Social Networks – An Addiction
November 16, 2009
Having spent the better part of the morning, and most mornings, gazing on Facebook and updating my MySpace, I can admit that social networks are addicting and can fritter away hours and hours in a day. I can also remember back to when I was going to a normal office job and most of the day was whiled away looking for who what, and posting my own status messages aware that my fellow co-workers and mates outside the office were also online, looking it up like it was the stock exchange. Often I get replies from people I haven’t been in touch with in years or who I hardly know anymore, in addition to the current circle of friends who habitually monitor each other’s profiles as if it was their [job|duty} to do so.
Psychiatrists go as far as declaring that these days individuals extend their own identities through their online presences. To put it differently, Facebook and MySpace have turned into a sense of who we really are as individuals. I suppose this is real, as it is a situation we decide what others see, and have no problem letting people all around the world watch in order to secure updates as to who we are and what we are doing. However there are people who spend in excess of 30-40 hours on the internet a week on such sites, and they are addicts. People have expected the internet to substitute other recreational avenues of their world. Unhappily for many of today’s youth, this implies a drop in outdoors pursuits, and for adults it can imply a drop in social conversation with their friends and/or family.
They say opportunity makes the thief,’ but in this situation, ‘social networks inspire the stalker.’ The quantity of material one can come across on another person makes it simple to follow their every action. Yes it is that individual, who puts up photos and endorses being tagged in others, as well as making public personal details, but everyone also advertises on walls and those messages are [public|open} but may not be pre-approved by the member before they go live. We quickly get addicted to following someone once they see someone else is writing on their wall, or that they have put up new pictures. Tabbed browsing, email alerts, and mobile applications, all cater to the social network dependent, making it [easier|more conceivable} for them to repeatedly be looking at their profiles and others’ as well. Experts advise laying down time rules, and generally exercising self discipline against constantly looking at or signing up for email notifications, and not to buy mobile apps for the social networks.
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