Are you a Facebook Maniac ???
Facebook
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A January 2009
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
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
If you’ve never been a fan of the way Facebook works, feel free to
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
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
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
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.
[Ref:http://www.icecreammelts.com/blogs/facebook-addiction]
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.
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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.
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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. |
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. |
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?
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Written by Nnamdi Godson Osuagwu | |
Friday, 12 March 2010 17:14 | |
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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.
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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.
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Five (serious) symptoms of Facebook addiction
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.
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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.
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
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.
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 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)
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
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 )
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 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.
Actually,
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 someFacebook 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.
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
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 ofFacebook 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!
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
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!
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.
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