Facebook is like getting stuck on a Lazy River. If you continue to ignore the exit, you’ll get "trapped in [a] loop."1 Facebook is one of today’s most accessible outlets for wasting time. Such outlets have always existed, but this one is free, ubiquitous, and social. The pull to spend just a minute longer checking a friend’s wall, pictures, and status is enticing, but perhaps the best way to resist the temptation is to realize that Facebook is a “digital distraction…that [has] no lasting value.”2 It’s not likely you’ll look back twenty years from now and think “boy, I wish I had spent more time on Facebook.” A few times around the Lazy River is fun and relaxing, but staying there for hours on end is a waste of time.
1 http://www.portlincolntimes.com.au/news/lifestyle/technology/tech-news/addicted-to-facebook/1989289.aspx?storypage=0
2 http://tinyurl.com/29yrnea
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