Facebook Addiction

I'm fascinated by the story in today's New York Times indicating that some people are deciding Facebook is more "in your face" than they can handle.  They have determined they are addicted to their Facebook account.  Can't stay away from it.  Have to know what others are saying and how their friends feel about every minuscule particle of whatever the conversation is at the moment.

It's early stages, and there appears to be a variety of ways people are attempting to handle their addiction.  There are some who have formed support groups so they can monitor end encourage each other to minimize Facebook activity.  Some ask others to change their Facebook password and not tell them what it is until after the weekend, say, or after an important exam. 

Behavioral scientists are getting into the act, studying the implications of this Facebook backlash.  It's probably too small a sample to mean much right now.  But it gives me hope that we've got some smart young people who know a waste of time when they see it...and are including a lot of Facebook activity in that bucket of lost hours.I talked with a young college student who told me--expressing surprise--how much she was enjoying talking with her dorm mates rather than sitting in her dorm room spending hours connecting with friends from elsewhere.

Duh!  Sounds like common sense to me.  A face to face conversation trumps the online kind almost always.

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