Facebook Addiction
Well I’ll admit it, I check Facebook way too often, and I’m not the only one. Walking through the hallways between classes, I often take a quick glance at what people are doing at the computer kiosks. 65% of the time, it’s email. 30% of the time, it’s Facebook. The other 5% is someone trying to figure out where the “Internet Explorer” icon is. All our kiosks are Macs.
It’s pretty tempting to fire up Facebook and see what’s up. I have a shortcut that gets me there in less than 2 seconds. How can you resist that kind of temptation? It’s like trying to write a paper with a movie playing behind your Word window. Just doesn’t happen.
Kids these days have a hard time staying productive.
Back to Facebook. I knew a couple of kids who didn’t sign up at first. I only know two such people now. It’s a very well-made and beautifully executed online service, much better than the competition. The fact that the author puts his name at the bottom shows how much pride went into it. An artist always signs his work. I’ll talk more about software as art some other time.
Facebook is addictive because it’s constantly updated. That’s what happens when you have a couple million contributors.
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