Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Facebook:An Addiction

Presently, popularity of Facebook is at acme. People of all age group spend significant hours on the site on a daily basis. Though, it is referred as a social networking site, heavy dependence of people on it had made it as a private networking site. Tech-savvy users use it as a platform to find their old friends, playing games, sharing their day to activities with friends, scheduling events-the list is endless. It would not be wrong to say that with every passing day, people are becoming more and more addictive to it. You may think that why the word addiction is used. So, take a look at the below stated following facts, which will surely going to testify the usage of word addiction.
Unknown yet True Facts
1.Over 500 million people are acting as active users of the Facebook
2.42% of the users of Facebook check their account as soon as they get up in the morning.
3.People spend more than 700 billion minutes every month on the site
4.Over 1 million websites are integrated with the Facebook platform
5.Over 150 million users access the site through their mobile networks
6.Mobile users of Facebook are twice as active as non-mobile users

These statistical figures support the fact that people of today's age group is so much tech-savvy. They cannot even imagine of spending one minute of their lifetime without electronic gadgets. Be it mobile, i-pod, television or computer. Electronic gadgets are becoming substitute of books, their friends and family members as well. Nowadays, people have created their own virtual world of gadgets and they love living and spending their precious time by remaining in it.
Whoever advised the world that “Excess of everything is bad” is surely not an insane person. I hope that other people is also able to understand the fact as early as possible as no one knows what cost s/he has to pay for becoming dependent on it.