You probably saw the article yesterday outlining how Facebook will cost the Australian economy around $6 billion this year alone due to wasted productivity. Out of curiosity, how much time do you spend on Facebook? I of course spend most of my day on Facebook but it is pretty much my job at this point. I would guess that readers of this blog spend more time on Facebook than the average user. Perhaps I’m wrong. In addition to stating how much time you are spending, perhaps you can specify how much productivity you think Facebook has caused you to waste.
Time Spent on Facebook
Posted by Nick O'Neill on August 21st, 2007 10:01 AM
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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.
Comment by Giom — August 21, 2007 @ 5:33 am
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.
Comment by Joe Grossberg — August 21, 2007 @ 6:36 am
Yeah, like Joe and Giom said, FB probably mostly just replaces addictinggames.com, etcAnd 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.
Comment by Ted Suzman — August 21, 2007 @ 6:47 am
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
Comment by David — August 21, 2007 @ 7:19 am
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-…..
Comment by Andrew — August 21, 2007 @ 7:19 am
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.
Comment by Joe Grossberg — August 21, 2007 @ 7:36 am
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.
Comment by Ted Suzman — August 21, 2007 @ 7:47 am
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.
Comment by Krish — August 21, 2007 @ 7:56 am
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-productiv...
And of course I have to shamelessly plug my own post:
http://andrewcafourek.com/2007/08/20/fight-the-ma...
Comment by Andrew — August 21, 2007 @ 8:19 am
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!
Comment by Francesco — August 21, 2007 @ 8:59 am
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.
Comment by Giom — August 21, 2007 @ 9:33 am
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!
Comment by daiski — August 21, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
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
Comment by David — August 21, 2007 @ 11:19 am
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.
Comment by Krish — August 21, 2007 @ 11:56 am
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!
Comment by Francesco — August 21, 2007 @ 12:59 pm
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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i dont spend that much time, couple minutes a day, check who's there or what's going down in party town.
by the way, do you think Facebook should be paying us users ? on the side it always says " thanks to you, many people have joined Facebook. thank you very much" in other words. " thank you for giving us more money." you know ?
Comment by conrad — November 5, 2009 @ 2:33 pm
faggots!!!
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Comment by pedro — February 15, 2011 @ 2:30 pm
The same to me!
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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.
Comment by golf Glove — July 15, 2011 @ 10:30 pm