I’m connected to facebook all day but it don’t really think it has a effect on my productivity, if it wasn’t facebook I whould have find something else not to work.

I’m connected to facebook all day but it don’t really think it has a effect on my productivity, if it wasn’t facebook I whould have find something else not to work.

Eh, that’s a myth.

Like Giom says, people would do other stuff (smoke, IM, chat at the water cooler, check ESPN).

And I don’t think it hurts productivity to let people take a break and then resume work.

Yeah, like Joe and Giom said, FB probably mostly just replaces addictinggames.com, etc

And is it even a waste? It might cost employers, but it also increases social capital; the world may be better off in ways GDP doesn’t immediately reflect.

It depends what you mean by “time spent on facebook”…out of all the browser windows I have open, one is probably Facebook, but actively interacting with that window is probably no more than 20 mins a day

The original publication actually valued it at $4 billion, most blogs reported it yesterday at $5 billion, and today the trend is $6 billion…I just think its funny to see the inflation rate on the story.

Check our Mashable’s post for a good analysis of why it is a wretched study:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/20/facebook-product...

And of course I have to shamelessly plug my own post:
http://andrewcafourek.com/2007/08/20/fight-the-...

Eh, that’s a myth.

Like Giom says, people would do other stuff (smoke, IM, chat at the water cooler, check ESPN).

And I don’t think it hurts productivity to let people take a break and then resume work.

Yeah, like Joe and Giom said, FB probably mostly just replaces addictinggames.com, etc

And is it even a waste? It might cost employers, but it also increases social capital; the world may be better off in ways GDP doesn’t immediately reflect.

I spend 1-2 hours split into many 5-10 minute visits. Initially I was exploring the apps. Now, it is just to keep track of what friends are doing.

It depends what you mean by “time spent on facebook”…out of all the browser windows I have open, one is probably Facebook, but actively interacting with that window is probably no more than 20 mins a day

The original publication actually valued it at $4 billion, most blogs reported it yesterday at $5 billion, and today the trend is $6 billion…I just think its funny to see the inflation rate on the story.

Check our Mashable’s post for a good analysis of why it is a wretched study:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/20/facebook-productivity/

And of course I have to shamelessly plug my own post:
http://andrewcafourek.com/2007/08/20/fight-the-man-facebook-edition/

I spend 1-2 hours split into many 5-10 minute visits. Initially I was exploring the apps. Now, it is just to keep track of what friends are doing.

Damn, I spend like 5-6 hours on facebook.. its start like, lets just see one second if any body posted pics and then it becomes hours.. really, facebook has taken at list 90% of my internet browsing, I dont even check the blogs (like engadget, mashable..) that I use to check… even now Im on facebook!

Damn, I spend like 5-6 hours on facebook.. its start like, lets just see one second if any body posted pics and then it becomes hours.. really, facebook has taken at list 90% of my internet browsing, I dont even check the blogs (like engadget, mashable..) that I use to check… even now Im on facebook!

I read this blog and other Facebook news everyday and still don’t use the platform, except for browsing applications. It’s a disease and kills the productivity of everyone around me, more than the TV! Go write some code…make something!

I read this blog and other Facebook news everyday and still don’t use the platform, except for browsing applications. It’s a disease and kills the productivity of everyone around me, more than the TV! Go write some code…make something!

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