Another Distraction, Another Addiction

It seems as if everyone is joining Twitter and once people are on they are "hooked", just as this licensed psychologists and expert in Internet addiction states. She says it is a good way for her to connect with those in her field, but are we just using this an excuse to keep our distractions that turn into addictions? She could very well keep in touch with those people at conference, over the phone, but why another social networking site? One that seems to promote staying on it constantly and tracking the day by day, minute by minute occurrences of someone. How can this not develop into an addiction, in essence isn't that the premise, that you need to be on it all the time to see what is going on? This is why we want followers and we want the tweets sent to our phones, we don't want to miss a beat! For those who have self control there should be no cause to worry, but for most who don't, well...at least this therapist, who specializes in Internet addiction, should expect a few more clients.

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