Incessantly refreshing your Facebook homepage in the hope of seeing a new update or finding a new notification has become every person’s subconscious trait.
Resisting the urge to sleep and aimlessly surfing into the wee hours of the night has already robbed you of your sleep and peace. Keeping all that in mind, we shed some light on few vital reasons why you need to quit, or take a temporary break from Facebook.
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You put a hilarious status update and patiently wait for the likes to pour in, but after an hour you barely garner 5 likes. Looking away, you see your friend putting a lame one and he’s
instantly flooded by a dozen likes. You feel ignored and alone. This applies to images and the online persona revolving around it. A recent study showed how people are conscious of their online appearance and judge themselves by comparing themselves to others. This has caused a rise in people feeling awkward in their own skin with regards to weight, looks, and others causing them to develop eating disorders, anorexia and various others things.
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You are watching a movie in a theatre and you just updated a status about it. Ten minutes into the flick and you check your phone for any notification. Disheartened by seeing none, you proceed to watch the movie. Thirty more minutes pass by and you recheck. A notification, you see, get excited, comment and patiently wait for a reply. Applying this same dynamic everywhere else, we observe that social networking sites, especially Facebook has developed an attention deficit that was previously unseen, especially among teenagers. This soon turns from a fascination into an obsession that ends up ruining your beauty sleep and your serenity.
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Relationships are supposed to be mutually beneficial where you give enough time for yourself while equally respecting each-other’s privacy. All thanks to Facebook, that has changed. Analyze this, your better half peeks into your profile only to find her stark enemy liking and commenting on your status. She loses her mind and all hell breaks loose. If that wasn’t enough, burglars too have become tech-savvy and they usually stalk people through Facebook, meticulously following their Check-ins and whereabouts and they strike the houses to loot when the time is right and the resident is away. Final verdict, Facebook is the devil’s advocate and loves to play nasty with your privacy.
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So, somebody typed something nasty on a social networking site and that ticked you off enough to make your reply something equally nasty. The fight continues till it saturated to the point where abuses turn verbal and in some cases, physical. Online feuds on Facebook are known to occur worldwide while many resulting in brutal fights, and in some cases death. If that wasn’t enough, the outcomes are nothing worth lauding about. The defeated bunches tend to become reclusive which stems into emotional disturbance creeping over gradually, finally turning suicidal in few cases.
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We could not stress on this point enough. Facebook has become an integral part of our daily routine and helps us staying in touch with people from all over the world. Yet, the urge to check Facebook, constantly be online and chat incessantly has been robbing people of their livelihood. A majority of teenagers have been diagnosed by social media addiction, which is now a clinical term. Hampering studies in colleges, work at workplaces and the simple act of enjoying life, Facebook has definitely ruined lives in many ways.
Although the advent of Facebook and other social networking sites into our lives is inevitable, we can at least keep a sustainable control over its use and influence over the people using it. Keep these pointers in mind and do the needful if you think Facebook has turned you into a mindless sheep.
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Resisting the urge to sleep and aimlessly surfing into the wee hours of the night has already robbed you of your sleep and peace. Keeping all that in mind, we shed some light on few vital reasons why you need to quit, or take a temporary break from Facebook.
1. Low Self Esteem
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You put a hilarious status update and patiently wait for the likes to pour in, but after an hour you barely garner 5 likes. Looking away, you see your friend putting a lame one and he’s
instantly flooded by a dozen likes. You feel ignored and alone. This applies to images and the online persona revolving around it. A recent study showed how people are conscious of their online appearance and judge themselves by comparing themselves to others. This has caused a rise in people feeling awkward in their own skin with regards to weight, looks, and others causing them to develop eating disorders, anorexia and various others things.
2. Low Attention Span
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You are watching a movie in a theatre and you just updated a status about it. Ten minutes into the flick and you check your phone for any notification. Disheartened by seeing none, you proceed to watch the movie. Thirty more minutes pass by and you recheck. A notification, you see, get excited, comment and patiently wait for a reply. Applying this same dynamic everywhere else, we observe that social networking sites, especially Facebook has developed an attention deficit that was previously unseen, especially among teenagers. This soon turns from a fascination into an obsession that ends up ruining your beauty sleep and your serenity.
3. Privacy Issues And Concerns
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Relationships are supposed to be mutually beneficial where you give enough time for yourself while equally respecting each-other’s privacy. All thanks to Facebook, that has changed. Analyze this, your better half peeks into your profile only to find her stark enemy liking and commenting on your status. She loses her mind and all hell breaks loose. If that wasn’t enough, burglars too have become tech-savvy and they usually stalk people through Facebook, meticulously following their Check-ins and whereabouts and they strike the houses to loot when the time is right and the resident is away. Final verdict, Facebook is the devil’s advocate and loves to play nasty with your privacy.
4. Online Feuds
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So, somebody typed something nasty on a social networking site and that ticked you off enough to make your reply something equally nasty. The fight continues till it saturated to the point where abuses turn verbal and in some cases, physical. Online feuds on Facebook are known to occur worldwide while many resulting in brutal fights, and in some cases death. If that wasn’t enough, the outcomes are nothing worth lauding about. The defeated bunches tend to become reclusive which stems into emotional disturbance creeping over gradually, finally turning suicidal in few cases.
5. Addiction
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We could not stress on this point enough. Facebook has become an integral part of our daily routine and helps us staying in touch with people from all over the world. Yet, the urge to check Facebook, constantly be online and chat incessantly has been robbing people of their livelihood. A majority of teenagers have been diagnosed by social media addiction, which is now a clinical term. Hampering studies in colleges, work at workplaces and the simple act of enjoying life, Facebook has definitely ruined lives in many ways.
Although the advent of Facebook and other social networking sites into our lives is inevitable, we can at least keep a sustainable control over its use and influence over the people using it. Keep these pointers in mind and do the needful if you think Facebook has turned you into a mindless sheep.
source:mensxp.com
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