# Are you addicted to Social Media? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054 "2020-01-07T02:37:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/21 "2020-01-07T20:21:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, wait. Does the dope count? I said no. I’m absolutly addicted to this place. 🙂 I am to Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/22 "2020-01-07T20:22:42Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Did you really just reply to your own comment? No. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/23 "2020-01-07T20:23:45Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > No. You did reply to your own comment, you addict! ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/24 "2020-01-07T20:26:58Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > Of course not. Internet media consumes very little of my time. The SDMB is by far the most time I spend in online interactions, my post count over the last 16+ years bears this out. Fortunate is the one who has no addiction! ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/25 "2020-01-07T20:28:04Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Yes I am. I have over 1500 Twitter followers including a former Senator, I am a little envious. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/26 "2020-01-07T20:30:47Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Not addicted, but definitely habituated. It is similar to my book “addiction”. I am really addicted. Mostly reading Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/27 "2020-01-07T21:35:18Z")
No. Unless you count here in which case ------- I’m Kopek and I’m an addict. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/28 "2020-01-07T22:07:10Z")
Nope. The only thing that even vaguely resembles social media that I pay any attention to is this forum, and I’m definitely not addicted - I pretty much only post here while I’m bored during slow times at work. When work is done, so am I - I go home and do other things that have nothing to do with this place. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/29 "2020-01-07T22:17:03Z")
Ilook at FB every day to find news of my children and grandchildren and rarely post. I do not have a twitter account (so I cannot follow Putin’s Puppet). And I don’t consider TSD as social media. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/30 "2020-01-08T07:53:05Z")
Commenting on SDMB and a couple artsy forum sites - that’s all the socializing I can stand. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/31 "2020-01-08T12:59:36Z")
I’m not on any social media. This board is the only thing I do that’s in that ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/32 "2020-01-08T13:31:54Z")
Message boards are social media. the only reason to disagree is because you don’t like the negative connotations associated with social media. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/33 "2020-01-08T14:26:45Z")
I used to use facebook to get laid but since I met my wife I maybe get on 4 times a year. I tweet for work. I need to be better about it but I just can’t make myself care. I don’t have an account on any other social media. If message boards count I’ve got three that I spend time on but I wouldn’t say I’ve got an addiction since I go away all of the time and don’t miss it. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/34 "2020-01-08T14:59:48Z")
I’m not on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin or any similar stuff. I post here and that’s it. I don’t have a mobile phone and I’ve never sent a text. Why yes, I am getting on a bit! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/35 "2020-01-08T16:25:11Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Message boards are social media. the only reason to disagree is because you don’t like the negative connotations associated with social media. One big difference to me between this board and most social media is that most people use their real names on Facebook and the like. The use of pseudonyms on this board allows for a certain level of anonymity. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/36 "2020-01-08T16:25:30Z")
I do consider message boards, even anonymous ones, to be social media. This really isn’t much different from reddit. Anonymity doesn’t really mean anything. I can be anonymous on twitter, reddit, yahoo, etc. And yeah, I am addicted to it, though I am not active on many of the top social media platforms. I check my facebook feeds a couple times a day, twitter a few times a day (I only follow about 5 people). Quora and reddit if I see an interesting topic in my email. Do some likes, maybe a rare comment. And of course I come here all the time (and IMDB before their boards shut down). I don’t pay any attention to instagram, snapchat, tiktok, or any of the other image-centric ones. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/37 "2020-01-08T17:11:18Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > I used to use facebook to get laid but since I met my wife I maybe get on 4 times a year. No. Too easy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/38 "2020-01-08T17:34:29Z")
I have 3 message boards that I look at every day, SDMB being one. The others are horse related. I have FB that I look at every day. Don’t do Twitter, Snapchat, IG, or anything else like that. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/39 "2020-01-08T21:54:04Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Message boards are social media. the only reason to disagree is because you don’t like the negative connotations associated with social media. I can definitely see your point, but the _phrase_ social media wasn’t in common parlance until the rise to hegemony of Facebook and the arrival of Twitter. And when people ask if I’ll give my social media handles and I tell them my username on SDMB, they’ll reply “no that doesn’t count”. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054/40 "2020-01-08T22:03:47Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I can definitely see your point, but the _phrase_ social media wasn’t in common parlance until the rise to hegemony of Facebook and the arrival of Twitter. And when people ask if I’ll give my social media handles and I tell them my username on SDMB, they’ll reply “no that doesn’t count”. Wouldn’t this be like arguing “Horseless carriages” are not cars? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-addicted-to-social-media/846054.md?page=3)