July 21, 2009
By Christie Weber
Reporter, Skunkpost
How long have you gone today without checking your Facebook? If you are like most of America, chances are the answer is no more than three hours.
It is not only the top social networking site for June, but also has left Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Ebay and Apple in its cyber dust. It should come as no surprise this site has become the place for anyone with a decent internet signal, and the three people left stuck in dial up. Whether at the office, home or even in your car on your cell phone, you find yourself reading what your old roommate had for breakfast this morning in your news feed. Yes- it’s called a “news” feed, although I think we all agree we find very little news on it. Facebook users secretly love to see what the people in your network are doing each time they update their profiles. Just don’t let your boss see your update about taking the afternoon off to “lounge in the pool” when you are “cold calling”. The fixation may be a yearning to know others are as miserable as you on Monday mornings? Whatever it is, America is obsessed with Facebook.
The average time spent on Facebook a day is close to 5 hours, which means you probably forgot to read up on the news, or educate yourself on things that really matter. But it’s ok-if the end of the world is nearing… someone will write it on your wall.
How long have you gone today without checking your Facebook? If you are like most of America, chances are the answer is no more than three hours.
It is not only the top social networking site for June, but also has left Yahoo, Google, Microsoft, Ebay and Apple in its cyber dust. It should come as no surprise this site has become the place for anyone with a decent internet signal, and the three people left stuck in dial up. Whether at the office, home or even in your car on your cell phone, you find yourself reading what your old roommate had for breakfast this morning in your news feed. Yes- it’s called a “news” feed, although I think we all agree we find very little news on it. Facebook users secretly love to see what the people in your network are doing each time they update their profiles. Just don’t let your boss see your update about taking the afternoon off to “lounge in the pool” when you are “cold calling”. The fixation may be a yearning to know others are as miserable as you on Monday mornings? Whatever it is, America is obsessed with Facebook.
The average time spent on Facebook a day is close to 5 hours, which means you probably forgot to read up on the news, or educate yourself on things that really matter. But it’s ok-if the end of the world is nearing… someone will write it on your wall.
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