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How to Stop That Facebook Addiction
Posted by Nick O'Neill on October 2nd, 2007 10:04 AMAre you addicted to Facebook? I know I am. It starts of with a simple exploration of your friends on the site and suddently you are logging on 10 times a day to see if any of your friends have made updates to their profile, changed their relationship status or have posted new videos or articles. Suddnely you are glued to your computer monitor and the only thing on the screen is Facebook. So maybe your addiction isn’t that bad but apparently enough people are addicted that wikiHow has published an article entitled “How to Quite Facebook.” WikiHow suggests a 6-step solution:
- Admit you have a problem - This sounds like the first step to any other addiction. WikiHow suggests that you ask yourself “What did I just accomplish by checking Facebook?” Ha! If only I had that much self-control over my Facebook addiction. Well, at least I admit to it!
- Define your goals on Facebook - Hmm … I never really had any goals with Facebook. Although maybe my goal should be to reach 5,000 friends. That surely would get me to login more frequently. WikiHow suggests just logging in to check on friends’ birthdays, keep track of old friends, etc. Once you catch yourself going off track, log off. If only it was that easy!
- Make a Facebook Schedule - Seriously? If you find yourself scheduling Facebook into your daily schedule, this should be a serious warning sign. WikiHow suggests that “after each Facebook goal, write down how much time and at what frequency you’ll need to be on Facebook to achieve that goal.” Are they serious? Based on the calculations they suggested, you end up using Facebook for 6 hours and 20 minutes a week. I think this is still a relatively significant amount of time, although I spend much more time on the site.
- Think of other things you could be doing - Duh! This is a no brainer. I could be at the gym, socializing in the real world or a million other things but there is a reason I logged on in the first place. I’m starting to think that these suggestions are totally useless!
- Leave Facebook - This should have been number one! If you are spending way too much time on Facebook, quit cold turkey. It’s like having your cell phone turned off for 24 hours. Once you do it, you will realize how dependent you have become and think twice about your usage.
- Find a substitute - This one is good. Facebook taking up too much time? Find another site that isn’t as good! WikiHow says “if you find you’re at a computer during critical relapse time, find another website to log onto and read instead of Facebook.” Facebook relapse? This is a little crazy.
So how much time do you spend on Facebook? Has Facebook become an addiction for you?
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October 2nd, 2007 at 9:44 am
I suffered from a service interruption for more than 5 hours this morning, I almost killed myself. I’m not even addicted, I can quit when I want. To check my myspace for example !
October 2nd, 2007 at 10:44 am
I suffered from a service interruption for more than 5 hours this morning, I almost killed myself. I’m not even addicted, I can quit when I want. To check my myspace for example !
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Helpful tactics, maybe I should have looked at them: I took a one-week vacation from Facebook and wrote about the as-they-happened results (http://alexpollack.blogspot.com/2007/09/breakin...)
Now, to be honest, I’m back, logging-in…alot. But I still learned a few lessons, and became closer to my “real” friends during my Facebook fast.
October 2nd, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Helpful tactics, maybe I should have looked at them: I took a one-week vacation from Facebook and wrote about the as-they-happened results (http://alexpollack.blogspot.com/2007/09/breaking-up-with-facebook-for-week-part.html)
Now, to be honest, I’m back, logging-in…alot. But I still learned a few lessons, and became closer to my “real” friends during my Facebook fast.
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:06 am
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October 3rd, 2007 at 10:21 am
I find it interesting that society tends to label something as an addiction if we do “too much” of it… according to whom? I was wrangling with this very dilemma when my coach asked me how much joy I was experiencing on a scale of 1-10.
My response is that I’m always an 8, often 9-10 in my life overall. “So what’s the problem?” he said!! Yeah, exactly! LOL. If other areas of life are suffering, granted the ‘addiction’ might need to be addressed.
The other week, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide: “Top Ten Signs You’re Addicted To Facebook”
http://whyfacebook.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/top...
October 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 am
I find it interesting that society tends to label something as an addiction if we do “too much” of it… according to whom? I was wrangling with this very dilemma when my coach asked me how much joy I was experiencing on a scale of 1-10.
My response is that I’m always an 8, often 9-10 in my life overall. “So what’s the problem?” he said!! Yeah, exactly! LOL. If other areas of life are suffering, granted the ‘addiction’ might need to be addressed.
The other week, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek guide: “Top Ten Signs You’re Addicted To Facebook”
http://whyfacebook.wordpress.com/2007/09/25/top-ten-signs-you%e2%80%99re-addicted-to-facebook/
October 4th, 2007 at 9:14 am
God, where do you all quit.
May I suggest a topic or two? “How to Stop That Addiction To Writing About Foolishness” or “Top Ten Signs You’re Addicted To Writing Garbage”
October 4th, 2007 at 10:14 am
God, where do you all quit.
May I suggest a topic or two? “How to Stop That Addiction To Writing About Foolishness” or “Top Ten Signs You’re Addicted To Writing Garbage”
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Hey! I am the same, I cant do it any more.
I wrote about it on a blog, read it if your interested.
Its a great site, but I think for some people, it can be like a drug.
Great Article!
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Hey! I am the same, I cant do it any more.
I wrote about it on a blog, read it if your interested.
Its a great site, but I think for some people, it can be like a drug.
Great Article!
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Oops forgot to post my link
http://addicted-to-facebook.blogspot.com/2008/02/admitting-is-first-step-to-solving-your.html
March 22nd, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Oops forgot to post my link
http://addicted-to-facebook.blogspot.com/2008/0...
July 14th, 2008 at 9:29 am
My facebook addiction runs in a slightly different manner. Instead of checking my facebook a couple of thousand times a day, I find myself on my ‘homepage’, clicking the refresh button, waiting for a new notification.
Jesus, it’s a wonder that I’m so disappointed when I get a notification that’s something boring (like a group looking for new members or an invite to some crappy application). You’d think I’d be glad to have SOMETHING new in my notifications, but I guess that’s not the way an addiction works..
July 14th, 2008 at 10:29 am
My facebook addiction runs in a slightly different manner. Instead of checking my facebook a couple of thousand times a day, I find myself on my ‘homepage’, clicking the refresh button, waiting for a new notification.
Jesus, it’s a wonder that I’m so disappointed when I get a notification that’s something boring (like a group looking for new members or an invite to some crappy application). You’d think I’d be glad to have SOMETHING new in my notifications, but I guess that’s not the way an addiction works..