I started browsing around on
Facebook and playing on several Facebook applications, one of
them being the application “Friends for Sale.” The goal of this
application is to "buy" and "sell" your Facebook friends, or
others that installed the application, earning as much money as
possible. A profit is obtained because you receive a profit for
any sale you make. In addition, every time a person buys you,
you will receive a share of the sales price. This sale is not
voluntarily, which means that occasionally a "pet" is bought
despite that you prefer to keep him or her. This also happened
that evening. One of my "pets" was bought by a woman I did not
know. I took a look at the profile of this woman and could see
not only the person I lost but also all her other “pets.” Among
them there was one picture that stood out. The charming look on
the picture made me decide to buy her and I paid the 530 virtual
dollars not knowing what would happen in the nearby future.
|
You Are Guilty “Your Honor” of Updating Your Facebook Status
While on the Bench
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Tuesday, 27
October 2009 19:23 |
Some people update their Facebook status
while at work. It has actually become such a common practice
that some businesses have implemented “Facebook Fridays.” The
concept of Facebook Friday is to give employees an hour on
Friday to socialize on Facebook with their friends and family.
|
Facebook Rekindles Preschool Romance 20 Years Later
|
|
|
|
Written by Bridget Starkey
|
Monday, 26
October 2009 10:31 |
I saw your request for Facebook love
stories and wanted to share mine with you. Brandon and I met on
the playground at Precious Preschool (San Jose, CA) in 1988. I
was his "first friend," as he quoted in his 8th grade
autobiography.
|
After Sex Facebook and Twitter Usage … Really, It Happens
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Saturday, 24
October 2009 18:42 |
A recent study showed that 27% of
35-year-olds and younger check Facebook more than 10 times a
day. WOW. So maybe my upcoming fictional book, “Facebook
Addiction: The Life and Times of Social Networking Addicts”
is onto something.
|
Written by Bernard F.
|
Friday, 23
October 2009 21:44 |
I've been in the fashion business
as a designer for many years. If you're interested in the life
and stories of a 'real' fashion designer's life please check out
my fashionlife daily blog at -
http://bernardfoong.typepad.com/fashionlife/ I'll love to
hear your comments and/or connect with you if you have any
queries.
All the Best!
|
Your Nanny Might Be On Facebook ...
|
|
|
|
Written by Candi Wingate
|
Wednesday, 21
October 2009 16:31 |
Social networking is exploding in
popularity and sites like Facebook are attracting fans of all
ages. In fact, parents have become one of the fastest growing
demographics on Facebook, and they’re using the interactive tool
for more than just chatting with their friends. They’re using
it to screen for - and check up on - their nannies. |
Mixed Views over Facebook and Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Tuesday, 20
October 2009 13:56 |
Came across this article and found it
interesting. The organization that runs the memorial for
Auschwitz decided to create a presence on Facebook via a
Fanpage.
Auschwitz-Birkenau was the largest of Nazi Germany's
concentration camps and extermination camps, operational during
World War II. There are mixed views with creating a Facebook
Fanpage, but a spokesman stated that the reason behind the
launch was to "educate the younger generation" and “what better
tool can we use to reach them than the tools they use
themselves?”
|
What Does Facebook and Makeup have in Common?
|
|
|
|
Written by Patty Bell
|
Monday, 19
October 2009 17:04 |
I work as a film, photography & television
makeup artist and have been on Facebook for about a year.
My account is set to private and I got on
it initially to stay in touch with my niece who is in college
and then discovered this whole other world out there of
producers, directors, actors, models, and photographers all in
my field.... networking.
|
Getting a Dream Job by Building a Website Called
FacebookShouldHireme.com
|
|
|
|
Written by Chris Dessi
|
Monday, 19
October 2009 00:29 |
What motivated me to build the site (http://www.FacebookShouldHireMe.com)
was unemployment and passion for social media. About one year
ago I was at the Web 2.0 conference and heard Gary Vaynerchuk
Keynote. Hearing that keynote along with hearing Michael Lazerow
speak (CEO of Buddy Media and my current boss) changed my life.
I was VP of Sales at a multi-national performance based ad
network and was miserable. I was making a ton of cash, had big
title, but I wasn't fulfilled.
|
Refuseniks - People That Remain Social Networking FREE
|
|
|
|
Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu
|
Saturday, 17
October 2009 12:36 |
Recently, I came across the concept of a
social networking “refusenik” from a Washington Post Article. A
refusenik is someone that does not choose to join a social
networking site (i.e. Facebook). Some of these people still
correspond with others by relaying messages back and forth with
their social networking secretaries (i.e. wives, girlfriends,
family members, offline friends, etc).
I have a friend from college that is a
refusenik. I’m actually FB friends with his mom. We were
thinking of starting a Facebook fanpage for him because everyone
keeps asking for him. Instead, I made him a fictional character
in my upcoming book, “Facebook Addiction: The Life and Times of
Social Networking Addicts”. The book will be available on
12.01.09 so it should be interesting to see his reaction when he
reads it. We also set up an associated blog where people can
upload their own Facebook Addiction story.
http://www.TheFacebookAddiciton.com
Full Washington Post Article by Ian Shapira
|
Caught Cheating Because of Facebook Pictures
|
|
|
|
Written by Zlata Thoughts
|
Friday, 16
October 2009 11:15 |
A few years ago, I was in a long distance
relationship. He was a fifth year college student at University
of Vermont and I was already in the "Real World" of PR having
graduated in the normal span of four years. As his graduation
date approached, I became excited at the thought of us living in
the same city after two and a half years of weekend visits. To
keep the story short, I set him up with a job in New York City.
What's worse is that this job was for a company from which my PR
agency rented office space. Read: We worked in the same office
and saw each other everyday.
|
Facebook Helps Track Down Fugitive ...
|
|
|
|
Written by JONATHAN HARWOOD
|
Thursday, 15
October 2009 14:06 |
Afugitive from
American justice is behind bars in Mexico, awaiting extradition,
after US authorities were able to track him down because he
boasted on Facebook of the exotic life he was leading on the
run.
Maxi Sopo fled the States in February after
he realised that federal agents were closing in on an alleged
bank fraud scam that had netted more than $200,000. He was
caught when investigators discovered his whereabouts thanks to
one of his Facebook 'friends'. |
3 Ways FaceCrack (Facebook) Ruins Relationships
|
|
|
|
Written by Janie Lacy
|
Wednesday, 14
October 2009 14:37 |
Are you a part of this
social-networking phenomenon? It has been described as addictive
and “like crack.” I, myself, have joined Facebook in the last
several months. I got tired of “why aren’t you on Facebook?”
Please don’t get me wrong, I love staying connected with family
and friends through the network, however, I have several clients
that have ruined the intimacy in their relationship by allowing
Facebook to consume their time and energy more than their
spouse. According to a recent University of California, Los
Angeles, report “the cost of Facebook could be the devaluing of
real friendships and the reduction of face to face
interactions.”
|
|
Five (serious) symptoms of Facebook
addiction
Hi, I’m Zack, and I’m a Facebook addict.
Addiction is
partly in the mind, and we can all be gripped by something that throttles
everything else in our life. From social media to hardcore broadband
connections; even knitting. Well, maybe not knitting as the core Generation
Y activity of choice, but you can see where I’m going with this.
(Source:
Flickr)
My relationship with Facebook is on a rocky edge at the moment. Though I
accept I spend a
great amount of time on the mobile application and site as so many of us
do, I have taken a break for my own sense of sanity.
While I argue that Facebook has become so intrinsic to our social
relationships, we have yet to develop the filtering skills to take away the
emotionless, draining energies from the site that we do not get in real
life.
Facing
social exclusion, the need to detach myself from the overly sensitive
minutiae that comes with over-use, it’s important to highlight the genuine
symptoms of Facebook addiction.
1. You become paranoid: “Why hasn’t this person messaged me back?”
A common symptom, it seems, paranoia can grip anyone from a small amount
to a dangerous level.
The problem is that Facebook only tells you a little amount, rather than
everything. Idle times are displayed with a sleep icon, but Facebook mobile
users are always ‘online’, but may not have their phone with them. Though
Facebook has chat presence, it does not guarantee that the person will
respond, let alone see the message in the first place.
Also, what is the maximum time to respond to someone? Sites like Facebook
do not take into account individual patterns of usage, and all but expects
others to be online all the time too.
For those waiting for a response, the temptation is to call or to text,
or to follow up with another Wall post or message. “Why haven’t they
responded?”; logical processes go out the window and paranoia sets in,
questioning why they haven’t replied. Who hasn’t been there?
2. You spend more than an hour or five on the site.
Excessive use of anything is all-relative. I, personally, have a massive
oxygen addiction. I love to breathe, and have no plans to kick the habit
just yet.
But spending more than an hour or two on Facebook per day is probably too
much, for an ordinary ‘consumer’ user. Granted, many use Facebook for work
or in some corporate setting, but most should not spend more than an hour on
the social network.
Running through the day, we spend about half an hour in the bathroom per
day, excluding showering and whatnot. We take an hour for lunch. We often
spend an hour or so travelling to and from work or campus. Relatively
speaking, if you are spending more time on Facebook than you do “on the
john” — or
using Facebook whilst you are on the toilet — please seek help.
3. A confusion of the divergence of real life and Facebook
There have been times — no doubt you will have to — where you have seen
something posted on Facebook as a status update, and later on it has been
rekindled as an actual memory.
It’s not uncommon, as often statuses are updated of what people are
doing, thinking or going to do. But to actively forget when something has
not happened in person but ‘remembered’ through a passing update, is
somewhat worrying.
Facebook Addiction Disorder — The 6 Symptoms of F.A.D.
“Okay,
I admit it. I am truly addicted to Facebook,” said teenage blogger Heidi
Barry-Rodriquez in 2007. In 2009, teen Neeka Salmasi described the social
networking giant as being “like an addiction”. This year, a casino site
mentioned that “Facebook provides the atmosphere where it is tough to walk
away” in a direct comparison to gambling addiction. A quick web search and
it becomes appallingly evident that we have a problem.
Text messaging is no longer the biggest teenage obsession, and long gone are
the days where the biggest worries for parents were celebrity crushes,
massive phone bills from ridiculously long phone calls and chocolate
overloads. These teenage obsessions still exist, but in today’s day and age,
and in comparison to the Facebook craze, they seem rather insignificant.
Facebook is taking over the world, and that’s no exaggeration. Everyone from
eager-to-fit-in tweens to educated business people to intrigued grandparents
has joined the phenomenon, and unsurprisingly many teenagers have also
caught Facebook fever. And like with many of the latest attention-grabbing
trends, some teenagers can go a little overboard when participating in them.
Perhaps we join Facebook because everyone has an account and, as teenagers,
the need to fit in is just too great, or perhaps there’s just a special
something that has helped the social networking site attract so many million
people. Teenagers have a tendency to become obsessive with the ‘in’ thing
and Facebook, the trend of the decade, is no exception; the question is,
have we overdone in? And is there really such thing as Facebook addiction?
An American psychologist believes so. In fact, he’s even introduced a new
term to describe such an addiction. FAD, or Facebook Addiction Disorder, is
a condition that is defined by hours spent on Facebook, so much time in fact
that the healthy balance of the individual’s life is affected. It has been
said that approximately 350 million people are suffering from the disorder
that is detected through a simple set of six-criteria. People who are
victims of the condition must have at least 2-3 of the following criteria
during a 6-8 month time period.
- Tolerance: This term is used to describe the desperate behavior of a
Facebook addict. They spend an increasing amount of time on the site,
coming to a stage where they need it in order to obtain satisfaction or
on the other extreme, it is having a detrimental affect on them as a
person and their life. For the family members and friends who think they
are dealing with an addict, a sign to look out for are multiple Facebook
windows open. Three or more confirms that they are indeed suffering from
this condition.
- Withdrawal symptoms: These become obvious when one is restricted
from using Facebook because they have to participate in normal everyday
activities. Common signs are anxiety, distress and the need to talk
about Facebook and what might have been posted on their wall in their
absence.
- Reduction of normal social/recreational activities: Someone
suffering from FAD will reduce the time spent catching up with friends,
playing sport or whatever it is they used to enjoy doing, to simply
spend time on Facebook. Instead of catching up with a friend for coffee,
they will send a Facebook message. A dinner date will be substituted
with a messenger chat. In extreme cases, the person will even stop
answering their parent’s phone calls, instead insisting that they use
Facebook to contact them.
- Virtual dates: It is obvious that things are extreme when real dates
are replaced with virtual dates. Instead of going to the movies or out
to dinner, they tell their partner to be online at a certain time.
- Fake friends: If 8 out of 10 people shown on their Facebook page are
complete strangers, it is undeniable: they have a serious case of FAD.
- Complete addiction: When they meet new people, they say their name,
followed by “I’ll talk to you on Facebook”, or for those who are
extremely bad, “I’ll see you in Facebook”. Their pets have Facebook
pages, and any notifications, wall posts, inboxes or friend requests
that they receive give them a high, one which can be compared to that
gambling addicts get from the pokies or roulette table.
So someone believes that addiction to the net is a real condition that
needs to be treated just like any other addiction, with care and caution,
but is an obsession with Facebook a real condition, or is FAD really just
the latest fad?
Either way, Facebook obsessions are definitely present in today’s society
and whether it is a disorder or not, something needs to be done to fix it.
Forget the fancy name and look at the facts. Many people, teenagers in
particular, are spending too much time online. People’s lives are being
affected because of the hours spent looking at profiles and pictures.
Facebook, very beneficial in some ways, is having a detrimental affect on
the everyday behaviors of people around the world. Having seen the affects
of too much time online firsthand, I know this to be true. Nobody can
possibly disagree when the facts speak for themselves and when an
individual’s online ‘life’ becomes more important than their real one, we
know that there is a serious problem that needs to be addressed.
But, what to do about it? How can we possibly fix a problem that has
affected more than a third of the world’s population? That is a question I
can’t answer, but I do know that our parents can play an important role,
well, that is if the addicted is still young enough to be influenced by
their parents. There are two kinds of parents in my area, both from
different ends of the spectrum. On one side we have the Facebook haters, the
parents who don’t have Facebook, don’t understand Facebook and never want to
understand Facebook. On the other side, we have the Facebook lovers, those
who act more like their teenage children than their parents. They’ve
befriended their kids online, participate in their online conversations,
comment on their photos and send messages from the lounge room to the
bedroom instead of just walking up the hallway and keeping matters that
should be kept private, well, private. Don’t believe me? I completely
understand. It definitely sounds strange. But the truth is I actually know
people like this and well I can only conclude one thing: that these parents,
in an attempt to be their teen’s friend rather than their parent, have also
been swept up in the Facebook craze and are now suffering from a similar
sort of addiction. The apple really does never land far from the tree.
I’m not sure what the experts say about the treatment of such conditions,
but I do know one thing; like with all mental disorders, there will be no
easy fix. I think that to begin with we all need to take a good look at
ourselves and our behavior. If you’re Facebook time is eating into your
social time, or your sport time, or your study time, something has gone
seriously wrong. You need to go back and readjust, because to keep a healthy
balance is the key to a happy, healthy life. It won’t be easy, and it
certainly won’t happen overnight, but eventually we are going to be forced
to fix this Facebook overload and cure the entire world of FAD. One can only
hope.
Facebook Addiction Disorder (FAD)
A lot of individuals these days are quite addicted to the social
networking site which is “Facebook” and due to this fact they become
less productive on their daily life, they may be students or successful
professionals. Obviously, Facebook should not get in the way of either
one’s individuals studies nor their careers. You may regret the
consequences later in the end, so maybe for this reason alone facebook
addiction should be taken seriously. Many companies especially offices
are taking steps to stop employees from using facebook during working
hours because they are becoming less productive. From using software to
block the facebook site to simply warnings that being caught during
working hours using facebook can result in being Fired! So it is wise to
try ti kurb any facebook addiction you be developing now.
Are You A Facebook Addict?
Well, being addicted to Facebook is quite better than joining in with
the many people who find themselves addicticted to any types of illegal
things. It is not necessarily that you have to stop using Facebook
instantly in order for you to increase your productivity. If you come to
think of it, the site has many uses as well as advantages. So it’s
really up to the user on how he or she uses the account on Facebook.
Several people say that when you are addicted to something, it may
impose a negative impact on your life. So in this case, you should use
your
facebook addiction to your advantage. Use it
constructively, you will certainly increase your productivity in no
time. Here are some helpful tips on how can your break those addictive
chains to your Facebook:
As much as possible try to avoid changing your profile picture often.
There’s no need for you to change it frequently since your friends
already know you up close and personal. It won’t do any good and it will
just increase the time you spend using facebook and increase your
addiction to Facebook.
FBA – Facebook Addiction
If you are obsessed and find it hard to take it out of your system,
make sure that you’ve done all the necessary things that you need to do
on your page before logging out. It is far better to maintain a low,
simple and uncomplicated profile instead of overflowing profile with
different videos and graphic design.
And lastly, try to limit those various applications that you use. It
may be quite annoying if you keep sending your friends numerous
invitations that to the point they don’t want you anymore on their
friends list.
So always keep in mind that Facebook addiction is a serious disorder
and eventually if you have a really serious facebook addiction and you
spend hours upon hours every day using facebook, may ruin an individuals
life. It’s up to you what path will you take.
Social Implicaitons of Facebook Games
Addicted to Facebook Games
These days, well over ninety percent of youths over the age of fourteen
and many younger still have a Facebook account. In fact, the amount of
hours the average individual spends using this social networking tool is
quite alarming.
When Facebook was created, no one realized just how huge it s
popularity would be, and just how what can only be known as addiction
would spread across the modern world. This site that was originally
invented in order for you to find long lost friends and regain contact
with family has gone far beyond even the wildest expectations.
These days, youngsters using this social networking tool may be found
chatting away to their friends, looking at status update, browsing
pictures, or even playing Facebook games. Facebook games have become
increasingly popular, and once again, what started out as basic games
such as Sudoku or Scrabble has now advanced to games where you can
create a whole world within your laptop or smartphone.
The social implications of such games however is having a far sharper
affect on society than many believe. Not is it now apparent that
children of today do not do enough exercise, this contributing to world
wide obesity, kids today are unable to socialize with their peers as the
spend all their spare time playing with their imaginary and cyber
friends online.
Sensible parenting should put in place some limitations as to how
many hours a day their children spend playing these games. But the truth
is that the parents are probably also guilty of spending too many hours
watering their imaginary plants or tending to their farm or aquarium.
The craze surrounding this type of online gaming is set only to worsen,
and the undeniable fact is that we will soon live in a society of social
misfits who are only capable of communicating via a fake persona that
they have created online.
Internet Addiction
IAD ( Internet Addiction disorder )
Internet addiction disorder comes in many forms from online gaming
addiction to Cybersex or Cyber relationship addiction and of course
Facebook addiction.
The results of overindulging in these activities can often include
the idividual becoming withdrawn from normal society not wanting to fit
into everyday life in the real world and spending insane amounts of time
online. Many people turn to to their cyber world to escape the stress
and problems they may have in their life. While some people do not
accept it is an addiction, after all its not like drugs that chemically
alter the body or mind. Well actally it is a very real addiction and can
cause problems with family and friends. I hope if you have a facebook
addiction as so many of us do, you use it to positively benefit both you
and your family and friends. Facebook addiction is sweeping the nation
but for most of us facebook is fun.
Addiction To Weed
Addiction to facebook is one thing but addiction to any form of drugs is
another issue altogether. In this post i just want to spend a little
time to help those who have a problem with weed. Admitting you have a
problem is the first step in the right direction whatever your
addiction. Cannabis use is addictive both psychologically and
physically. Those who smoke it every day will tell you they are not
addicted and you will even hear them say ‘weed is not addictive’ but yet
they continue to destroy their lives and the lives of those around them
by over indulging on cannabis every single day and it is the same ones
who say it is not addictive that go crazy when they cant get their hands
on their cannabis fix for that day. Ok weed is not as dangerous as class
A drugs and weed will not kill you instantly as can happen with other
drugs when you overdose. But to say weed is not addictive is simply not
true and If your are looking to help your self to quit smoking weed
forever then you need a plan and you need the will power to stick to the
plan. To help you I recommend you get the ‘
quitting
Weed‘ guide, this may just be the extra help you need ans mean the
difference between success and failure when you try to quit cannabis.
The quitting weed guide is an excellent self help guide that will give
you plan and the way to carry out your plan which will surely help you
to quit smoking drugs.
click here
for more information on how to quit weed
Watch Out The Dangers of Facebook!
Today everyone’s life seems to be ruled by Facebook. Very rarely will
you find someone who is not on this site. Other than
Facebook addiction, there are
many dangers of Facebook, some of which are really serious. Some dangers
would affect only a certain group while the others apply to everyone.
Here are some facts that you need to know if you are using Facebook or
considering to join:
Facebook thrives on your personal
information - The prime attraction of the site is the personal
updates of its users; some being very sensitive information as well. If
you don’t take care of your privacy settings, this information can end
up on popular search engines like Google. Common details like your
birthday, the school you attended, where you work and what you ate for
lunch can be a breach on your privacy.
Facebook is an Internet stalker’s dream - Keep to
your privacy. If you don’t want to share your personal information with
people, don’t accept them as your friend. They can have access to your
photo albums and check out your personal life, check your birthday and
with whom you have a relationship etc. These are opportunities for them
to study your lifestyle. Not too long ago, this was shared only among
your closest friend – now it can be accessed by anyone.
Facebook is a for-profit company - Do you believe
that their pure intention was to help everyone stay connected? Then,
you would want to believe Google’s claim to make information available
for everyone. These are profit earning companies. They have a number
of methods of earning. Facebook earns millions of dollars monthly
through advertisements which require information: information that you
and other users are providing for free.
Facebook can mess things up with your job - Have you
given something like this any thought? Your boss happens to see your
status update and pictures of a particular day, and this contradicts the
reason you gave him for your absence from work. What would be the
result? You are in trouble or at least will have to face some
difficulties with your boss. Also if you feel you are having some
difficulties in your recent job search, check out your privacy settings,
as some employers do a search on Facebook before hiring an employee. If
they see an awkward picture of you, then you can be sure not to have a
second interview. May be your only chance will be if the employer
actually preferred the pictures.
These are only some of the dangers of Facebook that you may face when
using such a network. So, take care of your privacy, and watch out. You
may face unexpected situations.
Facebook Addiction Disorder – Is it Real?
If you try to ask common users about a Facebook addiction disorder, most
of them will agree that something like this does not exist. However, to
those who realize that an addiction can exist, they will always try
evading it. They will argue on the fact that such an addiction is not
serious; they will argue that Facebook is used by so many, and there is
no possibility for it to be harmful or negative.
Actually,
Facebook addiction exists for
real, and it can pose serious problems causing negative impacts on your
life. It has turned out to be so common that psychologists in America
have termed it “Facebook Addiction Disorder” or FAD in a shorter form.
Facebook has turned out to be the world’s largest social network of
recent times. It has attracted so many, so much so, making you
completely left out if you are not on Facebook. It makes one feel that
he/she is left out and might not be able to keep up with the latest
trends. It seems to be a kind of peer pressure; eventually you are
forced to keep yourself logged in to be updated with news.
Recent research and statistics prove that this addiction is posing a
serious mental problem and it seems to have many negative effects on a
person’s life. The most common effects are the loss of productivity,
the inability to concentrate, the superficiality of friendships as well
as isolation in the extreme cases. It seems to be a war between “online
friendships” versus real life friendships.
It is normal for these users to check the site first thing in the
morning, then update their personal status and also check it more than
5-6 times a day. Records show that some spend about 4-5 hours a day on
Facebook. This alone proves that the situation has turned into an
addiction.
Now the question arises as to what help should be given to such users
and their addiction, what should be done to reduce the useless time
spent in the site, and what can convince them to quit using it. With
the recent rise of victims suffering from the “Facebook Addiction
Disorder” the world will need to prepare for more increases as the
biggest social network keeps expanding.
The society needs to be made aware of this disorder. More public
discussions and awareness programs need to be held to encourage people
to reduce the use of Facebook and similar online networks. There are
definitely ways and means to deal with Facebook addiction disorder
effectively.
What Are Facebook Addiction Symptoms?
Do you consider yourself an addict to social networks? Are you aware of
Facebook addiction symptoms? What is it that interests so many with
Facebook? Some consider it a blessing while others feel it is a burden.
The truth is that Facebook seems to be dominating the world.
People
seem to be ignoring their important duties in life and have turned into
slaves of Facebook. It seems to have taken control of many, like a cyber
drug. Check out if you are an addict! Here are some
Facebook addiction symptoms:
1) When you are planning to forgo your important study time or work,
and browse through this site or check out uploaded photos of family and
friends.
2) If your mobile phone has the facility of Internet and it allows
you to access into this site and you visit it at least once a day. This
is a sign to show that you are over-interested and craving to know what
is new on your profile as well as on other profiles.
3) Arguments and disagreements with your partner makes you change the
relationship status; you may then officially declare that you are dating
or in a relationship.
4) You have a craze to add new friends and make your profile larger.
When you hit 200 you may want to celebrate. You may have the need to
compete with your closest buddies and challenge them to have the largest
database of friends. This will lead you to keep adding people who you
don’t even know. Watch out! This is included in Facebook addiction
symptoms.
5) When frustration sets in because you cannot find the person you
are looking for, you will eventually spend long hours on the site, just
looking here and there.
6) You keep checking your profile at least 3 times a day. You need to
update yourself as soon as you wake up in the morning. Every moment that
you are free, you tend to logon to facebook, and also check back before
you retire to bed.
7) When you keep updating your status at least thrice a day in order
to make sure that the whole world knows what is happening in your daily
life. You tend to upload any and every photo of yours. You will drown
your sorrows in Facebook and get the attention of everyone, as well as
share all your good times. And that’s when Facebook starts taking
control of your entire life.
These are only some of Facebook addiction symptoms. You may find many
others too, but instead of searching for symptoms, you’d better move to
action and try to fix the problem.
Are
You Addicted to Facebook?
The term addiction means spending time on a particular ‘habit’ by
neglecting work, time with friends and even loved ones. One can be an
addict to anything, and the latest trend is the addiction to social
networks, especially facebook. So, how do you know if you are addicted
to facebook? Here are the main symptoms:
1. You will
always have it on your mind even when you are offline
If content matter of Facebook such as, wondering who is contacting
you, wondering how many are viewing your profile, and thinking whether
there would be any negative feeling about your posts, then it is
definitely leading you to an addiction.
2. You check your profile out from your smart phone
The original purpose of a smart phone was to use it as a business
tool. However, it became a status symbol in countries like Indonesia
and was more used to logon to Facebook. If your phone is used to check
you Facebook profile more than business, then you would be addicted to
facebook.
3. You are late for meetings because you were logged on
Facebook
Another typical behaviour of an addict is when you are late for
important matters due to simple fact that you were logged on Facebook.
The negligence of being on time for official meetings, important
appointments or similar events is very harmful to a normal lifestyle.
4. You get stressed when a “Friend” does not add you?
If you are worrying yourself unduly and continually checking your
profile waiting for a friend to add you on, this can also be considered
as a sign of Facebook addiction.
If it yet keeps worrying you even when you are off your Facebook
profile, then you need to give some serious thought to this issue.
5. Your friends, co-workers or family comment on your
extensive internet use?
During recent times, if your family and loved ones around you keep
saying that you are logged on to the Internet for long periods of time,
then it is a moment for you to realize that unknowingly you age getting
yourself addicted.
Facebook is very interesting since it helps you to keep in touch with
friends around the world. But if you are spending large amounts of time
on this site which eventually depriving you of other important matters
in your life, then you need to cut down the hours of use immediately.
Being addicted to Facebook can ruin your life. So, watch out!
Advantages Of Facebook:
1) Facebook helps us to find new friends and also helps to find our old
friends. I have heard stories of people who found their old classmates with the
help of Facebook..
2) Accessibility to chosen universities having a high level of security:
Facebook provides a safe environment for university related data transferring.
3) It is easy and secure to use – Facebook has a clear and a simple template
or theme.Which makes the user feel comfortable in using facebook.
4) It helps you to share your idea with your friends – You can update your
status, share pictures, videos, music and more.
5) Facebook helps in eliminating the effect of distance between you and your
friends.
6) It helps in business promotion through Ads and Fans page. Web masters
create fans page at facebook and people who like their website can become a fan
of their page and get updates from their site. This helps web masters in
promoting their sites.
7) Facebook entertains people through Applications and Games. Some people
comes to facebook only to play games. Funny right they have lot to know about
facebook!
You can discuss with your friends about your classes, if you didn’t attend them.
So, u need not ring your friends up to ask what happened in class when your were
on leave.
9) Even some people use facebook as a dating system.
10) People, mainly students of age 15-20 use to gather as a group and starts
to chat.
Using Facebook’s group chat feature, you can chat in group without meeting
your friends. You can just create a group and add our friends who use to join
your during chat, and then you can just chat in groups.
11) Facebook is a boredom killer
The Point I am trying to make is “Facebook is a gift if you use it in the
right way otherwise it will indeed be an enemy”. So let’s use it wisely.