DC Diary. My space v kontakte.

DC Diary. My space v kontakte.

2010.04.22 11:49

Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon, Friendster, Tumblr, Xanga, Life Jernal, odnoklassniki, vkontakte, … the list goes on and on.  And if you are any sort of tech savy, there is good chance you are a member of multiple social networks. While there is a lot to be gained by using these services, there is also a lot to be lost.  And one of the most dangerous things here is addiction!
You may think, “I’m not addicted, I can quit anytime!”  Well if you have more Facebook friends than real friends, something must be done.  If you spend more time on Twitter than in sunlight, it’s time for change.  If you spend more time working on your LinkedIn profile than doing actual work, it’s time for an intervention.  Regardless of your excuse, this is not ok.
So, check yourself. You know you're a Facebook addict when:
1. You lose sleep over Vkontakte
If you're staying up late at night because you're on Vkontakte, and you're tired the next day, Vkontakte may be a compulsion for you.
2. You spend more than an hour a day on Vkontakte
It's hard to pinpoint exactly how much is too much time to be spending on social networking. You can't imagine that anyone would need more than an hour a day on Vkontakte, and probably no one needs more than 30 minutes.
3. You become obsessed with old loves
Reconnecting with old friends is one of the great attractions of Vkontakte, and there's nothing necessarily wrong with "friending" an old boyfriend or girlfriend. One of my friends met up with an old boyfriend on Vkontakte. They started spending hours and hours into the night talking to each other on Vkontakte. She made some really inappropriate comments about how unhappy she was in her marriage. Her cousin saw the comments and told her parents, and the parents told the husband, and now they're in the process of getting divorced.
4. You ignore work in favor of Vkontakte
If you're not doing your job in order to sneak time on Vkontakte, you could have a real problem.
5. The thought of getting off Vkontakte leaves you in a cold sweat
Sometimes if you don’t have an access to your profile on Vkontakte, you feel uncomfortable, dull or even depressed.
Here are a few tips that can help you monitor your social network use, and ensure that you are being productive instead of wasting time.
•    Track Your Time Online – The simplest way to ensure you aren’t wasting time in any one place is to monitor your time.  Use a stopwatch and set a limit.  When time is up, log out, regardless of what’s left.  There is always tomorrow.
•    Remember the Telephone -  I know, it’s so primitive.  But a call to a friend works just as well as a Facebook message, and it is real human interaction, something we are losing touch with.
•    Go Outside – get away from your portal to the network.  Get some sunshine, chances are you need it.
•    Limit Your Memberships – There is no need for memberships to 15 different networks.  In fact, there is no need for even 2 memberships of sites which do the same thing.  Choose Facebook or Myspace, but not both.  Digg, or StumbleUpon.  This will probably cut your memberships in half, and hopefully cut the time spent on them down also.
•    Use Your Networks Productively – When I first used twitter I followed anyone, and had thousands of followers.  Strangely though, people rarely responded to my twits, and it was like I was invisible.  I decided I’d only use twitter if I could be productive with it, so I unfollowed thousands of users (now below 200),  and use Twitter only to share and interact with people with similar interests as mine.  Now my Twitter is a tool, not a time warp.
•    Prioritize - Use these tools only when your work has been done, or during down time.  Don’t spend time updating your profile or changing your pic when there is work to be done.  This will not only save you time and increase productivity, but will build self discipline as well.
•    Stop Procrastinating – Many times we get on Facebook or twitter when we have real work that we just don’t want to do.  Stop that!  Get the work done.  Once you finish you’ll have all the time in the world to spend making friends on Facebook.
•    Remove the Cellphone Apps – You don’t really need Facebook or Twitter on your phone.  Nothing on there can be that important.  Save your social networking for when you are behind the desk and limit the distractions throughout the day.
•    Spend More Time With Close Friends and Family – You aren’t the only one who suffers when you spend countless hours on MySpace.  Your family and friends don’t see you, because you are too busy learning how to customize your backgrounds and take crazy pictures from all different angles for your profile pic.  Cut out the cancer and get back to friends and family.
But you can get some benefits too:

Be real and live real life!
Kristina was the winner last time and this Thursday we are going to rise such topic as “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”
I have new tea and very good mood. And you? 

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