Topic: Stanford Says You're Hooked On The Net (Read 999 times)
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« on: Oct 21, 2006, 01:32:52 PM »
Internet addiction used to be a joking matter, but it has reached a point where the reality of too much WWW has lead some to busted relationships, job losses, and other bad side effects.
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« Reply #1 on: Oct 22, 2006, 11:59:50 AM »
Interesting article. I have never thought that I am insane or mental ill, but those folks point to that
Here is an interesting part from this article, that may sound familliar to some of our members :
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If you find yourself slipping out of bed at 3:30 AM on a Sunday to check your ad statistics, or leaving your child's birthday party to update your online campaigns, you may want to talk to a medical professional
To be honest I have never leave my child's party, but guess why? Well because I don't have any childs
But seriously there are some times that I feel addicted. For example you start a new campaign or a new site, and then refreshing the stats for an hour or more, to see how it goes.
Of course this is not propably because of an addiction or mental illness but rather because of the excitement.
Nice title huh? This post is inspired by this conversation in the webdigity forum, which talks about the “addiction” to the web. It appears that there are many people that are actually addicted to the internet, most of them using porn or ga...
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