Just a short list. Feel free to add more…
- You have looked at Facebook on your computer and your iPhone/smartphone at the same time.
- You look at things and think “I should take a pic of this for Facebook” (We use to take pics for memories).
- Sexual relations are not as important as they were due to Mafia Wars and Farmville.
- Your top site for the latest news is Facebook.
- You call your 80 year old grandmother and tell her that you don’t need to send her pics of your kids anymore, she needs to login to Facebook.
- You Facebook while on the toilet.
- You Facebook while on the toilet with your laptop and iPhone.
- You are caught by your husband hanging half out of the bath tub trying to avoid getting your iPhone wet, while Facebooking.
- You create lists about being addicted to Facebook.
- Your run to talk about touchdowns or home runs on Facebook.
- You sneak your smartphone under the conference table so you can Facebook instead of listening to your ultra-intelligent boss.
- You spend more than 20 minutes of your day planning something for Facebook – albums, games, surveys etc.
- Your kids walk by the computer and say, “So, who is on Facebook today?”
- Your kids yell, “Don’t put that picture on Facebook!”
- When something exciting happens your don’t call your spouse, partner or best friend, you post it on Facebook then call whoever and tell them to look at your Facebook!
- You create a Facebook account for your 5 year old just so you can have one more friend.
- You have a pet named, “FB”, “Facebook” or “Face”.
- You are aware that there is something called “Facebook Addiction Disorder” (articles – CNN, Facebook, AddictionInfo.org)
- You have more than 500 friends on Facebook.
- You have stopped sex to say, “Oh my gosh, guess what happened on Facebook today???”
Facebook does have that strange power on people and it only seems to be growing in strength.