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| Would you see a reason to give it up? Originally part of "How much time do you spend browsing the Net?" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Mell Mell Post Count: 14113 Msg: #1 51 days ago, October 13th 2009 |  But over two years, I'd turned into a Facebook fiend, uploading over 30 photograph albums, posting countless inane status updates and acquiring hundreds of online "friends" (350, to be exact). I'd got sucked into semi-stalkerdom and felt something akin to separation anxiety if I ever found myself offline for more than a few hours. What had been my favourite waste of time had morphed into a demanding and anti-social addiction.  Cold turkey for a Facebook addict Mell Mell Post Count: 14113 Msg: #2 51 days ago, October 13th 2009 | Maybe, if my internet use was as out of control as the person the above quote comes from, then I would go cold turkey. The internet should be useful, not some kind of mindless activity, most of the time. | [Edited: 09:21 - Mell ]  Debtravel Debbie Post Count: 212 Msg: #3 44 days ago, October 20th 2009 | just saw this thread. Good topic. I'm probably a bit more of an internet-a-holic than I like to admit, but still loads less than a lot of people. I'm not on facebook or any of the others, but I do like the odd forum. But when I'm away, I actually really like being away from the internet and the constant sensory overload you get from it. I'd like to think I'd give it up if I got seriously addicted, but then if I was seriously addicted I probably wouldn't want to! I do think it's a bit of a worry though that so many people these days spend so much time on it and live in more of a virtual world than a real one. | Mell Mell Post Count: 14113 Msg: #4 44 days ago, October 21st 2009 | I'm probably a bit more of an internet-a-holic than I like to admit, but still loads less than a lot of people. I'm not on facebook or any of the others, but I do like the odd forum. I think it is what people do on the internet, rather than how long they spend on it, that is or isnt the problem.  Vinovat Sudarynya Jonathan Campion Post Count: 712 Msg: #5 40 days ago, October 24th 2009 | My girlfriend is at home for the weekend so I'm in the flat on my own. I've been online almost all the time since I got up, reading the sports news, the British papers and of course TravelBlog. I could only go 'cold turkey' if I had something exciting to do, which right now I don't! | J. Number of Users: 3 | Number of Posts: 5 | |||||||||||||||
