Facebook Addiction Disorder. Real?

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This article questions the reasons behind FAD. Questioning if FAD is actually a mental health concern. Also, if the term FAD made by modern psychologists is simply just a way to define our fascination with the social network. The Article describes how Facebook includes something for everyone and that it is only human nature to get carried away on the site.

This was the only article that I could find about any opposition towards FAD. Even in this article it still supports FAD on some occasions towards the end but the beginning you can tell that the writer still questions if FAD is a true concern or not.

I do support the article when it explains about the human nature to get carried away with Facebook, but I do believe there is a sense of being addicted. There have been many cases that I have read where people access Facebook multiple times a day. Check it in the morning before they brush teeth, and check Facebook before the go to sleep. During a work day in office many have complained of checking Facebook multiple times a day, about 5 times or more in one work day. This seems to be a problem of being addicted because many can't perform to their upmost ability being sidetracked on Facebook. Just like any other drug, the symptoms keep you from your top performance and can ruin your life. Some cases involve ignoring family members. One woman ignored her daughters plea for help on homework. To me ignoring your daughter over something can be  sense of an addiction disorder. I have also read where psychologists have had multiple clients come in and talk about being to drawn and strung to Facebook and to me these cases and stories tell me that Facebook addiction is real and has to be dealt with.

Fighter Jet gets shot down by libyan rebels

Thought it would be cool to post something different and interesting other than Facebook. Recently the civil war broke loose in Libya and this is footage of a fighter jet from Gaddafi's army. The rebels shot it down and it is crazy how we can see this today right at home, without being at war. Anyways check it out, tell me what you think.

Growing up too Fast?

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This Article talks about how Facebook is growing massively large in just the last 8 months. The article said that it has produced a million new jobs in the last 8 months around the world. It recently reached its 100 millionth user and is already getting closer to the 200th marker. The article also talks about how Facebook has broken the social barrier between families. That this one woman who recently joined Facebook has already found cousins in Zurich, Hong Kong and New York that she never knew and prob. never would if it wasn't for Facebook.....

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2011/0303/Charlie-Sheen-on-Twitter-How-much-more-damage-can-he-do


This is an article about the recent news of Charlie Sheen. Its pretty interesting because when he made a twitter account he had over 1 million users in 25 hours. According to the Guinness book of world records, he broke the record of most users in the shortest amount of time. Its about the cancellation of the show Two and a Half men and what Charlie Sheen has to say about it.