Is Facebook Sleezy?

I was once dating a man who constantly checked their facebook account and would prefer to trawl through photographs of women that were ‘friends’ than have a conversation with me. Needless to say, that relationship is over, but it has led to a distaste in the platform that can be beneficial and enhance your life experiences. Too many people are becoming anti-social and are losing touch with things that really matter because they are addicted to facebook accounts.

In a coffee shop in Atlanta the other day, I saw three people that were obviously studying or doing homework in the coffee shop. Each of them continually checked their facebook accounts. Surely, that must effect their ability to study. Just like when you are at work – if you are spending time checking your facebook account, you are obviously not concentrating on what you are doing and cannot possibly be giving your work 100% of your effort.

How can you tell if you are spending too much time on facebook? Here are some simple ways to see if your habits are in need of change:-

1. You get into arguments because of group titles, posts and comments on facebook
2.  You have more than 500 friends
3.  You update your status to give 325 people (150 friends, 100 you barely know, 10 you don’t care for, 50 random strangers, 5 exs and 5 stalkers) detailed information on where you are at and what you are doing.
4.  You message randomly
5.  Your suppose to be working
6.  You haven’t picked up a phone or talked to someone in person for 24 hours
7.  You are at a friends place to hang out and you log onto facebook
8.  You trawl through people’s photos that are not in your top20 friends
9.  You mention to friends other people’s status and in particular an ex’s status on an ongoing basis
10.  You say personal things on your facebook account

What are your thoughts? Is Facebook sleezy?

Mellissah Smith, Atlanta.