The first online community to make a hit was the ever popular MySpace. It first started out as a place for adults, but slowly found its way into the lives of teenagers around the world. Just like an old pair of jeans, the fad began to fade and something a little more interesting came about: Facebook.
If you haven’t heard of Facebook by now, then you must really be out of tune with what’s going on in the world. Facebook is basically MySpace’s little sister. One can add friends, post “notes” (bulletins), write on each other’s “walls” (comments), and upload pictures. The only difference between MySpace and Facebook is, Facebook is open to everyone on the network. Everything done on there becomes public business. Users receive updates about what people have written on other’s walls and updates on who has left a comment after yours.
“Nothing on Facebook is ever private and that is why it is so addicting,” said senior Bibi Balliram. Putting something on this online community is just the same as handing out flyers with all your personal information. As it becomes more popular, the addiction continues to grow. The addiction is apparent when one has their homepage set to it and it’s the first thing they check when they get in the house. Those with mobile phones are constantly checking it just to see what someone is up to.
The main thing that draws people in is the status. It can be updated an infinite amount of times to let everyone know what you’re doing. “I’m always changing my status to something weird. For instance, I let people know that I’m eating a sandwich and than I update ten minutes later to let them know I’m done,” says sophomore Kimberly Latchmanen.
According to Huffington Post, there are ten reasons to prove that you are truly addicted to Facebook. Some of them are: You have over 500 friends, half of them you do not know, you clean up your “wall” to make it look like you’re not on it very often, you click on people’s profiles, even though they haven’t commented or messaged you, and you write “notes” to let people know how your day went. These notes usually include every single detail of every little thing you did.
Many of you out there are guilty of living on Facebook, but don’t be ashamed. The best way to cleanse your body of this “toxin” is to first admit your addiction. Once you have done that, the road to recovery is only steps away. Try removing the Facebook application from your phone and limit yourself to checking it only once or twice a day. If you can’t handle that and your addiction only gets worse,the best thing to do is to delete the account.
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